The British Army has said it is ready to deploy to Ukraine if requested by the government. This week, 2,500 UK troops from the Army's high readiness force, the First Division, have been taking part in ...

This comes as European allies and Ukrainian officials are concerned they are being sidelined as Washington and Moscow plan direct negotiations to try to reach a peace deal to end the war in Ukraine.

Decades of Army cuts have left the UK “massively vulnerable” to Russian aggression, the former head of the British armed forces has said. With Sir Keir Starmer under mounting pressure to boost ...

In short, the British Army could be reduced to around 63,000 personnel ... are forecasting between 30 and 40 per cent cuts in the budgets of the Ministry of Defence and the Foreign and ...

The British army is said to be the 'laughing stock' of NATO because its outdated rifles wouldn't be able to kill Russian or Chinese soldiers in advanced body armour. The army still uses the ...

“So it was 102,000 when I assumed command of the Army and under the fairly draconian Cameron cuts, it was scheduled to go down to ... Picture: Alamy The British government has backed US-led efforts to ...