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The Netherlands and Denmark will supply dozens of F-16s to Ukraine as they pledged “unwavering support” in a landmark announcement yesterday. While Volodymyr Zelensky said his country would receive 42 jets in total, the two donor countries did not specify numbers in a joint statement confirming the deliveries. Denmark’s prime minister Mette Frederiksen said 19 jets will “hopefully” be sent to Kyiv, of which six will arrive around the new year, eight more next year and the remaining five will be sent in 2025 as he asked Ukraine to “please take this donation as a token of Denmark’s unwavering support for your country’s fight for freedom”. Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte said the Netherlands has 42 of the jets, but said some will be needed for training purposes. Ukraine has been asking its allies for advanced fighter jets since the very beginning of Russia’s invasion, but its Western allies have been reluctant to provide military donations that could be used to strike deep inside Moscow’s territory. It comes as nearly 50 flights to and from Moscow were disrupted after Russia said it foiled attacks by two Ukrainian drones in the city. Read More ‘Wagner is victim of its own brand name’: How much of a threat does mercenary group pose in Belarus? Zelenskyy visits NATO candidate Sweden for 1st time since full-scale war with Russia Ukraine war troop deaths and wounded nearing 500,000, say US officials
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UK officially bans Russia’s Wagner paramilitary group as terrorist organisation
The UK has formally banned Russia's mercenary Wagner Group as a terrorist organisation weeks after the death of its leader Yevgeny Prigozhin. The government order, approved on Friday, makes it a criminal offence to be a member or a supporter of the paramilitary group in the UK. “The Russian mercenary organisation, Wagner Group, has been proscribed as a terrorist organisation today after an order was laid in Parliament on Wednesday September 6,” the Home Office said in a statement. Apart from joining the group or showing support, arranging meetings for the group and displacing Wagner's flag or logo will also be considered a criminal offence. Those found guilty of violating the order will face a potential prison sentence of up to 14 years, which can be handed down alongside or in place of a fine, it added. The move puts Wagner in the same category as the Islamic State group, the Palestinian militant group Hamas, Boko Haram in Africa and Northern Ireland paramilitaries among others. The Wagner Group is a private military company that was under the control of Prigozhin until his reported death in a plane crash on 23 August. It has been a key part of Moscow’s fighting force in Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Home secretary Suella Braverman proposing the ban last week said Wagner has been "involved in looting, torture and barbarous murders". Calling the group a "threat to national security", Ms Braverman added:"They are terrorists, plain and simple - and this proscription order makes that clear in UK law." The ban will allow UK authorities to seize the organisation’s assets in a symbolic move as Wagner is not known to operate in Britain. Wagner cut its teeth in deployments to Crimea – illegally annexed by Russia in 2014 – and eastern Ukraine’s Donbas region in the aftermath of that act and has since dispatched troops to several conflicts in the Middle East and Africa, including the Syrian Civil War. The ban came into force following a recommendation by the parliament’s influential Foreign Affairs Committee in July that Wagner be outlawed. The committee said British authorities had “underplayed and underestimated” the threat posed by the mercenary group. The committee said Wagner’s future was uncertain after Prigozhin’s short-lived armed mutiny against Russia’s top military leaders in June. The lawmakers said Britain should take advantage of the confused situation to “disrupt” Wagner. Several other allies of Ukraine have sanctioned Wagner's leaders, and earlier this year, the Lithuanian and Estonian legislatures passed resolutions declaring it a terrorist organisation. The US has designated the Wagner Group as a transnational criminal organisation. Read More With its leader dead, can the Wagner group rise and ride again? What next for the Wagner Group as leader presumed dead in plane crash? Ukraine-Russia war – live: ‘Significant losses’ for Putin’s forces as Kyiv retakes village and attacks ships The Body in the Woods | An Independent TV Original Documentary The harrowing discovery at centre of The Independent’s new documentary
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'It's a PR stunt and not working': Source claims Kylie Jenner's and Timothee Chalamet hook-up is 'not serious'
Kylie Jenner and Timothee Chalamet are still having a good time together without any restrictions it seems
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Horse racing-Protester runs onto track as 31 arrested over Epsom Derby disruption
Police arrested 31 people in connection with plans to disrupt Saturday's Epsom Derby, including a man who was
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World hunger stops rising but remains elevated: UN
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Who is Marie-Louise Gay? Internet facepalms as children's picture book flagged as potentially 'sexually explicit' in Alabama library
Marie-Louise Gay, a Canadian author and illustrator, had one of her children's books flagged as 'sexually explicit' because of her last name
2023-10-09 17:56

How tall was Jeffrey Dahmer? Almost all victims of notorious serial killer were of same height as him
Compared to other notorious serial killers in US history, Jeffrey Dahmer wasn't exceptionally tall
2023-10-20 16:47

'The Five' host Judge Jeanine Pirro's political career turned upside down after husband's tax evasion scandal
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2023-09-04 17:50

Lawrence Smith: Dunbar High School football coach charged with fraud and tax evasion
Lawrence Smith is accused of fraudulently obtaining over $215,000 in overtime pay and evading taxes
2023-09-09 20:53

'RHOSLC' star Meredith Marks receives backlash as she pens support for Israel
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