Ukraine

All smiles as Donald Trump greets Vladimir Putin in Anchorage, Alaska, ahead of a meeting last year. Picture: Andrew Harnik

Europe must try to make Trump's favours for Putin a US election issue Scotsman comment

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky

Overnight strikes in Ukraine despite Trump's 'energy ceasefire'

UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

UK's 'solidarity' with Zelensky after Trump calls

UK Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has pledged to build a £10 billion air defence system named 'Britannia Shield', which was initially described by party officials as 'in essence, a British Iron Dome' (Picture: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

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Firefighters work to extinguish a fire after a Russian drone strike on a shopping centre in Sumy, Ukraine, in July (Picture: Serhii Shapovalov)

Why I choose to raise my kids in a Ukrainian city under Russian attack Iryna Rushetskaya

Ukrainians have lived with relentless Russian attacks on civilian areas for more than four years (Picture: Andrii Khodkov)

Heartbreaking tales of loss from Ukrainians show why we must back them Christine Jardine

Sky's docu-drama The Wargame sees former government ministers, including Michael Gove and Nicola Sturgeon, try to deal with a possible Russian attack (Picture: Justin Downing)

Warning signs of Russia-Nato war are multiplying. Britain must rearm Scotsman comment

Andro Mathewson (left), in Ukraine with Besi Alickaj

The Scot making his 20th trip to Ukraine – to deliver an ambulance

John Swinney outside the City Chambers in Edinburgh, during a ceremony to mark the Independence Day of Ukraine in 2024

Use new defence programme to boost support for Ukraine, Swinney urged

Fires rage following massive Russian ballistic missile strikes on Ukrainian capital Kyiv earlier this month (Picture: Evgen Kotenko)

Why Burnham's comparison of Putin's regime with Nazis is so important Scotsman comment

We must pay no heed to latest Russian threats against UK Alan Young

Mission of Innocents will present Liberty at C Aurora at Lauriston Halls for one night only on August 21

How art can help you understand Ukraine's long fight for freedom Tetiana Hordiienko

Two survivors of a Russian missile strike that partially destroyed a residential building in Lviv, Ukraine, on July 30 survey the damage (Picture: Yuriy Dyachyshyn)

High civilian deaths in Ukraine show Putin hasn't learned Blitz lesson Scotsman comment

Vanguard-class submarine HMS Vigilant, one of the UK's four nuclear warhead-carrying submarines, at HM Naval Base Clyde (Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire)

Readers’ letters: Trident submarines have helped keep Europe free

Irish musician Glen Hansard has died in a motorcycle crash in Dublin. PIC: Luciano Viti/Getty

Oscar-winning Irish musician Glen Hansard dies in motorcycle crash

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Burnham should review harmful windfall tax Scotsman comment

Andy Burnham will soon be UK prime minister, despite not being an MP when the Labour Party became the new UK government at the last general election (Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Explainer Andy Burnham to be crowned Labour leader today - but he's not PM yet

People queue to refuel their cars at a Lukoil petrol station in Moscow after Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian refineries and other infrastructure (Picture: Igor Ivanko)

Ukraine war isn't going well for Russia. How serious is it for Putin? Dr Alexander Titov

A Ukrainian flag at the site of a heavily damaged residential building in Ternopil, Ukraine, following a Russian air strike (Picture: Yuriy Dyachyshyn)

Why Burnham needs to go to Ukraine soon after becoming Prime Minister Scotsman comment

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and former defence secretary John Healey with a UK Typhoon fighter jet at a military base in Ankara, Turkey, in October 2025.

Scotland on the 'frontline', as Russian tanker seized

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EU ramps up sanctions on Iran over Strait of Hormuz

Lev Grinberg shows off the Links Trophy after his seven-shot success in St Andrews

Ukraine-born golfer lands stunning St Andrews success in Links Trophy

Blairgowrie’s Connor Graham is chasing a second successive Scottish win in the Links Trophy in St Andrews heading into the final 36 holes on the Old Course on Sunday

Graham has Links Trophy leader in sights in St Andrews

Keir Starmer looks at drones as he visits defence contractor Stark in Swindon yesterday (Picture: Alastair Grant/pool)

Labour must ignore the polls when deciding on £18bn defence boost Scotsman comment

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The Rosebank and Jackdaw oil and gas fields are off the Scottish coast

Exclusive SNP Aberdeen South candidate backs Rosebank and Jackdaw

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Exclusive Scotland can be world leader on digital services, says former FM

Police and forensic investigators examine the damage after a Russian drone hit a block of flats in Galati, eastern Romania (Picture: Daniel Mihailescu)

Russian drone strike in Romania shows why UK must urgently rearm Scotsman comment

This photograph shows a mobile phone that displays a warning of a possible air raid, in Vilnius on May 20, 2026.

Lithuanians flee to shelters over drone alert

Petrol prices have increased ever since the blockade in the Strait of Hormuz began.

Badenoch: Easing Russian oil sanctions ‘insane’ amid halt on North Sea

Ross Cutmore was convicted in Odesa. Picture: Slidstvo.info

Exclusive Scots spy was ousted from military group in Ukraine over 'discipline'

A British soldier takes part in a Nato exercise in Estonia (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

Why the danger of a Russian attack on Nato is increasing Andrew Sweeney

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Martyn James: Should I be worried about food prices?

Dan Marks was among the speakers at the OEUK security event. Picture: OEUK

Ukraine drone warfare could inspire offshore attacks, expert warns

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Readers’ letters: UK is being held to ransom by warmongers like Trump

Scotland Under-21s have called up two new faces. Cr: Getty Images.

Ure gives indication on future after Scotland U21 inclusion

A farmer rides a floater truck spraying fertilisers

What the current Middle East crisis could mean for Scottish agriculture

John F Kennedy famously exhorted people to think about what they could do for their country and we need to do the same today (Picture: Central Press)

Your country needs you: What we can all do to prepare for war Ewan Lawson

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A Ukrainian emergency worker tries to extinguish a fire following Russian missile strikes on Kyiv last month (Picture: Oleksandr Magula)

The Ukraine War is a matter of good versus evil Scotsman comment

A Ukrainian soldier launches a surveillance drone towards Russian positions in Donetsk (Picture: Roman Pilipey)

Ukraine’s use of drones isn't the ‘future of war’ you might imagine
Ukraine is using cheap drones not because they are the future of war, but because of a shortage of other munitions
Dr Taras Fedirko

Ukrainian soldiers have fought Russian forces to a standstill (Picture: John Moore)

Scotland must stand with Ukraine against Putin until the end Scotsman comment

The naval base at Faslane on the Clyde hosts the UK's nuclear submarines which are armed with Trident missiles (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Readers Letters: Dumping Trident would make Scotland less safe

The UK Government plans to increase defence spending.

Exclusive Scots MP calls for increased defence spending 'as fast as possible'

Ukrainian skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych, who has been disqualified from the Olympics.

Why trying to control politics at the Winter Olympics is a no win Rachel Amery

Ukrainian troops toward Russian positions at a front line position in the Donetsk region (Picture: Genya Savilov)

Trump wants Ukraine to give up Donbas but that could be fatal for Kyiv Rod Thornton and Marina Miron

Donald Trump shakes hands with Vladimir Putin during a meeting in Alaska in August last year (Picture: Andrew Harnik)

As Putin teases Ukraine 'ceasefire', we must remember what he truly is Scotsman comment

The Traitors is based on secrets and lies and questions about who can you trust (Picture: Ian West)

How The Traitors helps explain what's going wrong with the world Joyce McMillan

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Breaking UK will not sign Donald Trump's board of peace, says foreign secretary

Historic Hay Castle is the setting for the Weekend of Mistakes (Picture: Chris Jackson/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)

It’s like the world’s gone mad, and no mistake

Ukrainian emergency workers, like these in Sumy, risk being killed in so-called 'double tap' attacks by Russia that deliberately target them (Picture: Roman Pilipey)

How Miss Baird’s P5 class set example to Scotland about Ukraine War Stephen Gethins

Vladimir Putin is a warmongering dictator (Picture: Alexander Nemenov)

Putin can lie all he likes, but he has made Russia the West's 'enemy' Scotsman comment

People take shelter in an underground station in Kyiv during a Russian attack. The war has caused severe disruptions to education and family life, and mental health issues are widespread (Picture: Roman Pilipey)

I work in war-torn countries, and UK is seeing similar divisions Frazer Macdonald Hay

Nato Secretary-General Mark Rutte's warning about the threat posed by Putin's Russia could not have been more clear (Picture: Sean Gallup)

Everyone must read terrifying Nato warning about war with Russia Scotsman comment

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