All news by author: Chris Hughes

The Daily Mirror returned to Kyiv just before Russian President Vladimir Putin delivered his latest deluded speech, threatening the west for supporting Ukraine

More than 41,000 people have now died after the deadly quakes rocked southern Turkey and northern Syria nine days ago as the world is warned the number 'could double' in the weeks ahead

It is believed Wagner Group mercenaries - many of them convicted criminals - will be replaced by regular soldiers among as many as 300,000 new troops heading to war

Victims are continuing to be pulled from the wreckage of the earthquake which reduced areas of Turkey and Syria this week, including a 17-year-old who had to drink his own urine

Russia has launched a fresh offensive on Ukraine ahead of the first anniversary of the invasion on February 24, launching 71 cruise missiles and 35 S-300 missiles since Thursday

Rescuers pulled more survivors from collapsed buildings in Turkey on Thursday, but it is increasingly unlikely they will find many more people alive, as the earthquake's death toll already nears 20,000

The British Government faces problems with President Zelensky's demands for fighter jets after giving him Challenger tanks in the fight against Vladimir Putin

The baby girl was born under the rubble as the number of those who died shot past 7,200 an international rescue effort was underway to try to save hundreds of people still buried

The Russian plan is the latest to boost troop numbers for President Vladimir Putin’s ailing war which has thus far killed 132,160 of Moscow’s soldiers in Ukraine

Around 1,000 rescuers from across the globe, including 74 Brits, will join local teams trying to pull victims from the destruction. UK relief worker Atiqur Rahman is helping with the search for survivors

President Volodymyr Zelensky’s intelligence analysts believe Ukraine’s troops have destroyed 3,215 of Moscow’s tanks, 298 warplanes and 6,388 armoured personnel vehicles

A western Russia expert has summed up Putin’s mentality, having been briefed by numerous sources who have come to understand the Kremlin chief’s ambitions in Ukraine.

Russia has lost a suspected 127,500 troops since it began its invasion of Ukraine nearly one year ago, and among these heavy casualties is half of its supposedly elite airborne troops

Runaway Wagner Group mercenary Andrei Medvedev, 26, who is now seeking asylum in Norway, claims dissenting troops were shot and buried in holes dug out by their recently enlisted comrades

More than 2,500 helicopter-style DJI Mavic2 drones were shipped from Beijing to Moscow in a murky deal between Wagner officers, the Mirror can reveal

The Secretary General of the European External Action Service said that tanks have been sent to Kyiv to aid in 'saving lives' after Putin's 'indiscriminate attacks on ­civilians'

Time is ticking for troops in Ukraine after several countries in the West agreed to send tanks to help in the country's efforts against Putin's army, and an expert says there's "no time to lose"

Volodymyr Zelensky has thanked nations including Germany and the UK for their military help, after they pledged to support Ukraine in its fight against Vladimir Putin's Russia

The missile systems have been set up on Russian government and political buildings, plus VIP homes in a sign of Kremlin paranoia over civil war breaking out over war in Ukraine

Russia's new “Mad Max” style fighting vehicle, dubbed The Wagner Wagon, is mine-resistant and bristling with weaponry such as a 14.5 mm heavy machine gun capable of hitting targets two miles away

The monster bomb is said to be able to travel at up to 80mph under the sea and has been reportedly loaded onto its mammoth submarine which is the longest in the world

Following a call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky today, a No 10 spokesperson confirmed Britain will be "accelerating military and diplomatic support"

Vladimir Putin has gathered a Chechen warlord and a notorious mercenary leader after appointing General Valery Gerasimov as head of Russian forces as troops continue to shell Ukraine

One expert has told The Mirror how the 'unusual' surge suggests that naval commanders could be 'preparing their crews for future operations' or planning to protect their key vessels from Ukrainian attacks

Counter-terror officers are investigating the small amount of Uranium found in a package from an Oman flight during a routine security screening at Heathrow Airport