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The Ministry of Defence has lowered the height requirement for young volunteers in its online recruitment drive for military service in 2023, to give "shorties" the chance of also serving the country, deputy army spokeswoman Sirichan Ngathong said on Tuesday.

Plan to freeze 2007 deal will make it harder and more expensive for Russians to get Schengen-area documents, FT reports

It comes as Vladimir Putin ordered the Russian military to increase by 137,000 troops from next year

Russian generals are likely resorting to using cash bonuses for troops as they struggle to motivate soldiers in the Donbas region of Ukraine, according to British defence chiefs.

'This obviously does not happen because of a thrown butt," said British Defence Minister Ben Wallace. But the Russian Ministry of Defence insisted that the explosions that destroyed at least eight warplanes at Saki Air Base in Russian-occupied Crimea on Aug 9 were due to "a violation of fire safety…

The Ministry of Defence has reportedly told ministers that it will pull out of its responsibility for dealing with migrant crossings in January next year - and Labour's Yvette Cooper said the Tories had "repeatedly chased headlines rather than doing the hard work to tackle the problem"

Moscow’s naval fleet is struggling to exercise effective sea control outside the key southern port known as the gateway to Ukraine, the Ministry of Defence says

According to weapons experts and risk strategists, nuclear war is no longer a threat beyond our wildest imaginations. But, thinking rationally, what exactly would we do if an attack became imminent? And, asks Tom Ough, is there anything we should be doing right now?