Arms trade

Erdoğan gains from lifting Sweden and Finland Nato veto with US fighter jet promise
Analysis: deal between Biden and Erdoğan is sealed in Madrid after Nordic countries vow to control support for Kurdish terrorism
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor
29, Jun, 2022 @6:59 PM

Zelenskiy calls on G7 leaders to help end war in Ukraine by winter
President speaks on video link, as leaders discuss economic measures and US confirms plans to send air defence system
Patrick Wintour in Elmau
27, Jun, 2022 @5:06 PM

Arms sent to Ukraine will end up in criminal hands, says Interpol chief
Jürgen Stock urges members to cooperate on arms tracing as weapons will flood hidden economy when war ends
Kim Willsher
02, Jun, 2022 @1:36 PM

Boris Johnson calls for Ukraine to be sent more long-range rocket systems
Prime minister says MLRS rockets can help embattled forces but stops short of UK offering M270 system
Dan Sabbagh
27, May, 2022 @2:30 PM

Russian airstrikes target western arms arriving in Ukraine
Moscow steps up missile strikes on key infrastructure as flow of western weapons becomes focus of war
Peter Beaumont and Julian Borger in Washington
04, May, 2022 @1:03 PM

UK inquiry ‘to establish whether British components used in Russian weapons’
Reported investigation into use in Ukraine despite ban on direct sale of arms and dual-use components follows thinktank findings
Haroon Siddique
02, May, 2022 @8:27 PM

India’s oversight of arms suppliers | Letter
Letters: It’s right to guard against UK components making their way to Vladimir Putin, but India’s controls are robust, writes Burzine Waghmar
Letters
26, Apr, 2022 @5:13 PM

German report casts doubt on scale of its weapons support for Ukraine
Claims that only three of 15 types of arms requested now on official list likely to add fuel to diplomatic row
Philip Oltermann in Hamburg
21, Apr, 2022 @10:33 AM

The UK may try to flex military muscles, but has it got what it takes?
Analysis: Ukraine shows militarising foreign policy has come to define Boris Johnson’s premiership
Dan Sabbagh Defence and security editor
08, Apr, 2022 @2:03 PM

Ukraine war looms over conference on curbing use of heavy bombs in cities
Geneva meeting aims to reach draft agreement on restricting explosives in wake of shelling in Ukraine
Dan Sabbagh Defence and security correspondent
05, Apr, 2022 @12:47 PM

Sean Penn calls for billionaire to step up and buy aircraft for Ukraine
Actor urges someone to spend $300m on ‘12 aircraft with better tech than Russian MiGs or SU’s’
Dan Sabbagh Defence and security editor
01, Apr, 2022 @4:16 PM

How British ‘tank-busters’ are helping Ukraine halt Russian attack
Britain credited by the world’s defence ministries in arming Ukrainian troops with the most effective weapons
Michael Savage, Policy Editor
20, Mar, 2022 @11:30 AM
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