Readers should remember that no foreign intelligence service, especially one as globally renowned as SVR, ever makes public statements about foreign issues of significance just for the sake of it.

The willful killing of unarmed soldiers, especially when there is a good chance of taking them prisoners, is certainly a war crime.

Ten experts gauge the short and long term effects of Kyiv’s bold invasion on the war

Western governments are not going to act as if they are engaged in an existential fight when they are not.

Security Issues in Europe Need to be on the Table

By officially regarding the latest cross-border incursion as an act of terrorism instead of a military invasion, Putin signaled that he’s holding off on diverting forces from the Donbass front, which thus prevents Kiev from achieving its “primary military objective”.

A recent poll suggests 44 percent of Ukrainians – the highest level since the conflict began – feel the time has come to engage in dialogue with the enemy.

Aug 10 (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy pledged on Saturday to “strengthen our Ukrainian spiritual independence”, suggesting that the country’s leadership was moving towards effectively banning the branch of the Orthodox Church that has links to Moscow.

On its seventh day the Ukrainian army incursion into the Russian Kursk oblast seems to have come to a halt. The front-lines are hardening and the Russian side is using its artillery and bombing predominance to push it back.

My Lords, I welcome the new Front Bench. I know the noble Lord, Lord Coaker, as an eloquent speaker and a doughty defender of the good fight—if he is allowed to.