Lloyd Austin

US convenes meeting of 40 countries amid reports Finland and Sweden applying to join Nato

Kremlin vows West will fail in what it calls bid to split and ‘destroy Russia from within’

‘Russia is failing’ in war aims, says US secretary of state after meeting in Kyiv

Minister to outline plans to Cabinet addressing acute accommodation pressures

‘She never even got to see life,’ Odesa mayor says of three-month--old girl whose mother also died

Surprisingly effective performance of the Ukrainian military said to be a factor in shift

Russian leader ‘a dictator bent on rebuilding an empire’ says Biden in Polish speech

Deal would involve Ukraine receiving warplanes from Poland, which would in turn get US F-16s

Michel says Russia would face ‘massive sanctions’ for further military aggression

Russian president observes missile drills with Belrusian leader Lukashenko

US says Russia still massing troops near Ukraine and seeking ‘pretext to justify invasion’

Move in response to Ukraine crisis would signal major pivot for US administration

Move after Kim Jong-un vows to strengthen military capability at party conference

UK foreign secretary calls gathering ‘last chance for Iran to come to the negotiating table’

Biden administration has repeatedly reiterated its desire to return to the 2015 agreement broken by Trump

Lloyd Austin says China top challenge for US military in his first confirmation of July test