Russia begins using early warning aircraft to spot targets for missile batteries, MOD says
The MOD says Russia is using the Beriev A-50 to locate targets in Ukraine for its S-400 Triumf long-range anti-aircraft missile system
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Ukraine Avdiivka: The strategic and symbolic Ukrainian city at the centre of the war
Avdiivka is becoming a symbol for Ukraine, with some of the fiercest fighting of the war now taking place in the city.
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Russia Russia's losses in Ukraine estimated to be over 300,000 killed or wounded
The UK believes tens of thousands more Russian military personnel have deserted since the start of the conflict
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Russia What is Russia's ship-killing missile and why does it scare navies around the world?
The P-800 Oniks cruise missile can carry conventional or nuclear warheads, with the latter being able to destroy an aircraft carrier
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Ukraine 30,000 Ukrainian recruits go through largest UK military training effort since Second World War
Operation Interflex was launched in June 2022, being led by the UK but being assisted by forces from several other allied nations
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Ukraine S-400: Ukraine exposing weaknesses in Russia's most advanced surface-to-air missile system
The MOD points out that as Russia attempts to cover its SAM losses in Ukraine, it will leave gaps in its air defence capability elsewhere
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Ukraine Russian artillery strikes on rise, with shells said to come from North Korea
US intelligence says it has evidence that Pyongyang has supplied Russia with more than a million 152mm artillery rounds since August
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Navy Royal Navy frigate shadows Russian warship through English Channel
Type 23 frigate HMS Richmond had been in Norway for training with her Nato allies before heading off to monitor the Russian vessel
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Ukraine Top Ukrainian general explains how Kyiv can defeat Russia – five takeaways from his comments
General Valery Zaluzhny has given a frank and sobering assessment of how the war is going and outlined where Ukraine needs to improve.
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Russia Russia's new nuclear submarine 'successfully' launches Bulava ballistic missile
The missile is believed to be able to carry up to six nuclear warheads and can hit a target up to 8,000km away.
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Ukraine Battle against elements is major preoccupation for Russia, MOD says
As winter approaches, the reality of a long war is setting in as Ukraine's counter-offensive has yielded little so far.
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Ukraine Nato needs to radically change procurement to sufficiently arm Ukraine, expert says
Ukraine's need for artillery rounds has pushed EU and US production to the maximum, so how can they reach Kyiv's requirements?
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Ukraine Ukraine: One-way-attack drones become a 'step change' for Russia's military effectiveness
Russia has deployed one-way-attack UAVs which wait to ambush and destroy targets in Ukraine.
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Russia Commander's appointment seen as evidence of increasing pressure on Russian forces
Colonel General Mikhail Teplinsky is the new commander of Russian forces in occupied areas of Kherson Oblast in Ukraine.
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Russia Russian mercenary group attempting to recruit women to fight on frontline, UK says
The Russian state-backed private military company Redut is attempting to recruit women into its Borz Battalion, the MOD reveals.
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Russia UK to set up taskforce to oppose Wagner Group and other Russian mercenary forces
The aim is to contain and counter certain private military companies while highlighting their destabilising effect and human rights abuses