All news by author: Will Stewart

Major-General Dmitry Ulyanov was reportedly killed in a firefight during an attack by a Ukrainian sabotage group earlier this week, meaning Vladimir Putin has lost at least 10 top brass in the war

Alina Kabaeva, who is believed to share a secret family with Vladimir Putin, appeared at a Moscow event marking the founding of strongly pro-Putin National Media Group [NMG]

The attack happened at a plant in the Belgorod region which borders Ukraine. An oil depot at or near the plant is said to have exploded with fire damage to the Borisovsky Bridge Metal Structures Plant

Sources say axing Alexander Bortnikov could be seen as an attempt to pin the blame on Vladimir Putin's failing war against Ukraine or even to prevent a possible coup among figures vying for prowess

Aides were seen close to the warmonger carrying two black bags, with keen observers noting one was a fold-up shield to protect Vladimir Putin in the event of a shooting at the southern Russian city of Volgograd

After slaughtering Gretta Vedler, 23, evil Dmitry Korovin, 24, took out a £7,850 loan in her name with her banking apps and slept in a Moscow hotel room with her corpse for three nights

Russian women issued a video appeal to Vladimir Putin demanding the men be allowed home to rest four months after being sent to the frontline without proper training and ways to maintain personal hygiene

Vladimir Putin's demand for his top war commander General Valery Gerasimov to unleash 'an assault in several directions at once' has sparked deep divisions among members of his military high command

In a sinister forecast, Vladimir Putin sees "the entire eastern Europe" as his "fiefdom" and does not think major Western countries will fight to save Poland and Lithuania

The Russian leader appeared to smile for the camera in a rare visit in Moscow in which he could be seen in height-boosting footwear, but insiders claim the visitor was in fact a doppelgänger

Alexander Tyutin, who took a "hit" out on a family-of-four, is now relaxing on a Turkish beach after serving just 18 months of a 23-year sentence - because he fought for Russian warlord Vladimir Putin in Ukraine

His mother, who was working as a cleaner for the Russian Foreign Ministry at the time, watched as her son Mikhail Lyubimov plummeted to the ground after throwing himself out of the 10th floor window of their apartment building

Images show extensive missile systems set up near Vladimir Putin's residences in Russia as the Russian military leadership grows concerned about attacks on their own cities

The newly appointed General Valery Gerasimov has ordered soldiers to shave their beards amid a clampdown on uniform enforcement, sparking uproar from the Russian President's bearded allies

The trespasser, who was reportedly drunk, was savagely mauled by a big cat named Aristo in Russian zoo Chudesny, in Ussuriysk, after climbing into the lion's enclosure

The man, who worked at a holiday camp in Siberia in Russia had apparently struck the two-humped camel in the face before it retaliated, biting and trampling the 51-year-old to death.

Russians believe that Vladimir Putin has an army of body doubles that have stood in for him at key public appearances, including when he was driving over the Crimea Bridge in December last year, and at the funeral of a regional director

Igor Levitin had been on a "secret" visit to Iran as Russia tries to speed up deliveries of missiles and military drones for use in Ukraine. He made an emergency landing due to 'security issues'

Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev, who now serves as deputy chairman of the Security Council of Russia, appeared to warn NATO leaders that they should stop supplies of weapons to Kyiv

The Kremlin is acutely aware of its toll of "irretrievable losses" and wants to hide the scale of deaths of mobilised troops from everydays Russians - so has deployed several mobile crematoriums to help Vladimir Putin cover his tracks

Dmitry Perov's body was found in a snowy field in the village of Novouglyanka in Lipetsk Oblast, Russia. The army deserter reportedly fled his military base in Ukraine to be reunited with his wife

A new video shows the emergency services helicopter flying low over trees but apparently without difficulty in “the last seconds” before it crashed in Brovary, Ukraine, killing 18 and injuring 29

At least 18 people have died, including Ukraine's Interior Minister, his deputy and the State Secretary, and 22 were hospitalised after the crash involving a Ukrainian emergencies ministry helicopter

Elena Banduro, one of the 72 victims of the tragic plane crash in Nepal, told her family she was pregnant just days before she died. She was expecting a girl, her sister Ksenia said

It comes as Vladimir Putin suck up and pro-war fanatic Lt-Gen Andrey Gurulev told hosts on state-run Russia's Rossiya 1 TV channel that Britain could be "demolished from the face of the earth" for supporting Ukraine without resorting to nuclear weapons