No evidence' Vladimir Putin wants peace deal to end his Ukraine war, says Foreign Secretary David Lammy - The Cabinet minister also suggested that Donald Trump’s timetable for a peace deal was slippin

Figures shared by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) earlier that week, attributed to the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, estimate that in November 2024 Russian casualties totalled 45,680. But this figure includes both troops who were killed and those who were wounded – it does not refer solely to deaths.

The UK has not carried out a single conviction for breaches of Russian sanctions, the National Crime Agency has said. Financial sanctions on Russia were introduced following the annexation of Crimea in 2014 and the wider invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

Mr Lammy’s interview comes before a meeting between Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday, where the issue of Ukraine is likely to be among the topics ...

The Foreign Secretary has called on the incoming US president to say how he will pay for a massive increase in defence spending.

Humza Yousaf has accused David Lammy of racism for meeting with an ... compared Israeli military action to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine but claimed the Foreign Secretary and Sir Keir Starmer ...

A major explosive factory deep inside Russia which supplies Vladimir Putin ’s army was attacked, says Ukraine. The plant is in the Tambov region hundreds of miles from the border with Ukraine.

The latest sanctions come after Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer discussed the Ukraine conflict with French President Emmanuel Macron over dinner.

David Lammy told the BBC that he believes Mr Trump ... He also poured cold water on the idea of a deal between Ukraine and Russia being reached in Mr Trump’s first days in office, believing ...

Foreign Secretary David Lammy said there is no evidence that Vladimir Putin wants a peace deal to end his Ukraine war. Donald Trump has claimed he could end the conflict on January 21, the day ...

The mood surrounding Donald Trump ’s inauguration on Monday is very different from the first time round. In 2017 there were liberals in the United States and around the world who behaved as if we were in the end times. They braced themselves for all manner of wickedness – and then the world continued to turn on its axis; nothing much changed.

American political experts have warned that Keir Starmer risks damaging the Special Relationship, but a trade deal is there for the taking if he wants one.