Vladimir Putin is making Russia pay an “extraordinary price” over his invasion of Ukraine, the UK’s defence chief warned today. Admiral Sir Tony Radakin suggested to the BBC’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg that the country may struggle to sustain the war beyond 2026 at this rate, due to the cost both the Russian army and the economy were enduring.

Admiral Sir Tony Radakin said that October was the worst month for losses of Russian soldiers since the war began in February 2022.

The Biden administration has lifted a de facto ban on American military contractors deploying to Ukraine to help the country’s military maintain and repair US-provided weapons systems, particularly F16 fighter jets and Patriot air defense systems,

In the remaining days of US President Joe Biden's time in White House, the Biden administration is set to lift a defacto ban on American military contractors helping maintain US weaponry in Ukraine, an informed official told CNN on Friday.