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Cat and dog 'are flown to safety by Ukrainian drone to save them from advancing Russian troops'

09/04/26 09:08

A cat and dog were flown to safety by a Ukrainian drone to escape advancing Russian troops on the frontline, according to reports. Astonishing footage purportedly shows the pair being pulled from bags after the daring flight. Ukrainian fighters are said to have sent the animals on a mercy mission of nearly eight miles....read

Russian soldiers stripped and taped to trees in freezing conditions as punishment by Putin's commanders
28/01/26 12:23
Horrifying footage shows the barbaric punishment and torture of Russian soldiers accused of desertion and failing to follow orders during Putin's invasion of Ukraine.
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Mother and toddler, 3, killed after Russian missiles destroyed block of flats in Ukraine
03/01/26 22:08
The bodies of the woman, 22, and her son were found amid the rubble after a strike on the tower block in Kharkiv.
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Kremlin rejects peace proposal from Europe as it rains death on Zelensky's war-torn country - as US and Ukraine push for 19-point plan
24/11/25 22:39
Britain, Germany and France had proposed key changes to the contentious 28-point peace plan which was put together by White House and Kremlin officials last week.
Kenyan athlete visiting Russia is forced to join Putin's army and serve on the front line before escaping and surrendering to Ukrainian troops
19/09/25 10:29
Evans came to Russia as a tourist but was cheated. He was offered a 'job' and handed documents in Russian. The Ukrainian army announced his arrest.
Putin dons his military fatigues to visit Zapad war games
16/09/25 19:45
Vladimir Putin wore his military fatigues today on a visit to the Zapad 2025 war games around 500 miles away from the nearest frontline, while his trooped unleashed a drone in Kharkiv, east Ukraine.
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Putin dons his military fatigues to visit Zapad war games 500miles from the frontline - while his troops blow up blocks of flats in Kharkiv
16/09/25 19:22
In the Nizhny Novgorood region, the Kremlin leader, 72, chose to wear the army uniform and a pair of Strekoza tactical glasses ahead of US President Trump's arrival at Windsor.
Russian drone blows up Ukrainian university
16/09/25 13:06
A Russian drone attack struck the central Ukrainian city of Kharkiv on Tuesday, targeting a university and injuring at least four people.
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Terrifying moment kamikaze drone blows up Ukrainian university - as Zelensky calls on Europe to create an air defence 'umbrella'
16/09/25 12:08
A Russian drone attack struck the central Ukrainian city of Kharkiv on Tuesday, targeting a university and injuring at least four people.
Ukrainian teenagers dubbed the 'children of heroes' are given a break from the hell of war thanks to the generosity of kind Daily Mail readers
03/09/25 19:37
Many of these youngsters have lost a parent fighting off Putin's brutal invasion. Now Daily Mail readers have helped pay for a precious trip to Britain for trauma therapy - and hope for their futures
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Zelensky defies Trump minutes after US President lays out his terms for peace - setting up another showdown at White House TODAY watched by European leaders
18/08/25 01:35
Trump categorically ruled out Zelensky's desire to see Ukraine join NATO and indicated he has no desire to see Crimea returned to Ukrainian rule.
Married British father is killed on his first mission after volunteering to fight in Ukraine despite no military experience
08/08/25 07:46
Alan Robert Williams, 35, had moved from his home in Moreton, Merseyside, on May 7, to fight the invading Russian forces in Kharkiv after losing his job.
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Woman shares hilarious video of a 'Turkish hairlines' flight full of post-op men
09/06/25 10:49
Anna Malygon, who returned from a trip to Turkey in May captured the hilarious moment she spotted rows of male flyers onboard with prickly scalps, fresh from a hair transplant procedure.
Russian shells on Kharkiv leave four dead and 60 injured - including a baby - after 'most powerful attack since the start of the war in Ukraine'
07/06/25 22:33
Drones, missiles and guided bombs pelted down on the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv during Russia's overnight assault, with the injured said to include a baby.
Survivors are pulled from rubble after massive Putin strike on Ukraine's second city Kharkiv killed two as Trump says Ukrainians brought attack on themselves
07/06/25 07:45
More than 40 explosions were heard as Kremlin forces unleashed 48 kamikaze drones plus six aerial bombs and missiles on Kharkiv just before dawn today.
Russian drone attacks kill six in Ukraine, including an infant
05/06/25 08:12
The attack came hours after Trump spoke with Putin. According to Trump, Putin 'very strongly' said Russia will retaliate for Ukraine's weekend drone attacks.
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Read the tragic last messages from the Aussie tradie feared dead in in Ukraine - and the little white lies he told his parents to stop them worrying
15/05/25 14:16
Queenslander Caleb List had been serving in the Ukrainian army since 2022 after being rejected from joining the Australian forces.
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'I have three teardrop tattoos under my eye - one for each of the ten Russians I've killed. I need another one': What it's REALLY like on Ukraine's front line as part of the British Band of Brothers who are expecting to die
15/05/25 00:50
A secret training base 25 miles from the Ukrainian frontline is not a place you'd expect to encounter a softly-spoken 26-year-old from Northamptonshire.
'It was a direct hit... I do not know what angels saved us': As the world looks away, the Mail sees the aftermath of Putin's deadly attack on Ukraine
06/04/25 22:27
It was shortly after 10pm last Thursday when Viktoriia thought her luck had finally run out. She heard the gentle humming noise every Ukrainian fears most and then... a deafening explosion.
Russia launches massive drone strikes on Ukraine
27/03/25 15:33
The Ukrainian President is set to meet with European leaders in Paris today for a summit aimed at boosting Ukrainian security ahead of any potential ceasefire with Russia.
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Putin bombs civilians in latest evidence he has no interest in peace - as 'coalition of the willing' gathers in Paris for ceasefire summit the Kremlin looks set to ignore
27/03/25 08:48
The Ukrainian President is set to meet with European leaders in Paris today for a summit aimed at boosting Ukrainian security ahead of any potential ceasefire with Russia.
How Ukraine destroyed Russian frontline unit with all-robot offensive
19/03/25 14:18
Ukraine has revealed how it destroyed a Russian frontline position without a single soldier being on the ground, thanks to an all-robot offensive.
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Ukraine's first all-robot offensive destroys Russian frontline unit using machine-gun mounted vehicles packed with explosives, 50 drones… and no infantry
19/03/25 13:28
Ukraine has revealed how it destroyed a Russian frontline position without a single soldier being on the ground, thanks to an all-robot offensive.
Ukrainian volunteer, 25, says she is 'shaking' after watching Trump and Vance take Zelensky to task in the Oval Office - adding 'we should only depend on ourselves'
01/03/25 16:00
Dariia Voloshyna, from Kharkiv, in northeastern Ukraine said she was very proud of how Mr Zelensky stood up for Ukrainians during the fractious meeting.
How a Ukrainian refugee fled Kyiv with nothing and went on to storm Dragons' Den: Yana Smaglo ran from Putin's attack in 2022 with two samples from her fashion line - now top investors are fighting for her
24/01/25 13:39
The designer, originally from northeast Kharkiv in northeast Ukraine, was living in a nice apartment in Kyiv .
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'Living Nostradamus' makes chilling prediction that World War III is 'imminent' and 'the worst is yet to come'
27/12/24 16:03
A Brazilian man known as 'Living Nostradamus' after making a number of accurate predictions now claims World War III could be 'imminent' and 'the worst is yet to come'.
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What happened to Britain's Ukrainians? Successful fashion tycoon, Olympic team manager who found love on Tinder and the woman who returned reveal what happened after UK opened its homes and hearts to the refugees of Putin's war
26/12/24 08:21
Three years after moving from her native Kharkiv to forge a new path in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, Yana Smaglo was doing nicely. On 24 February 2022, shortly after 5am, everything changed.
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Putin's Christmas Day blitz: Russian despot accused of orchestrating 'inhumane' attack on Ukraine's energy grid
25/12/24 22:30
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said that more than 70 missiles and 100 drones targeted energy infrastructure sites across the country.
NATO scrambles warplanes after brutal Putin terrorises Ukrainians with Christmas missile and drone attacks as Keir Starmer condemns 'bloody and brutal' strikes
25/12/24 08:20
Russia's warplanes, missiles and drones attacked key civilian infrastructure, specifically power plants and supply networks, to leave long-suffering Ukrainians freezing over the festivities
NATO fighter jets scrambled in Poland as Putin launches major attack
13/12/24 09:26
NATO fighter jets have been scrambled in Poland and along the Alliance's eastern flank as Vladimir Putin used strategic bombers and modern warplanes to unleash terror on Ukrainians.
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Glamorous Ukrainian tennis star swaps her racket for a ROCKET LAUNCHER as she joins war effort in her off-season
09/12/24 22:10
Svitolina, ranked 23rd in the world, has often used her platform as one of the country's most successful players on the tour to draw attention to the war in Ukraine.
Fearless under fire: Moment Ukrainian soldiers don't even flinch as explosions erupt around them while carrying wounded comrade in new footage showing frontline combat
26/11/24 16:39
The new footage showing the harsh realities of frontline combat captures the group of soldiers displaying unwavering courage near Kharkiv , and Chasiv Yar, in Donetsk Oblast.
Ukrainian soldier fights off six Russians in bitter trench battle
25/11/24 15:51
The breathless drone footage showed the singe Ukrainian, wearing combat trousers and nothing but a olive-green t-shirt, stalking along a ridge beside a network of trenches when six Russians opened fire
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Brave T-shirt-wearing Ukrainian soldier fights off SIX Russians single-handedly in video showing frontline trench warfare
25/11/24 14:19
The breathless drone footage showed the singe Ukrainian, wearing combat trousers and nothing but a olive-green t-shirt, stalking along a ridge beside a network of trenches when six Russians opened fire
'Thrown on a bus and sent to hell': Videos show Ukrainian men being hauled off the streets by army recruiters as Zelensky attempts to bolster military ranks
18/11/24 16:03
Episodes of unsuspecting Ukrainian men being press-ganged are becoming more frequent as Russian forces continue to grind down defensive lines in Eastern Ukraine
Ukraine's battle… to find recruits for its army: How soldiers are being sent to search cities and bars for men to conscript and send to the front line
14/10/24 12:06
Military recruitment officers raided restaurants, bars and concert venues in Kyiv last week, checking military registration documents and detaining men who were not in compliance.
Russia suffers its worst month of front line losses in Ukraine war
08/10/24 13:49
The figures for deaths and injuries seen in September are an increase from the previous highest daily casualty rate for Russian soldiers recorded in May
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Zelensky hints war with Russia is 'closer to the end' than we think
24/09/24 19:09
The Ukrainian leader told ABC during his visit to the US that only from a 'strong position' can Ukraine push Russian President Vladimir Putin 'to stop the war'.
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Kremlin missile kills one person and wounds 42 more after hitting apartment building in Kharkiv as Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky calls for permission to strike Russian military sites
15/09/24 20:45
A Russian missile fired into an apartment building in Kharkiv, Ukraine, has killed one and wounded 42 more, amid calls from Volodymyr Zelensky for permission to directly hit Russian military strikes.
Mother's horror as daughter, 14, is 'decapitated' by Putin missile shrapnel near playground... as Russia launches new airstrikes on the day Ukrainian children return to school
02/09/24 08:54
The tale of family devastation began when the girl's father went missing presumed dead in Ukraine's embattled Donetsk region and ended with the grisly death of the teenager in a missile strike
Tower block inferno in Ukraine as Russian bombs hit high-rise
30/08/24 15:02
Horrific footage showed huge gouts of orange flame trailing from the windows of the high-rise in the city's Industrialny district as the twisted wreckage of burning cars smouldered below
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At least five dead as Russian bombs slam into Ukrainian tower block sparking inferno with child killed in playground
30/08/24 14:03
Horrific footage showed huge gouts of orange flame trailing from the windows of the high-rise in the city's Industrialny district as the twisted wreckage of burning cars smouldered below
A hero's worst nightmare: Ukrainian firefighter crouches over the body of his wife after being sent to tackle Putin missile strike inferno that had flattened his home and left his son, ten, seriously wounded
31/07/24 16:11
Firefighter Serhiy Zamesov was filmed kneeling next to his dead wife, Inna Zamesova, 37, in shock as he said his final farewell to her after being called to put out a fire caused at his own home.
Ukrainian teacher blinded by Russian missile attack - and saved by generous Mail reader donations - warns Putin's war is only getting 'more dangerous every day'
27/07/24 19:13
Olena Kurylo, 54, became the face of Vladimir Putin's brutality when photographers sent harrowing images of her bandaged face around the world after the attack in Kharkiv in February 2022
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Ukraine seize Russian 'spy couple' who sent details of secret ammo stores and troop movements to Moscow's FSB intelligence agency
16/07/24 23:07
Ukraine has seized a Russian 'spy couple' who are accused of sending details of secret ammo stores and troop movements to Moscow's FSB intelligence agency.
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Ukrainian drones strike Tambov Gunpowder Plant in the Russian city of Kotovsk, leaving huge explosion in the skies
04/07/24 22:16
Smoke billowed high above the city of Kotovsk, in Russia's Tambov region, after 'explosive drones' allegedly hit the factory, a Ukrainian defence sector source told media
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As the reality of war slips from public consciousness, Ukraine served as a reminder of a bigger struggle, writes IAN HERBERT... they achieved more at Euro 2024 than anyone will
27/06/24 18:32
IAN HERBERT IN DUSSELDORF: At Ukraine's Euros base in the spa town of Wiesbaden, they were taking down the images, loaded with significance.
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The Pentagon move showing Biden is open to sending troops into Ukraine
26/06/24 17:26
The Biden administration is considering lifting a long-held ban on U.S. military contractors deploying to Ukraine, according to four officials.
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Kyiv's fury after US puts limits on how far Ukraine can strike inside Russia - after Zelensky warned military aid being sent by the West won't defeat Putin
23/06/24 07:41
Ukrainian officials have complained the US is putting limits on how far Kyiv can strike inside Russia, stopping it from targeting key air bases.
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Ukraine to sell off assets desperately to raise money for Russian war
13/06/24 06:23
Kyiv hopes to be able to bring in £80mn by the end of 2024 by drastically slashing prices - a fraction of the tens of billions in aid recently offered by the United States
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Report: Ukraine's first use of US missiles to blast targets in Russia
03/06/24 14:38
It is believed the Ukrainian military struck a S-300 or S-400 air defence system using US-supplied High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) and completely destroyed it in a devastating attack
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Kremlin warns of 'fatal consequences' for America as footage shows 'first use of US missiles to destroy military targets inside Russia' - and Putin 'loses a record 1,200 troops in one day'
03/06/24 13:46
It is believed the Ukrainian military struck a S-300 or S-400 air defence system using US-supplied High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) and completely destroyed it in a devastating attack
Trump will be 'loser president' if he stops Ukraine aid, Zelensky says
03/06/24 10:41
The Ukrainian President took aim at Trump in a scathing interview last week, insisting Kyiv 'would not put up with' any deals made between a Trump administration and Vladimir Putin
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Donald Trump will be a 'loser president' and bring an end to the US as a global 'player' if he wins US election and tries to impose peace deal on Ukraine, Zelensky warns
03/06/24 08:46
The Ukrainian President took aim at Trump in a scathing interview last week, insisting Kyiv 'would not put up with' any deals made between a Trump administration and Vladimir Putin
Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky slams Joe Biden and insists green light to bomb Russia with US weapons doesn't go far enough in rare rebuke
02/06/24 15:43
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has criticised US president Joe Biden in a rare rebuke, claiming that his decision to let Ukraine attack Russia with US weapons doesn't go far enough.
Inside the 115-year-old factory in Joe Biden's hometown aiming to churn out 36,000 shells a month for Ukraine to fire at Russian troops
01/06/24 13:42
In Joe Biden's sleepy hometown hums a 115-year-old factory working around the clock to turn massive heavy steel rods into 155mm artillery shells - the same used on frontlines of Ukraine.
WW3 threat rising as US allows Ukraine to fire its missiles at Russia
31/05/24 09:00
The Kremlin has accused the West of 'entering a new round of escalations in tensions', after Joe Biden lifted restrictions on Ukraine using American weapons for direct attacks on Russian soil.
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We are not bluffing about nuclear war, Putin ally warns as US raises WW3 threat by granting Ukraine permission to fire its missiles INTO Russia
31/05/24 07:40
The Kremlin has accused the West of 'entering a new round of escalations in tensions', after Joe Biden lifted restrictions on Ukraine using American weapons for direct attacks on Russian soil.
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Former British PoW meets 'Putin's top target' he wants to assassinate
31/05/24 06:31
Aiden Aslin, 30, met the man Vladimir Putin most wants to assassinate on Thursday - Ukrainian military intelligence chief Lt-Gen Kyrylo Budanov, 38.
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Former British PoW Aiden Aslin meets 'Putin's top target' as fighter presents Ukraine's military intelligence chief with a copy of his book
30/05/24 23:42
Aiden Aslin, 30, met the man Vladimir Putin most wants to assassinate on Thursday - Ukrainian military intelligence chief Lt-Gen Kyrylo Budanov, 38.
Putin warns West with 'grave consequences' for strikes in Russia
28/05/24 15:51
It comes just weeks after Lord Cameron faced backlash from the Kremlin over lifting restrictions on Ukraine using British-supplied weapons to fire into Russia.
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Putin threatens West's 'densely populated territories' with 'grave consequences' for allowing weapons sent to Ukraine to be used in strikes against Russia in latest veiled nuke threat from the Kremlin
28/05/24 15:41
It comes just weeks after Lord Cameron faced backlash from the Kremlin over lifting restrictions on Ukraine using British-supplied weapons to fire into Russia.
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Shocking footage shows moment Russian rockets strike DIY hypermarket
27/05/24 07:15
A video shows the moment one of two Russian guided bombs exploded through the roof of the DIY store in what appears to be a terrorist attack on civilians in eastern Ukraine.
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Shocking CCTV footage shows moment Russian rockets strike DIY hypermarket in Kharkiv in attack that left 14 people dead and many others wounded
27/05/24 01:12
A video shows the moment one of two Russian guided bombs exploded through the roof of the DIY store in what appears to be a terrorist attack on civilians in eastern Ukraine.
Deadly aftermath of Putin's 'vile' attack on Kharkiv hardware store as emergency teams search for 16 shoppers still missing as death toll rises to 12 so far
26/05/24 08:28
Twelve people are dead and at least 16 are still missing after new images show the deadly aftermath of a 'vile' strike carried out by Russia on the Epicentr DIY hypermarket in Kharkiv on Saturday.
Putin chairs top meeting after looking frail and off-colour during talks in Belarus with ally Lukashenko - amid rumours over despot's bad health
25/05/24 17:06
Vladimir Putin today chaired a top meeting after he yesterday looked fraid and off-colour during talks in Belarus with the nation's president and his ally Alexander Lukashenko to discuss the war in Ukraine.
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Two hundred shoppers are feared dead after warmonger Putin bombs hardware store in Kharkiv in 'vile' attack
25/05/24 15:25
Six people have been confirmed dead after two guided bombs hit a DIY hypermarket in a residential area of the city of Kharkiv.
Russian forces 'capture another village in Ukraine' as war machine grinds on - after Kremlin claimed Putin 'wanted a ceasefire along current battlelines'
25/05/24 14:44
The Russian defence ministry said that troops had 'taken control of the village of Arkhangelske', located to the north of the city of Donetsk.
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Inside Ukraine's top secret drone base raining death inside Russia: DAVID PATRIKARAKOS watches Russian soldiers' last days on Earth from a hidden nerve center no reporter has ever visited. And is astonished by what he sees...
25/05/24 10:59
I am in a base not far from the front lines in the Kharkiv Oblast, or region, of eastern Ukraine. And I'm watching through the camera of a drone - looking for targets to kill.
Vladimir Putin looks weak and frail amid ongoing rumours over the Russian President's health - as he holds talks in Belarus over the Ukraine war
24/05/24 21:29
The ageing Russian tyrant was hosted by Lukashenko in the Belarusian capital on Friday, where Putin questioned Volodymyr Zelenskyy's legitimacy
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Russia warns it will strike British targets 'in Ukraine and beyond'
23/05/24 14:40
The Kremlin is outraged at remarks from British Foreign Secretary David Cameron, who declared Ukraine had a right to use weapons provided by London to hit targets inside Russia
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Russia warns it will strike British targets 'in Ukraine and beyond' - forcing NATO to enter the conflict - if UK weapons are used for attacks within its territory
23/05/24 14:08
The Kremlin is outraged at remarks from British Foreign Secretary David Cameron, who declared Ukraine had a right to use weapons provided by London to hit targets inside Russia
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Revealed: How Russians occupied new undisputed champion Oleksandr Usyk's family home in Ukraine, smashed it up and booby-trapped it with grenades
19/05/24 13:34
More information about the attack on Usyk's home in the northern Ukrainian village of Vorzel was revealed today in the aftermath of his victory in Saudi Arabia last night over Britain's Tyson Fury.
Ukraine green lights mobilisation law to conscript more troops as Russian onslaught continues to threaten Kyiv - with draft age for men lowered from 27 to 25
18/05/24 18:23
Ukraine has brought in a mobilisation law to boost troop numbers amid a new offensive from Russia that has seen more than 500,000 troops amassed on the frontline in a bid to overpower Kiev.
Kremlin says it will 'retaliate for any nuclear threats' and warns tensions could spill into WW3 - after warning that allowing Ukraine to strike Russian territory with US weapons could spark a 'tragedy for humanity'
17/05/24 07:59
'We warn that they are playing with fire. (The US) have long been in a state of proxy war with the Russian Federation,' Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said
Zelensky says 'it's the world's fault' that Putin advanced on Kharkiv
16/05/24 15:32
The Ukrainian president, who was visiting injured soldiers in a hospital in Kharkiv today, warned that his country couldn't afford to lose the city and said 'the situation is very serious'.
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Putin's new World War 3 threat to the West
16/05/24 14:57
His comments come as Russian troops continue to seize territory in eastern Ukraine, forcing thousands in Kharkiv to flee their homes after Moscow launched another ground invasion in the region
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Zelensky says 'it is the world's fault' that Putin has advanced on Kharkiv as first reports emerge of Russian troops detaining and executing civilians in seized nearby town
16/05/24 14:56
The Ukrainian president, who was visiting injured soldiers in a hospital in Kharkiv today, warned that his country couldn't afford to lose the city and said 'the situation is very serious'.
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Moscow's new WW3 threat to the West: Putin ally warns of global war and 'tragedy that can affect all of humanity' if Kyiv is allowed to use US-supplied weapons on Russian territory
16/05/24 13:58
His comments come as Russian troops continue to seize territory in eastern Ukraine, forcing thousands in Kharkiv to flee their homes after Moscow launched another ground invasion in the region
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Body language expert reveals how attention-seeking Putin tries to engage President Xi with eye-contact... and the signals that show China's leader is the senior partner in their relationship
16/05/24 10:59
The Russian president met his Chinese counterpart for a summit in Beijing on Thursday, where the two leaders reaffirmed a 'no-limits' partnership.

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