Vladimir Putin unleashed Tu-95MS nuclear-capable strategic bombers close to Ukraine’s borders with Nato, raising an alarm in neighbouring Poland. The military alliance was forced to scramble ...

UK prime minister Sir Keir Starmer has said he is ready to put British troops on the ground in Ukraine “if necessary,” later backing President Trump’s calls for Nato members to boost defence ...

The UK must consider introducing conscription - and prepare for war with Russia, according to retired top British Army officer. General Sir Richard Shirreff, a former NATO commander, joined ...

A former NATO commander has called for the UK to consider conscripting 30,000 Britons a year in order to boost the country's depleted Armed Forces. General Sir Richard Shirreff, a retired senior ...

SMARDAN, Romania (AP) — NATO members continued their largest combat exercises of 2025 on Wednesday, testing their ability to rapidly deploy large-scale forces on the 32-nation alliance’s ...

Nato faces a “paradigm shift” after JD Vance ... That will partly be influenced by an ongoing defence review in the UK, with Sir Keir Starmer’s Government preparing to confirm when and ...

Ukrainian president says Erdogan understands the importance of Kyiv's Nato bid, a stark contrast with recent US statements Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky attends a joint news conference ...

A former NATO commander claims Donald Trump's latest comments on Ukraine could bring back conscription in the UK. Trump has stunned world leaders in recent days by claiming Ukraine is to blame for ...

Russia demanded that NATO rescind its 2008 promise to eventually grant Ukraine membership and stressed this as insufficient without explicit revocation. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov ...

Senior officers revealed the Steadfast Dart exercise, with 10,000 soldiers from eight NATO armies ... said: “The UK and its partners through Operation Interflex have trained over 50,000 ...

He said the UK would contribute to the balance of regional security in the Indo-Pacific by providing support to allies but reiterated the main focus of Britain’s defence is in NATO. In ...

Paratroopers jump from an airplane during NATO exercise Falcon Leap in Ermelo, the Netherlands, on Sept. 14, 2021. (Sander Koning/ANP/AFP via Getty Images) Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s ...