More than half a million Russian casualties in Ukraine by 2025, UK estimates
The MOD said Russia has transitioned to "a lower quality, high quantity mass army" since the invasion.
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Nato Fewer Russian jets testing Nato airspace in 2023 compared with previous year
Most of the interceptions in 2023 took place over the Baltics due to Nato having sent additional airborne capabilities to the region.
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Ukraine How the Ukraine war could unfold over the next 12 months
With the full-scale conflict with Russia about to enter its third calendar year, Forces News has taken a look at what might happen in 2024.
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Ukraine Thirteen killed, dozens wounded as Russia launches huge drone and missile attack across Ukraine
Officials say social and critical infrastructure was targeted in the attacks, having predicted a large-scale strike on its energy systems.
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Ukraine MOD says Russian warship was completely destroyed in strike, despite Moscow's denials
The UK says the Russian landing ship Novocherkassk had probably been carrying an explosive cargo and suffered a massive secondary blast.
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Ukraine No stalemate: Shapps welcomes news that Ukraine hit Russian ship in strike on Black Sea port
The Defence Secretary says the successful Ukrainian strike is proof that the war with Russia has not reached a stalemate, as some claim.
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Ukraine Ukraine's first Christmas on 25 December for over 100 years despite Russian shelling
Moscow launched 31 drones and 2 missiles at Ukraine overnight, with both targeting the south of the country.
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Army Starmer thanks British troops deployed near Russian border during Christmas visit
The defence of the UK starts in Ukraine, the Labour leader tells Armed Forces personnel during his visit to Estonia
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Ukraine Ukraine claims to have shot down three Russian fighter aircraft
President Volodymyr Zelensky and military officials said their forces had taken down Su-34 fighter-bomber jets.
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Ukraine Ukraine, defence reviews and more: Predicting what 2024 has in store for defence
General Sir Richard Barrons gives his predictions for the issues that might affect the UK's Armed Forces on the latest BFBS Sitrep podcast.
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Ukraine Wounded Russians being returned to battle with amputated limbs, MOD believes
The MOD says injured soldiers from Russia's Shtorm-Z penal units are being sent back to the frontline with little or no medical attention.
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Weapons and Kit Gvozdika: The Soviet-era howitzer used by Russia and Ukraine against each other
The 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled 122mm howitzer may have been introduced back in 1972, but is still proving its worth in combat today
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Ukraine Meet the defence analyst-turned-YouTuber who's raising thousands to help Ukraine
Xavier Tytelman's online community has raised hundreds of thousands of euros as well as donating kit and equipment
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Ukraine Ukraine names operative claimed to have made world's longest sniper shot
Fifty-eight-year-old former businessman Viacheslav Kovalskyi is said to have shot and killed a Russian soldier at a distance of 3,800 metres
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Ukraine Exclusive: Ukraine wants to rearm itself in order to take the fight to Russian invaders
Forces News speaks to Oleksandr Kamyshin, the minister trying to expand Ukraine's defence sector and create closer ties with Western firms
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Russia Russia's mighty Tyulpan self-propelled mortar has Achilles' heel on the battlefield
Entering service with Soviet forces in 1971 and used in Afghanistan, Chechnya and Syria, the tracked mortar has one big disadvantage