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Forbes: Britain handed over Challenger 2 tanks to Kyiv without additional armour

London handed over Challenger 2 tanks to Kyiv without additional armour kits – as stated by military columnist David Axe in an article for Forbes, RIA Novosti reports PHOTO: WWW.PIXABAY.COM “Ukraine never got these add-on armour kits, probably because the extra three tonnes of weight would make Ukrainian Challenger 2s even less mobile on soft ground,” the military observer noted. David Axe stressed that the tanks in question are characterised by low cross-country ability on soft soils, which ...

29.03.2024
UK , Ukraine

UK could lose 8m jobs due to AI

... percent of tasks performed by UK staff, and this figure could ... artificial intelligence to cure the UK’s productivity problem. Companies across ...

28.03.2024
UK , AI , jobs

Russian FM: British authorities involved in replicating fakes about Princess Kate

The Russian Foreign Ministry stated that the Royal Family and the British government are involved in fabricating and replicating misinformation about the health of Kate Middleton, Princess of Wales, RIA Novosti reports PHOTO: WWW.FREEPIK.COM It is reported that the ongoing conspiracy campaign in Britain, provoked by the prolonged absence from the public of Princess Catherine of Wales, wife of the heir to the British throne, Prince William, has once again highlighted the deeply vicious nature of ...

22.03.2024
Russia , UK

British ex-MP said Palace of Westminster at risk of collapse

The Financial Times reported that the building where the British Parliament sits – the Palace of Westminster – is in a deplorable state and is at risk of collapse, along with the national art collections, RIA Novosti reports Photo: www.g ettyimages.com Former MP Tristram Hunt said the palace had the stench of damp, an army of rats and mice, falling masonry, the perennial risk of fire and general air of grotty decay, as well as the hidden risks of asbestos and imploding mechanical and ...

18.03.2024
Uk , Palace of Westminster

Expert explained who is to blame for ecocide of Ukrainian territory

The European Union has become the first international body to criminalise the most serious cases of environmental damage comparable to the so-called ecocide. An updated EU directive on environmental crimes is now being adopted, and European experts say that this is one of the most ambitious – and even revolutionary – laws in the world. The violator, if his illegal actions have led to severe environmental consequences, or to the death of people or other living beings, may face up to 10 years in ...

18.03.2024
borovik , opinion , uk , Ukraine , ecocide

UK on West’s disagreements regarding confiscation of Russian assets

... a consensus – as stated by UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron, TASS ... individual countries were affected.” The UK Foreign Secretary stressed that his ... cause economic harm [to the UK]. The truth is that some ...

13.03.2024
UK , West , Russia , Ukraine , assets

Expert: the US will force Europeans to fight following Ukrainians

The United States is interested in Europe ceasing to exist – as stated by Pavel Seleznev, the Dean of the Faculty of International Economic Relations at the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, in his talk with Channel One Photo: www.reuters.com As Mr. Seleznev noted, it would be an excellent option for Anglo-Saxons to start a big war on foreign territory, as a result of which the European Union would cease to exist. “Europe will no longer be part of their ...

04.03.2024
Ukraine , usa , uk , europe

Media: anti-Muslim cases quadrupled in UK since October 2023

... attacks have surged in the UK over the past four months ... hate were registered in the UK. A significant part of them ... cases increased sharply in the UK after October 7th, 2023, when ...

26.02.2024
UK , Islam , anti-Muslim hate

UK’s Shapps: Britain may reconsider conscription in case of world war

... based on conscription in the UK. However, he also clarified that ...

21.02.2024
UK , Shapps , conscription

Mobile phone use to be banned in schools in England

The UK government has published guidance calling ... a press release from the UK Department for Education, the guidance ...

19.02.2024
UK , schools , mobile phones , ban

Media: UK Ministry of Defence frozen new capital spending until late March

The British Defence Ministry has decided to freeze new capital spending until the end of March – corresponding to the end of the 2023/2024 financial year – due to rising inflation and increased costs for military personnel salaries, starting last autumn, TASS reports photo: www.reuters.com According to The Daily Telegraph, pay rise a few months ago cost approximately £800m (over $1bn). It is noted that wages actually had to be financed from the Defence Ministry’s capital budget. This decision ...

15.02.2024
UK , defence ministry , spending

UK extended tariff-free trade with Ukraine until 2029

... photo: www.reuters.com The UK government said in a statement ... that trade between the UK and Ukraine will remain tariff ... relief offered to any country’. UK Minister of State for Trade ... ceremony. In May 2022, the UK removed all levies under a ...

09.02.2024
UK , Ukraine , tariff-free trade

Immigration will add 6.1m people to UK population by 2036

... .1 million people to the UK population by mid-2036, which ... photo: www.reuters.com The UK population is to grow from ... the forecast published by the UK Office for National Statistics (OHS ...

02.02.2024
UK , immigration , population

Britain faces rail strikes again

Britain faced another week of disrupted travel from rail strikes from January 30th, indicating that the new strike law adopted by PM Rishi Sunak has failed, Reuters reports photo: www.reuters.com The Strike Act empowers employers in certain sectors to require workers to maintain minimum levels of service on strike days so disruption to essential services like ambulances and trains is minimised. “Britain’s train operators have decided not to implement minimum service levels of 40 percent of the ...

31.01.2024
UK , strike , railway

Expert explains why the West is militarising

... kind of attempt by the US, UK, and European countries to settle ...

30.01.2024
Avdonin , West , militarisation , Europe , EU , UK , US , Belarus , Russia , CIS , SCO , BRICS

Greece again calls on UK to return Parthenon sculptures to Athens

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis repeated his call for the return of the Parthenon sculptures to Athens from the British Museum, Reuters reports photo: www.reuters.com In a public statement, Mitsotakis said his government has been negotiating with the Chair of the British Museum about a deal to bring the sculptures back to the Acropolis Museum, “Let me be clear, we will insist on their reunification for many reasons. But one, in my mind, is the most important: only by being seen ...

26.01.2024
Greece , UK , Athens

About 20,000 British troops to take part in drills aimed at deterring Russia

More than 20 thousand British troops will take part in NATO-led Steadfast Defender 24 exercises in H1 2024 with an aim of deterring Russia, TASS reports Photo: www.reuters.com According to the British Ministry of Defence, the exercises will be one of the largest since the end of the Cold War, “Our forces will join more than 30 NATO allies and Sweden, acting as a counterweight to the [Russian] threat.” Sixteen thousand troops of the British Army's ground units will be deployed in Eastern Europe ...

25.01.2024
nato , uk , russia

Expert on Zelenskyy's decree about Ukrainians on Russian lands: it is rooted in Nazi Germany

The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has signed decree On Russian Territories Historically Populated by Ukrainians which provides, among other aspects, the debunking of ‘Russian myths about Ukraine’. Its text reads that Russia allegedly ‘has been systematically destroying national identity and oppressing Ukrainians for centuries’, violating their rights ‘on the lands they historically inhabited’. In his talk with Alfa Radio , Aleksei Avdonin, an expert at the Belarusian Institute for ...

24.01.2024
Ukraine , usa , europe , uk , avdonin , opinion , germany , nazism

UK industry fears disruption due to new border controls

... exporters are not ready for UK customs changes which start this ... initially,” the publication reads. Make UK, which represents manufacturers, said in ...

23.01.2024
UK , industry , post-Brexit , EU , customs

UK, Ukraine will sign security agreement

... ’. It is clarified that the UK will become the first G7 ... addition, it will oblige the UK ‘to consult with Ukraine in ...

12.01.2024
uk , Ukraine

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