At moments of crisis, leaders have a responsibility to speak to, and for, their country.
The PM should be on the airwaves, telling the stories of the children, teenagers and families who have been burned out of their homes; naming those responsible; and leading a national fightback against them.
An extraordinary incident: a Russian soldier approached a downed Ukrainian FPV drone, gathered some of its debris, tossed it back into the fire and knelt down right next to it to watch it burn.
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Robert Saunders
⚓️🔥 Drone operators of the 1st Azov Corps have rendered the Port of Mariupol inoperable.
Electrical substations, radar equipment, repair facilities, the port control tower, fuel storage tanks, tugs and the sanctioned cargo vessel Lady Augusta were hit during the operation.
The Far Right riot in Belfast last night was nothing less than “a race-based pogrom”, Belfast MP and leader of the SDLP Claire Hanna said.
The mob hunted down non-whites and set fire to their homes.
Carl Whyte, a local councillor, called it “a hard Far Right element”.
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On one street, hundreds of masked men carrying bottles and bricks set bins on fire and shouted "foreigners out", our reporter says.
We need leaders who can spell out what's happening clearly and with force.
Mark Chadbourn
A Russian factory that builds components for Shahed attack drones has been hit by Ukrainian FP-5 cruise missiles for the second time.
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Sam Freedman
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The Defence Blog
Ukraine struck a Russian defense electronics factory for the second time in five weeks on Tuesday, hitting the same Cheboksary facility with domestically developed Flamingo cruise missiles, demonstrat...
President Macron's new concept of 'dissuasion avancée' marks a revolution in French nuclear policy. With this, Paris seeks to complement—not replace—US extended deterrence.
