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Former Deputy Prime Minister Sir David Lidington is to be joined by a panel of experts at the former home of Sir Edward Heath.

Tony Blair was warned in 2001 by the Ukrainian president at the time, Leonid Kuchma, that the West was running down Ukraine and had too rosy a view of Putin, newly-released files reveal

Documents show the ex-PM was told Ukraine's accession would help combat Russian expansionism.

A UK government aide pointed out in a memo that there could be a Russian intervention in Ukraine in 2002 and highlighted internal resistance to Ukrainian independence.

Your news for the morning of Wednesday, July 19 – Day 511 of Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine.

Ukraine warned two decades ago that the West had “too rosy” a view of Vladimir Putin, newly released archives reveal.

Official files shine light on former PM’s aims and fears – and surprising correspondences – while in No 10

For the second night in a row since the expiration of a crucial grain deal, Russia has launched airstrikes against the port of Odessa on the Black Sea coast,

Downing Street papers revealed how the Labour prime minister was warned that the West had 'too rosy' a view of Vladimir Putin

Envoy urged No 10 to exploit opportunities presented by tycoon’s premiership while ‘holding our noses’, archives reveal