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Moment a Russian tank is blown up sending its turret flying 250ft in to the air

12/05/22 10:26

This is the audacious moment a Russian tank is obliterated just outside Mariupol, with its turret shooting up hundreds of feet into the air. Amazing video shot by Chinese state TV channel Phoenix shows the sudden blast (pictured) in eastern Ukraine, which saw the Russian tank wiped out instantaneously. It's not clear what sort of weapon was used to detonate the immense explosion, but it must have been hefty to trigger such a blast. Bizarrely, the tank's turret stayed perfectly intact as it flew 250ft (76m) into the air above the busy road into war-torn Mariupol, south-eastern Ukraine. The Chinese journalist who shot the footage said her driver had to slam on the brakes to avert the blast. Phoenix TV wrote: 'Reporter Lu Yuguang escaped death during the interview in eastern Ukraine [as] the driver needed emergency deceleration to avoid danger.'...read

'Please don't let our husbands die': Tearful wives of two Ukrainian soldiers holed up in Mariupol's steelworks beg Pope Francis to help save their loved-ones
11/05/22 14:51
Kateryna Prokopenko, 27, and Yuliya Fedosiuk, 29, told the Catholic leader he was their 'last hope', begging him: 'Please don't let them die.'
Is Putin's invasion stalling in the Donbas?: War expert JUSTIN BRONK says the battered Russian offensive is FAILING in eastern Ukraine and desperate Putin faces failure after taking '60,000 casualties'
11/05/22 10:29
Despite the Russian president refocusing efforts from his failed Kyiv offensive to eastern Ukraine, Russia has so far failed to make significant ground in the Donbas, writes JUSTIN BRONK.
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Pro-Kremlin forces in Ukraine boast they are set to rebuild Mariupol... and turn it into a holiday resort
09/05/22 21:25
Denis Pushilin, the head of Russian-backed rebels in Ukraine has promised to transform the all-but-destroyed city of Mariupol into a 'resort', despite Ukrainian soldiers holding out in Azovstal steel plant.
Biden SUSPENDS Trump-era steel tariffs on Ukraine for a year to help bolster their industry and help the fight against Putin's invasion
09/05/22 19:44
President Joe Biden is suspending the 25% import taxes on Ukraine's steel to help boost the war torn country's economy during the Russian invasion.
Russians hold Victory Day parade in MARIUPOL: Occupiers taunt Ukraine with processions in occupied territory including besieged city
09/05/22 11:36
In Mariupol, a city brought to ruin by persistent Russian shelling and blockades, Kremlin puppet Denis Pushilin marched through the streets chanting and waving flags.
Putin's #1 Australian fan mocks Ukrainian soldiers fighting to their death as he hosts tacky pro-Kremlin party on Sydney Harbour attended by Russian diplomats and a Senate candidate
09/05/22 04:40
Simeon Boikov, the self-styled 'Aussie Cossack', held a boozy pro-Russia party on Sydney Harbour with bikies, diplomats and his glamorous wife Katia celebrating Russia's World War II victory.
The female Ukrainian soldier, 21, who'll fight on till the end: 'Songbird of Mariupol' wins an army of fans over social media footage of her singing in bomb shelter, writes IAN BIRRELL
08/05/22 21:39
IAN BIRRELL: In the spring of last year, Kateryna told her friend that she planned to join the fight against Russian-backed separatists in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine.
'Surrender is not an option': Ukrainian forces holed up in Azovstal steelworks pledge to keep fighting despite dwindling supplies in the face of Russian missile strikes
08/05/22 19:11
The Azovstal steel mill is the last pocket of Ukrainian resistance in the devastated port city and its fate has taken on a symbolic value in the broader battle since Russia's invasion.
Ukraine claims more than 25,000 Russian servicemen have died since invasion began: Kyiv officials say Putin's forces have also lost 1130 tanks, 199 planes and 2741 armoured personnel carriers
08/05/22 16:12
A total of 25,500 Russian soldiers have been killed in bitter fighting, while Putin's forces have lost 1130 tanks, 199 planes, 156 helicopters, 509 artillery systems and 2741 APCs, it is claimed
Russians order in their private army of thugs: Wagner Group mercenaries are accused of 'firing at civilians' as they tried to flee a city in eastern Ukraine
07/05/22 23:41
Intense fighting including alleged firing on civilians has been blamed on cruel Wagner mercenaries. The eastern town of Popasna was the scene of shocking violence including a 15-uear-old shot in the legs
Women, children and the elderly are among more than 300 people FINALLY evacuated from Mariupol steel plant as Ukrainian forces in the destroyed port city continue to hold out against Russian troops
07/05/22 17:40
Iryna Vereshchuk said in a statement on social media that 'this part of the Mariupol humanitarian mission has been completed'.
Sixty days in the bunker from HELL: Heating rainwater over candlelight for her baby, starving herself to feed her parents, constant bombardment and her husband at war... an account of life beneath the Mariupol steelworks
06/05/22 21:03
Anna Zaitseva was one of 70 people holed up in the bunker beneath Azovstal steelworks. Her plight was made more traumatic by the need to care for her six-month-old son.
Putin sends his men to their deaths at Azovstal steelworks in desperate bid to secure the giant complex for a symbolic victory in Mariupol in time for May 9 Victory Day parade
06/05/22 07:24
Vladimir Putin has privately ordered his commanders to take the Azovstal steel works in Mariupol to give him a 'symbolic victory' to brag about during May 9 parades in Russia.
Russians are 'KICKED OUT' of Azovstal steel works as fighting enters third day - but wife of Ukrainian commander pleads for international help to rescue defenders amid reports some are 'dying in agony'
05/05/22 15:55
Russian soldiers were booted out of the Azovstal steel works on Thursday, President Zelensky's adviser said. A Ukrainian commander's wife warned people are dying 'every second'.
Medic, 27, becomes the first female Russian soldier to be killed in Ukraine as she is fatally wounded by mortar strike in Mariupol
05/05/22 11:36
Valentina Galatova, 27 and a mother-of-one, died in the Black Sea port city of Mariupol on April 14 when she was hit by a mortar while carrying out a 'combat mission', Russian media has reported.
'Bloody battles' are raging inside Azovstal steel plant, Ukrainian commander reveals, as he vows to keep fighting despite 'extremely difficult' conditions while Russia claims three-day ceasefire will begin today
05/05/22 07:34
Lieutenant Colonel Denis Prokopenko, commander of the Azov battalion defending Mariupol's steel plant, said overnight that his soldiers are making 'inhuman' efforts to hold Azovstal.
A child's diary of war: From birthday cake to brutal troops, eight-year-old's Mariupol journal gives an innocent's insight into horrors of Russian invasion
04/05/22 21:33
An unidentified Ukrainian boy has kept a diary of his time underground in the besieged city of Mariupol. The document was found by photographer Evgeny Sosnovsky.
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Zelensky pleads with the UN to 'save all the wounded from Azovstal' - with new three-day ceasefire to allow civilians to be evacuated from the devastated steel plant set to begin this morning
04/05/22 20:34
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky last night appealed to the head of the United Nations to help 'save' the lives of the remaining wounded Ukrainians under siege at the Azovstal steel plant .
Moment Russia uses 'thermobaric warheads' to devastate Azovstal plant: Communications are lost with heroic last defenders of Mariupol a day after Russian troops began storming the steel works
04/05/22 13:51
Vadym Boichenko, exiled mayor of the near-totally destroyed city of Mariupol, says all communications with Ukrainian troops holed up inside the Azovstal steel works have now been lost.
Australia issues crushing blow to Putin and his cronies by hitting more than 70 Russian politicians and 30 'puppet' Ukrainian officials with more sanctions
04/05/22 01:19
Russian politicians and Ukrainian officials have been hit by a series of further sanctions by Australia.
Survivors of steelwork hell humiliated by Vladimir Putin's troops: Mariupol refugees were subjected to humiliating interrogation, labelled 'scum' and had their underwear checked by Russian soldiers before being freed
03/05/22 21:03
Refugees from Mariupol were subjected to a humiliating interrogation by Russian troops before they were finally freed from the steelworks where they had been hiding for two months.
Escape from hell: Civilians fleeing Mariupol's Azovstal steel works tell of the horrors of constant Russian bombing and fears they may be shipped off to Russian-controlled territories
03/05/22 18:59
Clips captured by Ukraine's Azov battalion give harrowing insight into the conditions endured by the civilians holed up in the factory, some of whom shared their experiences with the camera
Hundreds of prisoners of war including captured British fighters could be 'forced to march through Red Square' during Putin's Victory Day military parade, analysts fear
03/05/22 14:00
The Ukraine-based Centre for Defence Strategies said that 500 captured fighters could be 'forced to go through Red Square for cameras' after Russia captured three Britons.
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Russian troops storm Mariupol steelworks where last civilians and soldiers have been holed up after hitting it with artillery and air strikes
03/05/22 12:41
Ukrainian troops holed up inside the Azovstal steel works in Mariupol say Russian forces are trying to storm the complex using tanks, boats and a 'large number of infantry' after shelling it.
Evacuations are halted as Russia resumes pulverising Mariupol's steel mill following the brief ceasefire that let 100 people flee the city's last stronghold
02/05/22 22:53
Russia resumed pulverising the Mariupol steel works that has become the last stronghold of resistance in the bombed-out city, Ukrainian fighters said Monday
Moment more than 100 women and children finally evacuate from the rubble of the besieged Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol: Ukraine's generals call for extra time to rescue hundreds more including the injured who are trapped below among dead bodies
02/05/22 09:55
This is the moment 100 women and children crawled to safety from the ruins of the Azovstal steel works in the besieged city of Mariupol as a ceasefire with Russia held long enough to evacuate them.
Two British fighters captured by Putin's forces in Ukraine and paraded on Russian state TV could face the death penalty for their crimes, prosecutor of so-called Donetsk People's Republic warns
02/05/22 08:04
Two British soldiers who fought with the Ukrainian army in Mariupol could face the death penalty, their prosecutor has warned. Russian captive Aiden Aslin, 28, denies killing civilians.
More than 100 women and children are evacuated from the besieged Azovstal steel plant, Zelensky reveals - as the rescue operation to save the 1,000 trapped civilians continues
01/05/22 15:50
Emotional Mariupol steel plant workers were pictured reuniting with their families at a temporary camp in the Russian-held village of Bezimenne. The UN's 'safe passage' operation is continuing.
The lost city of Mariupol: Shocking satellite images reveal the extent of Putin's wrath with entire residential districts obliterated - as civilians FINALLY flee besieged steel plant after being holed up there for a week
30/04/22 23:18
The southern port city, which Putin sees as a key strategic position in the eastern Donbas region, has been under siege for more than eight weeks amid constant Russian bombing raids.
Footage shows Russian soldiers 'handing out hijacked Ukrainian aid' to besieged Mariupol residents in a cynical propaganda stunt
30/04/22 22:11
Moscow's latest propaganda stunt has seen Russian troops 'hand out stolen Ukrainian aid' to desperate residents in the besieged city of Mariupol.
ALEXANDRA SHULMAN'S NOTEBOOK: My message of hope to women living without HRT
30/04/22 21:01
ALEXANDRA SHULMAN'S NOTEBOOK: The HRT shortage is causing panic among women worried about missing a dose or potentially a few weeks of supply.
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Video shows shocking aftermath of Russian bomb attack on military hospital in Mariupol steelworks holding 600 people including children as Ukraine's far-right Azov Brigade holds out against Putin's forces
28/04/22 20:22
Far-right group Azov Brigade has released a video which purports to show the aftermath of Russian bombardment of a military hospital where hundreds were sheltering within in Mariupol.
'Mariupol is our Dunkirk': Ukrainian soldier in under-siege steelworks pleads for the West to rescue everyone trapped in the complex and compares it to famous WW2 operation
27/04/22 16:01
Ukrainian Commander Serhiy Volyna urged Western leaders to 'save the garrison of Mariupol' and rescue those trapped inside the Azovstal steel plant.
A 24-hour blitz: Dozens are trapped in rubble of steel plant after Russia launches intense bombing campaign on Mariupol
26/04/22 21:56
Moscow claimed it had struck 90 military targets across the country yesterday, killing at least 500 soldiers. At least three cities were also targeted in the Luhansk area.
An Apple a day... President Zelensky makes surprise hospital visit and hands out iPads to children orphaned by Putin's bombs
26/04/22 20:44
Ilya Matvienko, ten, and Kira Obedinska, 12, both lost their parents in Russian bombings of their homes. They were then snatched away by Russian forces to occupied territory.
In cuffs, the reporter who told the truth: Shameful images show Russian journalist restrained after she was hauled into court over story on Mariupol siege horrors
25/04/22 23:46
Last month, Russia's parliament passed a law meaning anyone deemed to have intentionally spread 'fake' news about the military operation can be jailed for up to 15 years.
Russia plans to use chemical weapons to 'smoke out' civilians and soldiers holed up in Mariupol steelworks, Ukrainian intelligence claims
25/04/22 10:13
Russia is planning to launch bombs and missiles carrying chemical weapons on soldiers and civilians hiding in the Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol, Ukrainian intelligence claims.
Russian troops are compared to ISIS militants after 'demanding €5,000 ransom from mother of captured Ukrainian soldier to stop them executing him on video'
25/04/22 09:24
Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak compared Russian troops to ISIS militants after Putin's forces threatened to execute a captured soldier on video unless his mother paid a €5k ransom.
Putin IGNORES calls for Easter truce by stepping up airstrikes on besieged Mariupol: Rockets hammer steel plant in strategic Black Sea port while Donbas faces fresh attacks as Russians try to steal victory in the east
24/04/22 12:39
'The place where our civilians and military are located is shelled with heavy air bombs and artillery,' Ukrainian presidential advisor Mykhailo Podolyak said, calling for an 'Easter truce'
Chilling new satellite photos show second mass grave near Mariupol for the thousands of victims 'liberated' by Russia: Putin's forces continue to pummel 2,000 Ukrainian soldiers trapped in steelworks after laying waste to city
23/04/22 11:33
The latest photos from Maxar Technologies showed the site at a cemetery in the town of Vynohradne, near Mariupol.
Mother of British POW Aiden Aslin says she has spoken to her son for the first time since his capture by Russians in Mariupol and says captors want HER to 'press Boris Johnson for a prisoner swap deal'
23/04/22 01:11
Ang Wood, mother of captured Aiden Aslin, said she was called by Russian captors who asked her to press the Prime Minister to trade Aiden for captured Putin aide Viktor Medvedchuk.
Moldova's foreign ministry expresses 'deep concern' after Russian military chief outlines plans to seize Ukraine's entire south coast creating a land corridor to former Soviet state - as he hints at need to protect 'oppressed' Russian speakers
23/04/22 01:09
The deputy commander of Russia's central military district, Rustam Minnekayev, yesterday hinted troops could be moved further west to protect 'oppressed' Russian speakers.
Spectre of Russian tank convoy in Mariupol: Columns of T-72s fly flags from their turrets as they patrol ruins - as it's revealed 9,000 Ukrainians may have been buried in mass graves on the city's outskirts
22/04/22 22:52
A haunting image showed a long convoy of Russian tanks roll in to Mariupol to patrol the ruined city. It's revealed 9,000 Ukrainians may have been buried in mass graves on the outskirts of the city.
Russia outlines plans to seize Ukraine's entire south coast to create a land corridor to MOLDOVA as 'Putin is told 30,000 of his troops have been killed' during invasion
22/04/22 10:31
The deputy commander of Russia's central military district, Rustam Minnekayev, said Russia planned to forge a corridor between Crimea and the Donbas in eastern Ukraine.
Russia's ailing command: 'Bloated and slouching' Putin is seen gripping a table amid cancer battle rumours as he meets 'slurring' defence minister Shoigu - who needs to read from notes 'following heart attack'
22/04/22 09:44
Vladimir Putin's poor posture and his bloated face and neck sparked speculation about the Russian leader's health, which has reportedly been in decline since the Ukraine invasion.
Russian forces are STILL bombing Mariupol steelworks where Ukrainian fighters are hiding despite Putin calling off offensive and ordering site to be sealed off - as it's revealed city's mass graves could contain 9,000 bodies
22/04/22 07:35
Russian forces are still dropping 'several bombs' on Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol where Ukrainian troops are holed up, Petro Andryushchenko, an adviser to the city's mayor, said on Friday.
Mass graves for the thousands of Mariupol victims 'liberated' by Russia: Satellite images show extent of Putin's carnage as he orders troops to seal soldiers and civilians in steelworks and starve them to death
21/04/22 18:44
The imagery, obtained by Maxar Technologies, appears to show a dramatic expansion of mass graves on the edge of the port city in March to accommodate the victims of Russia's bombardment.
Left to starve in their tomb: Putin orders troops to seal Mariupol's last defenders - and thousands of civilians - in steelwork catacombs and 'not to let a fly escape' as Vladimir declares city 'liberated'
21/04/22 07:30
Putin gave the order to Sergei Shoigu, his defence minister, who had previously told Putin that more than 2,000 Ukrainian fighters were still holed up in a vast steel plant.
Putin's Chechen warlord declares Mariupol will fall 'by lunchtime' with final Ukrainian marines in his men's sights - as Zelensky renews vows to put invading Russian forces on trial saying there can be 'no peace without justice'
21/04/22 00:30
Putin's forces have been forced to reduce what was once a bustling metropolis of 400,000 people to rubble, having met bitter resistance from Ukraine's armed forces and territorial defence units there.
Holocaust survivor, 91, dies shivering in a Mariupol cellar while cowering from Putin's bombs 80 years after she evaded Nazis by hiding in a basement in the same city
20/04/22 17:57
Aged 10, Vanda Obiedkova (pictured) survived the Hitler's Nazis by hiding in a basement in Mariupol. 81 years later, she died in a cellar in the same city cowering from Vladimir Putin's blitzkrieg.
Putin's troops warn Mariupol civilians they will be SHOT if they do not wear white ribbons... as Zelensky offers to exchange Russian POWs for their freedom
20/04/22 08:41
Russia has been accused of forcing civilians to wear the white ribbons, a symbol of the Russian army, in the besieged city of Mariupol so that they become 'bait' for Ukrainian snipers.
Putin's troops 'will be remembered as the most barbaric and inhuman army in the world' with Russia 'deemed a source of absolute evil for generations', President Zelensky declares
20/04/22 06:30
President Volodymyr Zelensky, giving an address to the Ukrainian nation as the war enters it 55th day, condemned Russian 'war crimes' and said Putin's army is a source of 'absolute evil.'
British journalist filmed questioning captured British prisoner of war on Russian TV 'could have committed war crimes' - as Kyiv's ex-defence minister says Kremlin 'has breached the Geneva Conventions'
20/04/22 01:12
Andriy Zagorodnyuk accused Moscow of breaching the Geneva Convention by broadcasting footage featuring Aiden Aslin, 28, and Shaun Pinner, 48, on TV.
Terror of little girl cowering under steelworks as the battle rages above: Heartbreaking footage shows four-year-old hiding in Mariupol tunnel as Russian missile bombardment rains down overhead
19/04/22 23:54
A four-year-old girl sheltering under steelworks in Mariupol has seen more of war than most adults. Little Alisa, whose mother is a medic, has waited under Putin's bombs for 50 days.
'Russia continues failing to achieve its aims as quickly as it would like': MoD says Ukrainian forces are 'repelling numerous attempted advances' as Russian shelling 'increases' in Donbas
19/04/22 21:54
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) said Russia continued to be impact by 'environmental, logistical and technical challenges', adding that it is continuing to fail at 'achieving its aims as quickly as it would like'.
Surrender or die? Here's your answer! Ukraine troops film Call of Duty-style footage showing a Russian tank getting blasted after REJECTING offer to lay down their arms in Mariupol
19/04/22 16:12
Video shows a Ukrainian soldier from the Azov Battalion firing the missile at the Russian military vehicle and landing a direct hit, sending a black plume of smoke into the air in Mariupol.
EXCLUSIVE: Ukrainian wife of British POW Aiden Aslin is moving to England to live near his family, his father reveals - after the fighter was taunted over possible death penalty on pro-Kremlin media
19/04/22 13:51
Diane Aslin, who is currently in Hungary and has been pictured for the first time here, is set to move close to her mother-in-law Angela Wood in Newark, Nottinghamshire.
Russia 'bombards 1,200 targets' and street gunfights break out as Putin's troops begin Battle of Donbas with Mariupol's last defenders given 'surrender or die' ultimatum
19/04/22 09:25
Russia has claimed it has hit more than 1,200 Ukrainian targets with missiles, airstrikes and artillery and street battles have broken out in the eastern city of Kreminna.
'I survived Hitler and Stalin…I will survive this ar**hole Putin too!': Holocaust survivor, 96, who was at Auschwitz condemns Russian leader after she is forced to flee Ukraine
19/04/22 08:31
Holocaust survivor Anastasia Gulej, 96, who fled to Germany after Russian troops invaded Ukraine in February, condemned Vladimir Putin's 'genocide' against Ukrainians.
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Captured British fighter is taunted over possible DEATH PENALTY on Kremlin-friendly media, as minister says UK will not 'help Russia' with prisoner swap
19/04/22 07:44
Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner, who had been serving in the Ukrainian marines before being captured, could face years in a Russian prison unless they are swapped for Putin ally Viktor Medvedchuk.
Swapping captured British fighters for prisoners being held by Ukrainians 'is being considered', one of their sisters reveals, after the pair are paraded on Russian TV and forced to beg Boris Johnson for help
18/04/22 11:11
Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner, who had been serving in the Ukrainian marines, were shown on Russian state TV asking the prime minister to arrange a prisoner swap for Viktor Medvedchuk.
'Bring our sons home': Family of British man paraded on Russian TV after he was captured defending Mariupol call on Kremlin to 'ensure his rights are respected' as they plead for quick release for him and fellow Brit PoW
17/04/22 16:22
Shaun Pinner (Pictured), who served with the Royal Anglians regiment, was captured by Russian forces while he was defending the besieged city of Mariupol in Ukraine.
'Putin believes he is WINNING': Austrian leader who met Russian president says he is now in his 'own war logic' as bombs kill at least five in Kharkiv
17/04/22 16:17
The latest barrage of missiles to hit the besieged city of Kharkiv (pictured) has left at least five people dead and more than a dozen injured, Ukrainian officials have said
The last protectors of Mariupol: Ukrainian soldiers vow to fight until the end after Russia issued chilling 'surrender or die' to final troops defending besieged city
17/04/22 09:55
Russia gave Ukrainian soldiers an ultimatum to 'surrender or die', urging them to lay down their arms by 6:00 am Moscow time (0300 GMT) and to evacuate before 13:00pm, on Sunday.
Family of beaten-up British POW hit out at Russian claims he is a spy and call on government to rescue him - as second captured soldier is paraded by the Kremlin on state TV
17/04/22 00:51
Speaking from Balderton, Nottinghamshire today, Aiden Aslin's brother, Nathan Wood begged the Foreign Office to intervene after Aiden was branded a spy by the Kremlin.
Mail Force campaign to help the people of Ukraine will go from strength to strength with the support of business, says CBI president LORD BILIMORIA
16/04/22 23:35
LORD BILIMORIA: Each day since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine has brought terrible news of fresh horrors.
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From the hellhole of Syria to the ruins of Mariupol: How British care worker accused by Putin of being a Western spy took up arms fighting ISIS... before joining Ukraine's marines to expel the Russian invaders
16/04/22 13:58
The British former care worker was paraded on Kremlin-backed TV from an undisclosed location after surrendering when he ran out of ammunition in Mariupol, a besieged southern port city.
'We WILL rebuild Mariupol': Ukraine's richest man pledges to rebuild the country and besieged city where he owns steelworks at the centre of heavy fighting with Russian forces
16/04/22 13:52
Rinat Akhmetov has seen his business empire shattered by eight years of fighting in Ukraine's east but remains defiant, sure that what he calls 'our brave soldiers' will defend Ukraine.
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Putin's forces 'round up Ukrainian men in Mariupol and force them to fight against their own country' as the Kremlin plans to close access to the city from Monday
16/04/22 12:58
An advisor to Mariupol's mayor said today men in the city would be 'filtered' by Moscow, meaning some would be made to clear rubble, some would be forced to join the Russian army.
Fears grow for British fighter, 28, captured by Russia as the Kremlin claims he is a spy
15/04/22 23:38
Aiden Aslin, 28, joined the Ukrainian marines four years ago. He has dual UK-Ukrainian citizenship and a Ukrainian fiancee, yet Russia is branding him an enemy agent rather than a prisoner of war.
Fighting to the last man: GUY ADAMS reveals how, deep in a network of tunnels beneath the smoking ruins of Mariupol, a diminishing band of bruised and bloodied Ukrainian soldiers is still holding out against Russian savagery
15/04/22 22:12
GUY ADAMS: Occupying a sprawling network of Cold War-era bunkers, the remnants of Ukraine's 36th Marine Brigade prepare to mount a desperate last stand.
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The Mariupol war crimes cover up? Russian troops are 'digging up thousands of dead civilians and burning their bodies in mobile crematoriums' as Chechens take on last of the Ukrainian defenders
15/04/22 15:29
Mariupol's city council said today that Moscow's men were exhuming bodies buried in residential courtyards within the city and were assigning watchmen to stop locals from reburying their dead.
Russian propagandists parade captured and beaten British fighter Aiden Aslin on Putin's state TV after Mariupol surrender
15/04/22 12:28
Kremlin propagandists exploited British volunteer fighter Aiden Aslin as evidence of 'Western intelligence' operating in eastern Ukraine. Aiden, 28, is from Newark-on-Trent.
Beaming 12-year-old boy from besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol plays - and SCORES! - for Shakhtar Donetsk in emotional scenes during charity match to aid his homeland amid the brutal Russian invasion
15/04/22 10:43
'They had just one training session together yesterday, and they were playing together for the first time in their life - we took seven or eight players on loan from Mariupol.
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Putin's revenge: Russia strikes Kyiv factory 'that made missile used to sink flagship Moskva' and vows to bombard Ukrainian capital as Zelensky rallies his nation for holding out for fifty days
15/04/22 07:49
The Kremlin said it hit the 'Vizar' plant which it claims manufactures anti-ship missiles after Ukraine claimed it had used a Neptune anti-ship missile to sink Russia's naval flagship the Moskva.
Mother of British former care worker Aiden Aslin who was captured with Ukrainians during battle for Mariupol demands Putin treats him 'with humanity' amid family fears he faces execution
15/04/22 00:40
His face bruised and battered, a British fighter forced to surrender in Mariupol was paraded on Russian TV yesterday. His family have spoken of the horror of seeing him in Russian hands.
'One country could respond in kind': Armed forces minister warns that Britain could go it alone if Vladimir Putin's troops launch chemical agent in Ukraine... and take action WITHOUT Nato vote
14/04/22 21:21
James Heappey has said the Russian president is wrong if he thinks a response to him using banned weapons would require a Nato vote. Pictured: An injured Ukrainian soldier.
EXCLUSIVE: 'What have the Russians done to him?' Family's fury after 'beaten' British fighter is paraded on Moscow state TV in handcuffs with a cut to the head and swollen eye after being captured with Ukrainians during battle for Mariupol
14/04/22 13:56
For weeks he had been fighting Russian forces in Mariupol as a fully paid member of Ukraine's army, but surrendered to the invaders two days ago after his team ran out of supplies and ammunition.
The last hold-outs of Mariupol: Ukrainian marines post video from inside besieged city criticising comrades who surrendered and vowing to do 'whatever it takes' amid hellish battle for steel plant
14/04/22 08:23
The Kremlin had claimed that the estimated 1,000 Ukrainians holed up in the giant Azovstal steel works had surrendered yesterday.

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