The Latest Breaking News from Jack Watling

For many on Wednesday, standing in Westminster, listening to President Zelensky address the crowd, beams of sunlight filtering through the high windows, it was an historic occasion. Later this month marks one year of Ukrainian blood being split, their women brutalised, civilians tortured, their cities flattened and husbands and brothers…

Ukraine’s allies rush to deliver weapons as Moscow intensifies its war in the east.

Providing systems to defend against Russia risks weakening the west’s deterrence posture towards China, says Jack Watling of the Royal United Services Institute

Squelching through thick mud on Tuesday, Petro, a Ukrainian soldier dug in not far from Russian positions in the Donbas, recounted matter-of-factly how his unit had to use buckets to clear out water-logged trenches.

Moscow’s growing need for armaments from Pyongyang is likely to lead to greater alignment of diplomatic and military interests

Ukrainian army making ‘fast and powerful progress’ in south, says Volodymyr Zelenskiy

Ukrainian soldiers feel they are fighting for national liberation, while the Russians appear to lack camaraderie. This contrast is critical

Russian troops are desperately trying to hold onto the Kherson province

Russian state news agency says referendum plans on hold as Ukrainian attacks on key bridge over Dnieper River put pressure on troops

Ukrainian president and British and US ambassadors criticise report that says soldiers should not be based in empty schools

A budding courtship between Russia and Iran is an unwelcome development for the West that the United States will watch with concern, but it falls well short of a geopolitical game changer.