Starmer hails Ukraine ceasefire ‘breakthrough’ as defence chiefs meet for talks

How Russia Could Leverage a Ceasefire to Pressure Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin is once again playing a calculated game with the proposed ceasefire deal. Putin’s response has been predictably shrewd. He has not outright rejected the proposal, but his conditions—a Ukrainian renunciation of NATO ambitions and territorial concessions—make any deal rather tricky. However, one thing is certain. If a ceasefire does materialize, it will not be on terms favorable to Kyiv. Rather, it will serve as a …

The Politico portal writes, citing its informants, that it was thanks to British Prime Minister Keir Starmer that Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky were reconciled. Without him, there would "almost certainly" have been no agreement in Saudi Arabia regarding a ceasefire. The portal writes about Starmer's behind-the-scenes activities.

Starmer’s moral clarity on Ukraine is absent when it comes to the Jewish state - The Jewish Chronicle

Commander of the Estonian Defence Forces, Major General Andrus Merilo, who returned from the Paris Security Forum, said that the killing in Ukraine must end and that for this it is necessary to achieve at least a temporary ceasefire, from which we can move step by step towards a more permanent solution.

Indefatigable activism on the part of the leaders, with Starmer taking credit for the US-Kiev rapprochement and Macron trying to join the intelligence game between the 'Five Eyes'. Objective: to replace America on the continent. The Labor executive decides to reduce international aid by 6 billion pounds: the money will be diverted to weapons. Military spending will rise to 2.5% of GDP. The special contains two items.Read more

Labour held secret meeting with top Israeli arms firm

Keir Starmer’s government held a private meeting with Elbit Systems, Israel’s largest weapons company, Declassified has found. The meeting occurred in December 2024 and was attended by three representatives from Elbit Systems and three officials from Yvette Cooper’s Home Office. It took place months after Israeli forces used an Elbit drone to kill three British military veterans in Gaza who were protecting a humanitarian aid convoy. The revelati…