More than half of the respondents in a new survey believe the nation has come together amid the Ukraine conflict The number of Russians with a sense of national unity has increased dramatically amid Moscow’s military operation in Ukraine, the Russian Public Opinion Research Center (VCIOM) reported on Thursday.

Moscow has summoned the UK envoy and cautioned London against training Ukrainian forces Russia has summoned the British Ambassador to Moscow, Deborah Bronnert, over claims that the UK provided training to Ukrainian forces that attacked Russia’s Black Sea Fleet in Crimea last week.

The move to tackle soaring inflation may hit thousands of homeowners with higher mortgage costs The Bank of England announced the biggest interest rate increase in more than three decades on Thursday. The key rate was hiked by three-quarters of a percentage point in a move to curb inflation.