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A Russian general has launched a blistering attack on Vladimir Putin, saying the Kremlin’s war in Ukraine is an unmitigated disaster. Leonid Ivashov is a well-known military figure and public official who served as the former President of the Academy for Geopolitical Problems. The retired colonel general has been an outspoken critic of Putin’s war in Ukraine, accusing the Russian …

Russia has threatened to unleash its deadly nuclear torpedo on the UK, as tensions between London and Moscow continue to rise. The UK has been a staunch supporter of Ukraine‘s military since the beginning of Vladimir Putin‘s full-scale invasion in February 2022. It has provided Kyiv’s army with an array of weapons to help Ukraine’s troops repel Russia‘s vicious and …

Ukrainian drone strikes have ignited major fires in Russia’s city of Tuapse, setting ablaze an oil tanker and the town’s port overnight on Sunday in a move that could disrupt Moscow’s fuel exports. A large part of Russia‘s crude and refined products reach international markets via the port in Russia‘s southern region of Krasnodar. According to the Security Service of …

A drone was seen over a military base in a NATO country for the second time in less than 24 hours, Kyiv Independent has reported. The drone was spotted over the Kleine Brogel Air Base in Belgium late on Saturday night, Belgian Defence Minister Theo Francken announced on X this morning. This comes just one day after several drones had …

Ukrainian forces have hit an important fuel pipeline in the Moscow region that supplies the Russian army, Ukraine’s military intelligence has said. The operation was carried out late on Friday, according to a statement on the Telegram messaging channel. The agency, which is known by its acronym HUR, described it as a “serious blow” to Russia’s military logistics. HUR said …

Ukraine has been given the green light by the Pentagon to receive deadly long-range Tomahawk missiles. The boost for Kyiv still depends on final approval by Donald Trump. Earlier, the US president appeared ready to supply the weapons but changed his mind after talking to Vladimir Putin saying “we need them” to protect America. But now three US and European …

Since July 2024, Russia has been hurling huge quantities of troops, vehicles, and munitions at the Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk. The 15-month offensive has cost Vladimir Putin‘s army tens of thousands of lives – but still it remains in Ukrainian hands. Only just though. Earlier this week, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky admitted that Russian forces were inside the city, and …

One of Vladimir Putin’s top propagandists has said Ukrainians should flee Kyiv as he urged Russia to strike a dam in the capital. Kremlin loyalist and TV host Vladimir Solovyov said Moscow’s forces should carry out the action in response to Ukrainian strikes on a dam inside Russian territory. The Ukrainian military earlier this week claimed the attack on the …

Russian strikes at two nuclear power plants in Ukraine have sparked a safety warning from the world’s nuclear energy watchdog. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) warned that military activity at Ukraine‘s South Ukraine Nuclear Power Plant (SUNPP) and Khmelnitsky Nuclear Power Plant (KhNPP) was jeopardising “nuclear safety”. The organisation said: “The IAEA has been informed of military activity in …

Russian kids have been receiving exploding suicide drone toys from their parents for Christmas, recreating the deadly battlefields in Ukraine. Ozon, one of Russia‘s largest online retailers, features listings for a hand-launched “toy airplane” that closely resembles the design of the long-range Iranian drone involved in last week’s strike on a nursery in Kharkiv, which housed 48 children. According to …