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The speech is the latest in a series of warnings by Western defence and security authorities about the growing hybrid threat from states such as Russia, Iran and China.

Proposal is part of new package of security guarantees, backed by the White House, that could mark breakthrough in reaching agreement

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky is using talks in Berlin to rally European backing, shape US-led peace efforts and test whether Kyiv could trade its NATO ambitions for binding security guarantees. This comes as disagreements over territory, funding and Russia’s intentions continue to complicate the search for an end to the…

European leaders are expected to cement support for Ukraine as it faces Washington’s pressure to swiftly accept a U.S.-brokered peace deal

US officials said that Kyiv would be offered ‘Article Five-type’ security guarantees in a peace deal

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is prepared to renounce NATO membership if there are security guarantees. US envoy Steve Witkoff and US President Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner are also present at the major Berlin meeting on the war in Ukraine.

U.S. envoys are due in Berlin for another round of talks intended to secure a deal to end the war

The Prime Minister hosted Bart De Wever at Downing Street meeting on Friday.

Decision would anger environmental campaigners, who say it would amount to ‘gutting’ of green deal

This week's diplomatic flurry continued on Thursday when 34 leaders gathered for a Coalition of the Willing meeting to discuss security guarantees for Ukraine. The other aim: get the US on board with their positions.

Nato’s secretary general Mark Rutte said Europe is already Russia’s next target and ‘we are already in harm’s way’