Moscow has launched a massive missile barrage on Christmas Day, with the aim of crippling energy infrastructure sites across Ukraine

The UK is starting to lag behind the defence spending in Russia, Iran and China, research shows. Britain has endured more than a decade of under-investment in defence, having increased its defence budget by just 14% in that time in to 2022 cash terms,

Sir Keir Starmer has condemned Russia’s strikes on Ukraine’s energy grid “with no respite even at Christmas”. Russia launched a massive missile barrage on Christmas Day, with the aim of crippling energy infrastructure sites across Ukraine.

We have to put Ukraine in the strongest possible position whether or not there are negotiations,” says UK prime minister.

The United Kingdom’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer is urging President-elect Trump to stand with Ukraine in its war against Russia. Starmer and Trump spoke on the phone Wednesday, their second call

As this year draws to a close, the UK is expected to be 8th and next year is forecast to be 9th behind Poland, which has almost doubled its commitment since 2022 from 2.2 per cent to 4.1 per cent, Estonia and the US, which are both spending 3.4 per cent, Latvia, Greece, Lithuania, Finland, North Macedonia and Denmark.

Watch as Sir Keir Starmer met leaders of Baltic states in Estonia for the Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) conference on Tuesday, 17 December, before visiting British troops serving on Russia's border.

Starmer has made 16 international trips since Labour formed a government in July, with the most common reason being to escalate the imperialist-backed war against Russia.

Sir Keir Starmer was speaking at the Joint Expeditionary Force conference in Estonia where he met leaders of Baltic states.

Just hours before the start of a key European defence summit, Estonia’s defence minister issued a stark warning that spending 2 per cent of GDP on defence is simply not enough

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer reiterated on Wednesday his Labour government's plan to increase defence spending to 2.5% of gross domestic product (GDP), after NATO called on members to boost spending to meet threats from Russia.

Sir Keir Starmer has backed Donald Trump's calls for NATO countries to meet their spending targets on defence.