All news on the topic: Soldiers

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British Army back to its 'core purpose' after proud role in fight against Covid
The Mirror have this week been granted access to the British Army's mock assault on an enemy urban area in Exercise Khanjar in Oman, the culmination of a four-month deployment
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British Army chiefs say troops are 'up for a scrap' if they're needed in Ukraine
The Royal Anglian Regiment will next year command NATO’s Very High Readiness Joint Task Force - and the Mirror joined troops from the regiment as they trained in the Omani desert
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Brit Embassy spy 'was disgusted with himself' for selling secrets to Russians
David Smith, 58, hoarded documents and was caught filming a man he thought was a Russian "traitor" where he worked at the British embassy in Berlin
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NATO fighter jets scrambled to intercept Russian warplanes
It comes ahead of an important meeting of NATO defence ministers today and tomorrow in Brussels as officials work to co-ordinate supplying more weapons to Ukraine, and to discuss the threat posed by spy balloons
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All you need to know about spy balloons being shot down over US and Canada
Dr Patrick Bury, Senior Lecturer in Security at the University of Bath, and a former NATO analyst and Captain in the Royal Irish Regiment, answers the key questions on the escalating situation
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Vladimir Putin pulls Wagner Group troops from Ukraine as he 'fears coup'
It is believed Wagner Group mercenaries - many of them convicted criminals - will be replaced by regular soldiers among as many as 300,000 new troops heading to war
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Putin war commander survives assassination bid after being sent poison in post
Major-General Apti Alaudinov, 50, a pal of Chechnyan warlord Ramzan Kadyrov and commander of the region's soldiers in Ukraine, received a letter saturated with an unknown deadly toxin
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Russian soldiers dying at highest rate since first week of brutal war in Ukraine
Figures released by the Ukrainian general staff on Russian casualties show 824 Russian soldiers dying per day in February - four times the rate reported over June and July of last year
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Late NFL legend killed in Afghanistan to be honoured at Super Bowl LVII
The Kansas City Chiefs take on the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LVII and before the match an NFL legend who was killed while serving his country in Afghanistan will be honoured
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Russian woman who protested against Ukraine war forced to escape Putin's regime
Marina Ovsyannikova describes the ordeal of fleeing Moscow, having to continually swap cars to cover her trail and crossing multiple borders of countries she said she cannot disclose, to get to France
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Miracle as five family members found alive after days under earthquake rubble
Rescue workers extricated the family of five from among a mound of debris in the hard-hit town of Nurdagi, in Gaziantep province, where they had been surviving under the rubble for five days
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Sunak's promotion of Lee Anderson shows the war on woke is alive and thriving
Brian Reade believes the elevation of the 'bring back capital punishment' MP could have a silver lining for Labour hopes at a General Election
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Pressure mounts on Rishi Sunak to send jets to Ukraine as EU leaders 'ready'
The Ukrainian president pleaded with Rishi Sunak to urgently send fighter jets during a surprise visit to the UK yesterday. Volodymyr Zelensk visited Brussels today where he appealed to EU leaders to provide aircraft
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Kim Jong-un's wife wears missile necklace as military parade showcases nukes
The brazen bit of jewellery was worn ahead of a huge military parade which gave North Korean leader Kim Jong-un a chance to show off his latest and largest nuclear missiles
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Facebook posts justifying Russia's invasion of Ukraine viewed 1.2billion times
Russian internet trolls are targeting social media posts - Western officials are monitoring other countries where the dangerous messages are gaining more interest
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President Zelensky thanks UK for bravery in backing Ukraine and issues jets plea
The heroic war leader made a shock visit to the UK today where he met Rishi Sunak and delivered an address in Westminster Hall, the first foreign leader to do so since ex-US President Barack Obama gave a speech there in 2011
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Love Island dad Carl Fogarty cruelly trolled as daughter Claudia makes TV debut
Motorcycling legend Carl Fogarty has wishes his daughter Claudia goodluck as she prepares to arrive in the Love Island villa to turn heads and get pulses racing, but not all his fans support his offspring's venture
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Widows of Russian fighters killed in Ukraine war given baffling fur coat gifts
The coats were being given to Russian women whose husbands had been invading the Donbas - in a donation drive organised by the wife of a convicted war criminal
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Putin to force unemployed Russian men into fighting in brutal Ukraine war
The Russian plan is the latest to boost troop numbers for President Vladimir Putin’s ailing war which has thus far killed 132,160 of Moscow’s soldiers in Ukraine
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Britain's loneliest island 260 miles out at sea where 3 men attempt to survive
A three-man team is hoping to raise £50,000 for charity by surviving for a week on Rockall, 260 miles west of the Outer Hebrides and the weather conditions will be key for success
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Taxpayers pay millions on hotels for defence chiefs as troops live in squalor
Hundreds of senior officers and officials have enjoyed luxurious £500-a-night hotels in Hawaii, Dubai and the Caribbean while working for the government - all paid for by taxpayers
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Putin 'brings nuclear briefcase' on visit in chilling threat to the West
Aides were seen close to the warmonger carrying two black bags, with keen observers noting one was a fold-up shield to protect Vladimir Putin in the event of a shooting at the southern Russian city of Volgograd
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Vladimir Putin's soldiers 'pumped full of drugs' so they can fight in Ukraine
The Wagner Group, which has been likened to Vladimir Putin's own personal militia, topped up its ranks by allowing Russia's convicts a chance to fight for the country in exchange for their freedom should they survive
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Russian tank commander takes out five of his own men in huge tank blunder
It comes as Russia is mustering its military might in Luhansk in what Kyiv suspects could be preparation for an offensive as the first anniversary of Moscow's invasion approaches
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North Korea students get frostbite after 'patriotic' subzero mountain march
Students in North Korea have been injuring themselves and bribing officials so they can swerve going on a government tour of Mount Paektu - the country's national emblem and official birthplace of Kim Jong-Il