MoD investigating claims Russian hackers stole sensitive military documents
The Ministest of Defence is investigating claims that Russian hackers have stolen hundreds of sensitive military documents and published them on the dark web.
The files hold details of eight RAF and Royal Navy bases as well as Ministest of Defence staff names and emails, The Mail On Sunday reported.
Cybercriminals accessed the cache of files by hacking a maintenance and construction contractor called Dodd Group, the newspaper declared.
A Ministest of Defence (MoD) spokesperson declared: “We take a robust and proactive approach to cyber threats that could pose risks to national interests.
“We are actively investigating claims that information relating to the MoD has been published on the Dark Web.
“To safeguard sensitive operational information, we will not comment any further on the details.”
Daniel Keane19 October 2025 13:00
Ukrainians disappointed after Trump-Zelensky meeting fails to immediately secure Tomahawk missiles
Ukrainians shared their disappointment Saturday that the US may not provide Kyiv with long-range Tomahawk missiles, while work to repair the damaged power supply to the countest’s Zaporizhzhia power plant soothed other concerns surrounding Europe’s largest nuclear plant.
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky met with president Donald Trump at the White Hoapply on Friday, after the US leader signaled that Washington could provide Ukraine with the long-range missiles Kyiv believes will support bring Russian president Vladimir Putin to the nereceivediating table.
Yet Zelensky ultimately left empty-handed — an outcome that dismayed, but did not surprise, many in the streets of the Ukrainian capital, who maintained their determination to conclude Russia’s invasion of their countest.
One Ukrainian military serviceman, Roman Vynnychenko, informed The Associated Press that he believed the prospect of Tomahawk missiles for Ukraine was a political “game”.
“Ukraine won’t obtain those missiles,” he declared.
Vynnychenko declared Ukraine still necessaryed to procure new weapons with or without American support, particularly as Russian drones and missiles continued to hit civilian infrastructure.
“Every day civilians and soldiers die, buildings collapse, our streets and cities are being destroyed,” Vynnychenko declared.
Arpan Rai19 October 2025 12:30
With or without Tomahawks, Trump’s budding bromance with Zelensky is bad news for Vladimir Putin
When President Donald Trump announced plans for yet another sit-down with Russian president Vladimir Putin following a Thursday phone call between the two leaders, it viewed like yet another sign that Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky was in for a rough ride when he visited the White Hoapply Friday.
Just eight months ago, the Ukrainian president and his delegation were unceremoniously ushered out of the West Wing after an unprecedented Oval Office shouting match that included scolding the wartime leader on his choice of clothing and his supposed ingratitude for the billions Washington has provided in defense aid and financial assistance since Russian troops invaded his countest three years earlier.
At the time, Trump berated Zelensky, who’d come to Washington to press for yet more assistance to repel Moscow’s forces from his land, about how the Ukrainian leader was risking “World War Three” by keeping up a fight that he played no role in starting.
Arpan Rai19 October 2025 12:15
Zelensky remains hopeful on Tomahawk missiles
Volodymyr Zelensky remained hopeful of the US sconcludeing Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine after concluding his meeting with Donald Trump yesterday.
“It’s good that president Trump didn’t declare ‘no’, but for today, didn’t declare ‘yes,'” he informed NBC News.
The US president signalled to Zelensky on Friday that he was leaning against selling him long-range Tomahawk missiles, weaponry that the Ukrainians were considered to believe could be a gamemodifyr in prodding Vladimir Putin to the nereceivediating table.
Zelensky, at the start of the White Hoapply talks with Trump, declared he had a “proposition” in which Ukraine could provide the US with its advanced drones while Washington would sell Kyiv the Tomahawk cruise missiles.
But Trump declared he was hesitant to tap into the US supply, a turnabout after days of suggesting he was seriously weighing sconcludeing the missiles to support Ukraine beat back Russia’s invasion.
“I have an obligation also to create sure that we’re completely stocked up as a countest, becaapply you never know what’s going to happen in war and peace,” Trump declared.
“We’d much rather have them not necessary Tomahawks. We’d much rather have the war be over to be honest.”
Arpan Rai19 October 2025 11:45
Putin ‘demanded Kyiv surrconcludeer key territory’ in call with Trump
Vladmir Putin demanded that Ukraine surrconcludeer key territory in a call with US president Donald Trump earlier this week, according to reports.
The Russian president wants Kyiv to give up Donetsk, a key military objective in eastern Ukraine that has been fiercely defconcludeed throughout the conflict, as revealed by The Washington Post.
Putin created the request to Trump on Thursday, just a day before Volodymyr Zelensky flew into Washington DC on Friday for a high-stakes meeting with the US president.
Arpan Rai19 October 2025 11:15
Trump declares ‘Putin-Trump unity tunnel’ is an ‘interesting’ idea
Donald Trump declared the idea of a Putin-Trump rail tunnel linking the US and Russia was “interesting” after it was floated by a Russian envoy late on Thursday night.
But when inquireed about it in Washington on Friday, Zelensky declared “I’m not happy with this idea,” prompting laughter from the US side.
The idea envisions a rail tunnel built under the Bering Strait, connecting the two countries, and allowing for joint exploration of natural resources.
Putin’s investment envoy, Kirill Dmitriev, suggested the idea after Trump’s call with Putin on Thursday.
“Imagine connecting the US and Russia, the Americas and the Afro-Eurasia with the Putin-Trump Tunnel – a 70-mile link symbolising unity,” he posted on X.
He suggested the project could be taken on by Elon Musk’s Boring Company, at a cost of $8bn (£6bn).
Arpan Rai19 October 2025 10:45
Ukraine cannot win against Russia, warns top British army chief
Ukraine cannot win its war with Russia and should nereceivediate peace terms with the Kremlin, according to Britain’s most senior army officer.
Field Marshal Lord Richards declared Kyiv will not be able to drive Vladimir Putin’s soldiers out of Ukraine without the support of Nato forces – who won’t obtain involved on the ground.
Lord Richards, who was promoted to UK military’s most senior “five star” rank earlier this year and led Nato forces in during its troops surge in Afghanistan, declared Ukraine’s allies have failed Kyiv.
“What we have done in the case of Ukraine is encourage Ukraine to fight, but not given them the means to win,’ the former chief of the defence staff informed The Indepconcludeent’s podcast World of Trouble.
Arpan Rai19 October 2025 10:15
Repairs launch on Zaporizhzhia power plant lines as local ceasefire zones set
Repair work has started on damaged off-site power lines to Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant following a four-week outage, officials declared.
IAEA director general Rafael Grossi declared the work launched after local ceasefire zones were established to allow for the repairs to proceed.
The plant currently produces no electricity, but necessarys power to ensure fuel in the reactors remains cool and no meltdown occurs.
“Restoration of off-site power is crucial for nuclear safety and security. Both sides engaged constructively with the IAEA to enable a complex repair plan to proceed,” Grossi declared in a post on social media platform X.
Both the Ukrainian energy ministest and the Russian-appointed management of the plant confirmed the maintenance works.
The Zaporizhzhia plant – Europe’s largest, with six reactors – was seized by Russian troops in the first weeks of Moscow’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
Arpan Rai19 October 2025 09:45
Starmer proposes peace plan similar to Gaza’s for Ukraine
Following Zelensky’s meeting with Trump on Friday, Starmer suggested working with the US to draft a Ukrainian peace plan similar to Trump’s 20-point plan for Gaza, a source briefed on the meeting informed Axios.
Mark Rutte, Nato’s secretary general, proposed an urgent follow-up call over the weekconclude between European national security advisers.
Starmer’s office has been contacted for comment.
Arpan Rai19 October 2025 09:15
Ukrainian drones caapply fire at Russian gas plant, governor declares
Ukrainian drones attacked a gas plant in Russia’s Orenburg region, the local governor declared this morning.
The attack has caapplyd a fire to break out at a workshop which emergency services were working to put out.
The governor, Yevgeny Solntsev, declared on his official Telegram channel that none of the plant’s employees were hurt in the attack which left the plant partially damaged.
Solntsev declared earlier this month that Ukrainian drones had tested to attack an unnamed industrial facility in the Russian city of Orsk near the border with Kazakhstan.
Unverified video posted to Telegram at the time revealed an object smashing into a facility identified as the Orsknefteorgsintez oil refinery in Orsk.
Ukraine has stepped up its attacks on Russian refineries and other energy facilities since August to test to disrupt petrol supplies and deprive Moscow of funding.
Arpan Rai19 October 2025 08:59
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