The $30 million toe in the water

The UK's Defence Investment Plan remains unfinished, and the Treasury is only offering £10billion of extra funding to fill a £28billion shortfall in budgets over the next four years.

Fears are mounting that Vladimir Putin is preparing for a wider war with Europe as the UK's defence plans descend into chaos.

The respected minister acucsed the PM and Chancellor Rachel Reeves of failing to keep the country safe in a brutal parting shot.

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Russian military build-up at Luga, Russia shows new barracks , warehouses, and military vehicles added over the past two years.

Vladimir Putin is expanding dozens of military bases along Russia's borders with Nato countries in a major build-up that has raised fresh fears over the Kremlin's long-term ambitions in Europe.

Keir Starmer staged an awkward photo op in No10 this morning with Dan Jarvis and Chief of the Defence Staff Richard Knighton also thought to be at risk of quitting as he put on a show of normality.

An echo of Sydney's 2024 instiitutional buy-up

Intelligence assessments suggest Russia's Murmansk region near Finland and Norway could now accommodate up to 17,000 additional troops within striking distance of neighbouring countries.

Another military site near the Estonian border has also amassed significant numbers of vehicles according to the images.

The expansion comes amid wider concerns over Russia's growing hostility towards the Western alliance.

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The Ministry of Defence has warned Downing Street that Russian aggression towards Nato is now at record levels.

Russian jets and drones are said to have violated Nato airspace more last month than at any other point this year while the total number of incidents in 2026 has already surpassed the whole of 2025.

Former Army officer Colonel Richard Kemp told The Sun that while a Russian attack on Nato was not inevitable it could not be ruled out .