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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has called for the creation of an "army of Europe" to guard against Russia as he suggested the US may no longer come to the continent's aid. Speaking at the Munich Security Conference, he also said that Ukraine would "never accept deals made behind our backs without our involvement" after US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to start peace talks. In a speech on Friday, in which he attacked European democracies, US Vice President JD Vance warned that Europe needed to "step up in a big way" on defence. Zelensky said: "I...

Ukraine unleashed more than 140 drones on Russia overnight, officials said Tuesday, killing a woman near Moscow, grounding flights and setting off air defences in several parts of the country. Russia's ministry of defence said in a statement it had shot down 144 Ukrainian drones overnight - '72 UAVs over Bryansk region, 20 over Moscow region, 14 over Kursk region, 13 over Tula region', and 25 more over five other parts of the country. Moscow regional governor Andrey Vorobyov said in a Telegram post that a 46-year-old woman had been killed and several people wounded when a UAV damaged at...

Zelenskiy signs law allowing Ukraine debt payment suspension. I have been warned that our computer does NOT show that Ukraine will survive. You should NOT send anything to Ukraine, and you certainly should NOT invest in any nonsense to rebuild Ukraine. The nation with the MOST corrupt politicians, all with hidden offshore accounts, has always been Ukraine. As I have said, we had two employees in Ukraine – one in Kiev and the other in Donestk; the latter translated the move of the Forecaster into Russia so it could be shown in Russia. The two would never even talk to...