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Delegates attend the NATO-Ukraine Council meeting on the second day of the NATO Foreign Affairs Ministers meeting on April 04, 2024

Alyn Smith: Scotland cannot afford to be naive when it comes to defence funding

David Ennis and brother Brian are joined by Les Ward and an American supporter to launch Ukraine mission

Brothers embarks on Scotland to Ukraine road trip to help orphans

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David Cameron met with Donald Trump in Florida

David Cameron jets to Florida for Ukraine talks with Donald Trump

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A law enforcement officer patrols the scene of the gun attack at the Crocus City Hall concert hall in Krasnogorsk, outside Moscow

EXCLUSIVE REPORT David Pratt: ISIS remains a threat even if Russia won’t admit it

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Mortensen is director, producer, on-screen star and composer of The Dead Don’t Hurt

Viggo Mortensen shows support for Ukraine at film premier in Scotland

3

YAHIDNE, UKRAINE - JANUARY 17, 2024 - A woman faces the door with the calendar and names of the people who died in the basement of the school where Russian occupiers held more than 300 residents, including 77 children

EXCLUSIVE 'Russians kept us in the basement’: Ukrainian villagers share stories of war

The Museum Of Shipbuilding And The Fleet in the shipbuilding heart of Ukraine, Mykolaiv, displays memorabilia, copperplate drawings and torpedoes

SPECIAL REPORT David Pratt: This is the Ukrainian shipbuilding city now twinned with Glasgow

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Former home secretary Suella Braverman said the review had found a minority of golden visa investors were 'potentially at high risk' of having links to corruption or organised crime

Exclusive 'Deeply concerning': UK Government urged to publish review on Russian investors

3

Mykolaiv Regional State Administration building targeted by Russian cruise missile strike

COMMENT David Pratt: In Mykolaiv the dark days of 2022 are never far away

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COMMENT Alyn Smith: Scotland must invest in efforts to co-operate globally

3

David Pratt has been reporting exclusively for The National from Ukraine

Watch David Pratt’s exclusive reporting from Ukraine

1 The rehabilitation gym ©David Pratt.

COVER STORY The Ukrainian soldiers fighting a different battle after being injured in war

Foreign Editor David Pratt gains access to the Hostomel airfield and recounts the fight that scuttled the Kremlin's attempt to take over Ukraine

EXCLUSIVE Inside the airfield battle which began the Kremlin's attempt to take over Ukraine

6

The Ukrainian city of Mykolaiv has twinned with Glasgow

Glasgow twinned with Ukrainian city on anniversary of Russian invasion

3

The aftermath of a Russian bombing attack on a neighbourhood in Kyev, and Larysa Zhdankina

EYEWITNESS 'Russia's first bombs fell by our house. Seven hours later we were refugees'

2

Humza Yousaf will deliver a reading and lay a wreath

Humza Yousaf affirms ‘steadfast support’ for Ukraine on second invasion anniversary

6

The new film will tell the story of ordinary Ukrainians who have been impacted by the war with Russia

US filmmaker brings Ukraine documentary to Edinburgh for European premiere

David Pratt will be on the ground in Ukraine

David Pratt returns to Ukraine to deliver exclusive reporting in The National

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Commemorating ceremony held for the 'Heroes of the Heavenly Hundred' - people who were killed during the 2013-2014 Revolution of Dignity, in Kyiv

comment David Pratt: There is a distinct sense of Ukrainians having their backs to the wall

8

A Russian serviceman patrols the territory of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Station in Energodar

comment We must wake up to the nuclear powder keg embedded in the war in Ukraine

The UK Government has been criticised by the SNP over changes to the Ukrainian refugee scheme

Tories accused of ‘mean mindedness’ over Ukraine family scheme closure

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It may be that Russia would not be able to match Nato, but that doesn’t stop Vladimir Putin from trying

Letters The era of the peace dividend has been over for several years

Different Ways was shown for the first time at the Harbour Arts Centre in Irvine

Film depicting Ukrainian refugee's arrival in Scotland premieres

Knowing the reality of the world in which we live is more vital than ever, writes Pratt

COMMENT David Pratt: I hope I’m wrong about the year ahead as war rages across the world

12

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky delivers an end-of-year press conference in Kyiv on December 19, 2023

COMMENT Alyn Smith: Scotland needs a voice in key discussions about the future of Europe

8

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks to journalists, in Oslo, Wednesday

COMMENT David Pratt: Ukraine in from the cold diplomatic winter before difficult days in 2024

4

Hospitals have been badly damaged throughout the war in Ukraine

EXCLUSIVE Scottish island funding drive raises thousands for Ukrainian charity

1

This books holds relevance to ongoing conflicts today

REVIEW A story from the past with relevance to the fate of Ukraine

Ukrainian soldiers of the 72nd Mechanized Brigade on duty as Russian attacks on the city of Vuhledar, where a 'tank duel' is taking place between the two armies, continue in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine

COMMENT David Pratt: Where the war in Ukraine is heading as fear of being forgotten grows

5

Flags of the European Union

EU Commission backs formal membership talks with Ukraine and Moldova

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Shirley-Anne Somerville (left) launched the strategy at an arts and wellbeing event

Scottish Government set out steps to move Ukrainian refugees to permanent housing

A Ukrainian servicemen fires a machine gun towards Russian positions near Andriivka, Donetsk

WAR IN UKRAINE David Pratt: Ukraine's key battle lies in retaining support from allies

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks to wounded Ukrainian soldiers during a visit at Staten Island University Hospital, in New York, Monday, Sept. 18

COMMENT David Pratt: The West has to prioritise Ukraine in decisions about the war

12

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy's oligarchs stand accused of pillaging the country

LETTERS Corruption, oligarchs and how to secure a lasting peace in Ukraine

Police are treating the incident as being 'racially aggravated'

Ukrainian teenager stabbed in ‘racially aggravated’ attack in Edinburgh

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Humza Yousaf takes part in the ceremony

Humza Yousaf pledges 'absolute solidarity with Ukraine' on Independence Day

3

Organisations in Edinburgh which have helped displaced Ukrainians are to receive a share of funding from the Scottish Government

Five organisations to receive Scottish Government funding to help Ukrainian refugees

1

Fight for superiority in a new drone war

EXCLUSIVE David Pratt: Fight for superiority in a new drone war

Katy Clark MSP has written to Defence Secretary Ben Wallace demanding they 'urgently get around the table'

MoD urged to 'get around the table' to end strike at Scots munitions plant

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Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has been urged to intervene

Scottish staff at Ministry of Defence missile depot vote to escalate strike action

Kateryna Shukh (bottom left) poses with fellow refugee women to showcase

THE FERRET ‘Trafficked, raped and pregnant’: Meet the Polish activists aiding Ukrainian women

There are differing political and military stances on the use of controversial cluster munitions

COMMENT David Pratt's Four Corners: Views at odds over cluster munitions

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Exercise Alba Breeze has got underway in Glasgow

Glasgow hosts Nato military exercise after Russia forces change of venue

Ukrainian artist Veronika Skliarova. Credit - British Council Scotland

Ukrainian artists to find haven in Scotland

African Presidents meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy

FOUR CORNERS David Pratt's Four Corners: Constitutional referendums and suspect peace missions

A Ukrainian soldier fires a mortar at Russian positions on the frontline near Bakhmut in the Donetsk region

UKRAINE DIARY David Pratt: This is my final Ukraine diary, but the war is far from over

Kyiv’s Strichka festival provided citizens with a weekend of celebration and relative normality in a city that both needs and deserves both

Bangs, drones and beats: Kyiv welcomes sound of springtime festivals

A woman at the Scotland Stands with Ukraine peace rally outside the Scottish Parliament in March 2022

'Utterly deplorable': SNP MP blasts UK's slashing of support for Ukrainian refugees

5

Dmitry Medvedev is one of Vladimir Putin's closest allies

UK officials 'legitimate targets' in war on Ukraine, top Putin ally claims

2

Ukrainian soldier Valentyn Ilchuk stands in a destroyed building near the frontline in Pervomaiske near Donetsk city

EXCLUSIVE Dancing between life and death on Ukraine’s eastern front

2

Ukrainian tankers ride along the road towards their positions near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine

COMMENT Ukrainian guessing game has Russia seriously rattled

1

With more than 120,000 of Ukraine’s professional, well-trained forces lost over the last year, for some time now, the race has been on to ready their replacements

UKRAINE David Pratt: Meet citizen soldiers training to bolster Ukraine's army for 'D-Day'

9

The decision to supply Ukraine with powerful Storm Shadow cruise missiles – with minimal public debate – is a dangerous one

COMMENT George Kerevan: UK is in over its head in toxic conflict with a nuclear power

24

Pedestrians observe Kyiv's air defence systems trying to down a drone

WAR IN UKRAINE Russian panic tangible as world waits for Ukrainian counter-offensive

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