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NATO

Russian jet intercepts and collides with US drone over Black Sea after dumping ‘environmentally unsound’ fuel (Credit: Getty Images)

Russian jet intercepts and collides with US drone over Black Sea

Russian jet intercepts and collides with US drone over Black Sea after dumping ‘environmentally unsound’ fuel (Credit: Getty Images)
Russian jet intercepts and collides with US drone over Black Sea after dumping ‘environmentally unsound’ fuel (Credit: Getty Images)

Russian jet intercepts and collides with US drone over Black Sea

Tom Stocker, Partner and corporate crime specialist at Pinsent Masons
Tom Stocker, Partner and corporate crime specialist at Pinsent Masons

Businesses need to assess and prepare for geopolitical risk - Tom Stocker

Ben Wallace said planes currently held by Nato countries could be given to Ukraine and warned that the conflict in Ukraine could last another 12 months.
Ben Wallace said planes currently held by Nato countries could be given to Ukraine and warned that the conflict in Ukraine could last another 12 months.

Nato planes could be given to Ukraine - Ben Wallace

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (left) and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz pose for a photograpgh ahead of a bilateral meeting at the Munich Security Conference in Germany. The Prime Minister will give a speech and meet with a number of world leaders while at the summit. He is also expected to meet European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen on the fringes to talk about a deal to fix the Northern Ireland Protocol. Picture date: Saturday February 18, 2023.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (left) and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz pose for a photograpgh ahead of a bilateral meeting at the Munich Security Conference in Germany. The Prime Minister will give a speech and meet with a number of world leaders while at the summit. He is also expected to meet European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen on the fringes to talk about a deal to fix the Northern Ireland Protocol. Picture date: Saturday February 18, 2023.

"The whole world must hold Russia to account” says Rishi Sunak

Defence Minister Ben Wallace swears live on BBC Breakfast

Romania is regarded as a strategic geographic location for NATO forces.
Romania is regarded as a strategic geographic location for NATO forces.

Romania denies Ukrainian military claims Russian missile strayed into airspace

The SNP leader in the House of Commons Stephen Flynn MP has stated in a TV interview that an independent Scotland would apply to join NATO
The SNP leader in the House of Commons Stephen Flynn MP has stated in a TV interview that an independent Scotland would apply to join NATO

Scotland on Sunday readers' letters

HM Naval Base Clyde, known as Faslane. Picture: PA
HM Naval Base Clyde, known as Faslane. Picture: PA

Independence would damage Scotland's defence and security, says Labour

An aerial view of the site where a missile strike killed two men in the eastern Poland village of Przewodow, near the border with Ukraine (Picture: Wojtek Radwanski and Damien Simonart/AFP via Getty Images)
An aerial view of the site where a missile strike killed two men in the eastern Poland village of Przewodow, near the border with Ukraine (Picture: Wojtek Radwanski and Damien Simonart/AFP via Getty Images)

Amid risk of nuclear conflict, truth must not become a casualty of Ukraine War

NATO stands for the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
NATO stands for the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation

What are article 4 and 5 of the NATO Treaty?

A police van patrols the roads around the blast site
A police van patrols the roads around the blast site

Missile strike appears to have been 'unfortunate accident' says Polish president

US President Joe Biden speaks to media about the Democrats keeping the Senate before the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in Cambodia. Picture: AP Photo/Alex Brandon
US President Joe Biden speaks to media about the Democrats keeping the Senate before the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in Cambodia. Picture: AP Photo/Alex Brandon

Missile which killed two in Poland ‘unlikely’ to have come from Russia

PRZEWODOW, POLAND - NOVEMBER 16: A police officer walks towards a check point as permitted cars are allowed to cross into the crime scene on November 16, 2022 in Przewodow, Poland. Poland convened a meeting of its national security council amid reports that stray missiles hit its territory, killing two people. Russia's defense ministry denied that its missiles hit the NATO member state, but moments after, Polish ministry confirmed it was a Russian-produced missile. (Photo by Omar Marques/Getty Images)
PRZEWODOW, POLAND - NOVEMBER 16: A police officer walks towards a check point as permitted cars are allowed to cross into the crime scene on November 16, 2022 in Przewodow, Poland. Poland convened a meeting of its national security council amid reports that stray missiles hit its territory, killing two people. Russia's defense ministry denied that its missiles hit the NATO member state, but moments after, Polish ministry confirmed it was a Russian-produced missile. (Photo by Omar Marques/Getty Images)

President Biden says 'unlikely' Russia fired missile which killed two in Poland

Rescue workers at the scene of a missile strike in the Pechers district in Kyiv, Ukraine.
Rescue workers at the scene of a missile strike in the Pechers district in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Russian missiles ‘hit farm in Poland killing two’

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace says NATO 'must be ready for anything' Putin does
Defence Secretary Ben Wallace says NATO 'must be ready for anything' Putin does

Ukraine: NATO chiefs to discuss Putin nuclear threat

Russian President Vladimir Putin gives a speech during a ceremony formally annexing four regions of Ukraine Russian troops occupy, at the Kremlin in Moscow.
Russian President Vladimir Putin gives a speech during a ceremony formally annexing four regions of Ukraine Russian troops occupy, at the Kremlin in Moscow.

'There are four new regions of Russia', declares Putin

In this image released by the Police Press Service, the view from a drone shows the site of a Russian rocket attack in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Friday, Sept. 30, 2022. A Russian strike on the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia killed at least 23 people and wounded dozens, an official said Friday, just hours before Moscow planned to annex more of Ukraine in an escalation of the seven-month war. (Ukrainian Police Press Office via AP)
In this image released by the Police Press Service, the view from a drone shows the site of a Russian rocket attack in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Friday, Sept. 30, 2022. A Russian strike on the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia killed at least 23 people and wounded dozens, an official said Friday, just hours before Moscow planned to annex more of Ukraine in an escalation of the seven-month war. (Ukrainian Police Press Office via AP)

Ukraine conflict: Russian strike kills 23 on humanitarian convoy in Ukraine as U...

A Ukrainian serviceman sits on a tank near the recently retaken village of Dolina in the Donetsk region, which Russia plans to annex today (Picture: Anatolii Stepanov/AFP via Getty Images)
A Ukrainian serviceman sits on a tank near the recently retaken village of Dolina in the Donetsk region, which Russia plans to annex today (Picture: Anatolii Stepanov/AFP via Getty Images)

Putin's threats to use nuclear weapons show his fear and expose his lies

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has announced “partial mobilisation” in Russia “to defend the motherland"
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has announced “partial mobilisation” in Russia “to defend the motherland"

Putin 'not bluffing' over nuclear threat as he announces partial mobilisation

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace
Defence Secretary Ben Wallace

Propaganda can't hide fact that Ukraine is winning the war - Ben Wallace

Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Putin

Putin 'failing on all of his military strategic objectives' in Ukraine

A couple wheel suitcases as they walk in front of a destroyed building in Izyum, Kharkiv Region, eastern Ukraine, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
A couple wheel suitcases as they walk in front of a destroyed building in Izyum, Kharkiv Region, eastern Ukraine, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Has Ukraine reached a turning point in the conflict with Russia?

Prime minister of Finland Sanna Marin holds a press conference in Helsinki, Finland, Friday Aug. 19, 2022. Marin apologized Wednesday Aug. 24, 2022 after the publication of a photo that showed two women kissing and posing topless at the official summer residence of the country's leader. (Roni Rekomaa/Lehtikuva via AP, File)
Prime minister of Finland Sanna Marin holds a press conference in Helsinki, Finland, Friday Aug. 19, 2022. Marin apologized Wednesday Aug. 24, 2022 after the publication of a photo that showed two women kissing and posing topless at the official summer residence of the country's leader. (Roni Rekomaa/Lehtikuva via AP, File)

Finland’s PM Sanna Marin apologises for ‘inappropriate’ pictures at residence

A submarine at a base in the town of Severomorsk, near Murmansk, on Russia's north coast (Picture: Alexander Nemenov/AFP via Getty Images)
A submarine at a base in the town of Severomorsk, near Murmansk, on Russia's north coast (Picture: Alexander Nemenov/AFP via Getty Images)

Climate change makes case for independent Scotland to be in Nato even stronger

US NATO soldiers serving in Kosovo patrol next to a road barricade set up by ethnic Serbs near the town of Zubin Potok.
US NATO soldiers serving in Kosovo patrol next to a road barricade set up by ethnic Serbs near the town of Zubin Potok.

Why have tensions risen between Kosovo and Serbia?

Soldiers take part in a military exercise at the Longmoor training area, Hampshire, in March (Picture: Adrian Dennis/AFP via Getty Images)
Soldiers take part in a military exercise at the Longmoor training area, Hampshire, in March (Picture: Adrian Dennis/AFP via Getty Images)

UK must increase its military capabilities to help Nato defend free world

Prime Minister Boris Johnson holds a bilateral meeting with his Dutch counterpart Mark Rutte during the Nato summit in Madrid. Picture: Stefan Rousseau - WPA Pool/Getty Images
Prime Minister Boris Johnson holds a bilateral meeting with his Dutch counterpart Mark Rutte during the Nato summit in Madrid. Picture: Stefan Rousseau - WPA Pool/Getty Images

Nato to adopt Cold War-style readiness to counter Russia’s ‘direct threat’

Protesters hold a demonstration against the Russian invasion of Ukraine at Independence Square in Vilnius, Lithuania, on March 24 (Picture: Petras Malukas/AFP via Getty Images)
Protesters hold a demonstration against the Russian invasion of Ukraine at Independence Square in Vilnius, Lithuania, on March 24 (Picture: Petras Malukas/AFP via Getty Images)

All eyes on Lithuania as sanctions close Russian land access to Kaliningrad

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg holds the closing press conference at NATO headquarters during the second of two days of defence ministers' meetings on June 16, 2022 in Brussels, Belgium.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg holds the closing press conference at NATO headquarters during the second of two days of defence ministers' meetings on June 16, 2022 in Brussels, Belgium.

NATO should strengthen frameworks of nuclear non-proliferation, SNP says

Ukrainian servicemen fire with a French self-propelled 155 mm/52-calibre gun Caesar towards Russian positions at a front line in the eastern Ukrainian region of Donbas. Photo by ARIS MESSINIS / AFP / Getty Images
Ukrainian servicemen fire with a French self-propelled 155 mm/52-calibre gun Caesar towards Russian positions at a front line in the eastern Ukrainian region of Donbas. Photo by ARIS MESSINIS / AFP / Getty Images

A strong Nato is undoubtedly in Scotland’s interests - Stewart McDonald MP

Anti-nuclear campaigners hold banners and placards outside Her Majesty's Naval Base, Clyde in Faslane, Scotland
Anti-nuclear campaigners hold banners and placards outside Her Majesty's Naval Base, Clyde in Faslane, Scotland

Independent Scotland could be anti-nuclear and join Nato, says campaigner

HMS Vigilant at HM Naval Base Clyde, Faslane, which carries the UK's Trident nuclear deterrent.
HMS Vigilant at HM Naval Base Clyde, Faslane, which carries the UK's Trident nuclear deterrent.

SNP hint at ditching pledge to sign treaty opposing nuclear weapons to join Nato

A unarmed Trident II (D5) ballistic missile is fired from HMS Vigilant
A unarmed Trident II (D5) ballistic missile is fired from HMS Vigilant

SNP youth wing backs Nato membership in significant policy shift

A Russian military truck painted with the letter Z is seen behind a destroyed petrol station in Ukraine's port city of Mariupol on May 18, 2022, amid the ongoing Russian military action in Ukraine. (Photo by Olga MALTSEVA / AFP) (Photo by OLGA MALTSEVA/AFP via Getty Images)
A Russian military truck painted with the letter Z is seen behind a destroyed petrol station in Ukraine's port city of Mariupol on May 18, 2022, amid the ongoing Russian military action in Ukraine. (Photo by Olga MALTSEVA / AFP) (Photo by OLGA MALTSEVA/AFP via Getty Images)

Russia fires senior commanders as MoD claims culture of “scape-goating” likely

A serviceman offers the Ukrainian flag to the daughter of Yuriy Huk, a Ukrainian serviceman, killed during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, at his funeral service at the Saints Peter and Paul Garrison Church, in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv. Picure: Yuriy Dyachyshyn/AFP via Getty Images
A serviceman offers the Ukrainian flag to the daughter of Yuriy Huk, a Ukrainian serviceman, killed during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, at his funeral service at the Saints Peter and Paul Garrison Church, in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv. Picure: Yuriy Dyachyshyn/AFP via Getty Images

Sweden to apply for Nato membership as Ukraine claims successes

Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson waits for Prime Minister Boris Johnson in Harpsund, the country retreat of Swedish prime ministers, to discuss the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. Picture date: Wednesday May 11, 2022.
Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson waits for Prime Minister Boris Johnson in Harpsund, the country retreat of Swedish prime ministers, to discuss the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. Picture date: Wednesday May 11, 2022.

Sweden joins Finland in seeking Nato membership

Finland's prime minister, Sanna Marin (left), and its president, Sauli Niinistö, announcing Finland would apply for Nato membership. Photograph: Heikki Saukkomaa/Lehtikuva/AFP/Getty Images
Finland's prime minister, Sanna Marin (left), and its president, Sauli Niinistö, announcing Finland would apply for Nato membership. Photograph: Heikki Saukkomaa/Lehtikuva/AFP/Getty Images

Finland confirms application for Nato membership

Finnish PM Sauli Niinisto says his country will decide to join NATO
Finnish PM Sauli Niinisto says his country will decide to join NATO

Finnish Prime Minister tells Putin his country 'will join NATO'

A Finnish soldier stands on top of his tank during the Arrow 22 military exercise with UK, Latvian, Estonian and US forces in Finland this month (Picture: Alessandro Rampazzo/AFP via Getty Images)
A Finnish soldier stands on top of his tank during the Arrow 22 military exercise with UK, Latvian, Estonian and US forces in Finland this month (Picture: Alessandro Rampazzo/AFP via Getty Images)

Finland in Nato would bring spirit of 'sisu' to defence of democratic ideals

Finnish soldiers take part in a military exercise in Finland, held with troops from the UK, Latvia, Estonia and the US, earlier this month (Picture: Alessandro Rampazzo/AFP via Getty Images)
Finnish soldiers take part in a military exercise in Finland, held with troops from the UK, Latvia, Estonia and the US, earlier this month (Picture: Alessandro Rampazzo/AFP via Getty Images)

Finland and Sweden should already be treated as Nato members – Scotsman comment

A pro-Russian convoy drives with flags on their cars through Helsinki, Finland, on May 8, ahead of Victory Day on May 9 in Russia, which commemorates the Soviet Union's defeat of Nazi Germany in World War Two. Picture: Lehtikuva/AFP via Getty Images
A pro-Russian convoy drives with flags on their cars through Helsinki, Finland, on May 8, ahead of Victory Day on May 9 in Russia, which commemorates the Soviet Union's defeat of Nazi Germany in World War Two. Picture: Lehtikuva/AFP via Getty Images

What will Russia do if Finland and Sweden join Nato?

German Bundeswehr soldiers of the NATO enhanced forward presence battalion waits to greet German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht upon his arrival at the Rukla military base on Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022. Photo: AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis.
German Bundeswehr soldiers of the NATO enhanced forward presence battalion waits to greet German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht upon his arrival at the Rukla military base on Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022. Photo: AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis.

What is NATO and what is its purpose?

Prime Minister Boris Johnson (left) and Finland's President Sauli Niinisto, at a press conference at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson (left) and Finland's President Sauli Niinisto, at a press conference at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland.

Finland’s leaders in favour of applying for Nato membership

Dark smoke rises following an air strike in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, on May 3, 2022. Photo by Yuriy Dyachyshyn / AFP
Dark smoke rises following an air strike in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, on May 3, 2022. Photo by Yuriy Dyachyshyn / AFP

Pictures show the aftermath of airstrikes in Lviv

First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon (left) poses for selfies during a visit to Portobello, Edinburgh, while on the local election campaign trail. Picture: Lesley Martin/PA Wire
First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon (left) poses for selfies during a visit to Portobello, Edinburgh, while on the local election campaign trail. Picture: Lesley Martin/PA Wire

Ukraine war will not delay indyref2, says Nicola Sturgeon

Journalist Vira Hyrych died in Kyiv after a Russian missile strike hit the residential building where she lived in the Ukrainian capital.
Journalist Vira Hyrych died in Kyiv after a Russian missile strike hit the residential building where she lived in the Ukrainian capital.

Tributes pour in for radio journalist as Nato chief warns of 'years' of war

UK military personnel boarding an RAF Voyager aircraft at RAF Brize Norton
UK military personnel boarding an RAF Voyager aircraft at RAF Brize Norton

8,000 British troops set for biggest deployment to Europe since the Cold War

A huge coat of arms of Transnistria - Moldova's pro-Russian breakaway region on the eastern border with Ukraine, in Transnistria's capital of Tiraspol.. The breakaway region of ex-Soviet Moldova, which borders western Ukraine, saw explosions hit its security ministry on Monday and a radio tower on Tuesday morning. The incidents come after a senior Russian military official last week raised the issue of "oppression" of Russian speakers in Transnistria in the context of Russia's military campaign in Ukraine. (Photo by Sergei Gapon via Getty Images)
A huge coat of arms of Transnistria - Moldova's pro-Russian breakaway region on the eastern border with Ukraine, in Transnistria's capital of Tiraspol.. The breakaway region of ex-Soviet Moldova, which borders western Ukraine, saw explosions hit its security ministry on Monday and a radio tower on Tuesday morning. The incidents come after a senior Russian military official last week raised the issue of "oppression" of Russian speakers in Transnistria in the context of Russia's military campaign in Ukraine. (Photo by Sergei Gapon via Getty Images)

Where is Moldova and is it in Nato or the EU? Here's what you need to know

Emmanuel Macron celebrates after his victory.
Emmanuel Macron celebrates after his victory.

Macron wins second term as French president but far right gains ground

Sweden and Finland joining Nato provides more of a security dilemma than it does a security solution (Picture: Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
Sweden and Finland joining Nato provides more of a security dilemma than it does a security solution (Picture: Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Sweden and Finland eye the Nato option, but it’s a security dilemma for the West

Smoke rises from a Russian tank destroyed by the Ukrainian forces in the Lugansk region (Picture: Anatolii Stepanov/AFP via Getty Images)
Smoke rises from a Russian tank destroyed by the Ukrainian forces in the Lugansk region (Picture: Anatolii Stepanov/AFP via Getty Images)

The good, the bad and the ugly of the Ukraine war so far

A woman gestures past a shell crater and destroyed houses in the outskirts of Ivankiv, Kyiv
A woman gestures past a shell crater and destroyed houses in the outskirts of Ivankiv, Kyiv

Ukrainian woman's husband 'shot by Russian soldiers for not having a cigarette'

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks from Kyiv, Ukraine, early on Saturday morning. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks from Kyiv, Ukraine, early on Saturday morning. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)

Retreating Russians leave mines across 'whole territory', claims Zelensky

A Russian Topol-M intercontinental ballistic missile is paraded through Moscow's Red Square (Picture: Dmitry Kostyukov/AFP via Getty Images)
A Russian Topol-M intercontinental ballistic missile is paraded through Moscow's Red Square (Picture: Dmitry Kostyukov/AFP via Getty Images)

Ukraine: Russia’s 2020 policy allows for ‘defensive’ use of nuclear weapons

Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow shortly after his invasion of Ukraine began (Picture: Alexey Nikolsky/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images)
Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow shortly after his invasion of Ukraine began (Picture: Alexey Nikolsky/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images)

What Putin wants out of Ukraine invasion has been revealed – Marc Weller

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Kate Forbes, Humza Yousaf and Ash Regan
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Humza Yousaf apologises for NHS waiting times during last SNP TV debate

The Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt is being urged to use the Budget to "put money back into people's pockets".
The Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt is being urged to use the Budget to "put money back into people's pockets".

What does the Scottish Government want from the Budget and will it get it?

Glen Sannox is currently due to be completed by May. Picture: John Devlin
Glen Sannox is currently due to be completed by May. Picture: John Devlin

Ferguson Marine £87,000 bonus payments ‘unacceptable’ – Audit Scotland