All news by author: Will Stewart

The plane, a Russian-made SU-25 warplane, is seen crashing down into the sea, creating a huge splash off the coast of Yeysk in the Sea of Azov, which is not far from the frontlines in Ukraine, after the pilot parachuted using his ejector seat

Officials have told residents and tourists to stay inside, and to avoid using the Kerch bridge, with unconfirmed reports saying locals heard explosions on Monday morning

The Wagner Group are set to be used to take an area of land know as the Suwalki Corridor between Poland and Lithuania, amid fears the countries face invasion, claims a top Putin loyalist

Putin’s secret service agency claimed the hits were ordered by Ukraine’s intelligence service which offered £12,700 each to kill Ksenia Sobchak and Margarita Simonyan

Dmitry Medvedev, deputy head of Putin’s security council, hit back at the former UK prime minister’s criticisms of Alliance leaders in failing to fast-track Ukraine's membership

The explosion rung out at the Ural Electrochemical Combine [UEIP] in Russia and killed one male worker, 65, in the blast with the plant reassuring locals that radiation hadn't leaked outside of the plant

Stanislav Rzhitskiy was found with four bullet wounds in his back near the Olimp sports complex in Krasnodar, southern Russia after he was tracked on a fitness app

Pro-Moscow sources claimed to have successfully "evacuated" one Storm Shadow missile from Ukraine as Russian weapons experts are set to dissect and analyse the weapon

Russia has refused to provide accurate information as to the amount of its soldiers killed during the gruelling war in Ukraine - but war-watchers predict the number stands at around 200,000

Ukraine has warned Russian holidaymakers in a terrifying new video that they could be hit by missile and drone strikes if they decide to travel to a popular holiday destination

Following their short-lived mutiny, Wagner's squad of war-hardened mercenaries were exiled to neighbouring Belarus, but Russia thinks they may now mount a follow-up attack at the already-battered Crimea Kerch Bridge

A total of 243 passengers and crew were evacuated from the plane as giant plumes of smoke billowed from the aircraft

It is alleged that General Sergei ‘Armageddon’ Surovikin is being held at the Lefortovo pre-trial detention centre over a plot to oust defence minister Sergei Shoigu

The MoD said Ukranian forces are using their experiences from the past two weeks to undertake "major offensive operations" across the front

Mercenary Yevgeny Prigozhin's mercenaries the Wagner Group has smashed its way through barricades erected by civilians attempting to keep them way from Moscow

Dmitry Muratov's claim came as the head of Wagner Yevgeny Prigozhin alleged Vladimir Putin is being told "monstrous" lies by his military chiefs over Russia's "colossal problems" in its resistance to Ukraine’s counteroffensive

The 25-year-old model and influencer underwent rhinoplasty surgery at a clinic in Moscow but she is now in a coma after the procedure did not go to plan

Russian marine biologist Dmitry Orlov suspects that the tiger shark that mauled to death Vladimir Popov, 23, last week had killed tourists twice last year and was pregnant

Michael Travis Leake has been detained by Russian authorities on suspicion of selling mephedrone and faces charges which carry a sentence of up to 20 years in prison - there is suspicion Russia is arresting Americans under any pretext amid the Ukraine war

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT - Vladimir Popov, 23, had moved to the Egyptian resort of Hurghada with his father several months ago, possibly to avoid conscription to Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine

Military analysts disputed the Russian defence ministry's footage, saying it appeared to show them blasting farm vehicles with a missile from a Ka-52 Alligator attack helicopter

Pro-Moscow sources have released footage of what they claim shows a crack in an ammonia pipeline, in the Kharkiv region of Ukraine, triggering a scare poisonous gas might be being released

An explosion was reported at the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station with residents of 10 villages and the city of Kherson warned to evacuate amid fears of flooding in Ukraine

A huge plume of smoke can be seen rising from a port in Russian occupied Zaporizhzhia region in Ukraine - and it is reported to be an attack by a British Storm Shadow missile

Concerns have been raised about Vladimir Putin's decision to relocate his ex wife and their two adult daughters to a "Tsar's village" close to his palace after a drone attack pummelled an area extremely close to his residence in Moscow