All news on the topic: Black Sea

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Inside Putin's Black Sea bunker - complete with church, casino and ice rink
The Gelendzhik Palace is warmonger Putin's £1 billion palace hideaway in southern Russia - complete with its own church, ice rink, casino and hookah lounge
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Russian jet causes NATO plane to 'lose control' in tense mid-air confrontation
Poland's border force reported that a Russian Sukhoi Su-35 fighter jet approached one of its aircraft without following the appropriate radio protocols and passed just five metres from the nose of the plane in a clear provocation
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Putin's 'lover' sent more than 2,000 miles from palaces she shares with dictator
Alina Kabaeva, the dictator’s 39-year-old long-time mistress has traditionally preferred to hide away in Switzerland where she gave birth to one of his children in 2015, say reports
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Ukraine vows 'iron fist' response to Russia strikes that killed 25
Earlier this week, Russia unleashed a devastating series of airstrikes on targets across Ukraine - hitting a number of residential buildings and killing at least 23 people, including three children
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Russians tried to blast RAF jet packed with 30 Brits out of sky, leaked docs say
Britain's RAF RC-135 Rivet Joint was carrying a crew of up to 30 over the Black Sea when a Russian pilot thought he had permission to fire, secret documents have revealed
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Paranoid Putin regularly sleeping in his office in Kremlin over war stress
Russian President Vladimir Putin is said to have abandoned his gymnast lover, Alina Kabaeva, to seek refuge in the well-guarded Kremlin after becoming paranoid and stressed after unleashing his war on Ukraine
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Russia unmasks jet pilots who downed American drone as they are given awards
The Russian pair Sergey Popov and Vasily Vavilov, both air force majors, were handed state awards by Vladimir Putin ’s defence minister Sergei Shoigu
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Over 16,000 Ukrainian kids abducted by Russia as Putin hit with arrest warrant
Ukraine's top presidential advisor for children's rights and rehabilitation, Daria Herasymchuk, said on Tuesday that out of the 16,000 children abducted, only 125 had been returned to Ukraine
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Believers in 'eating sunlight' see their newborn die of 'prolonged starvation'
The Russian Investigative Committee is examining the circumstances of the child’s tragic death near the Black Sea resort city of Sochi and a criminal case has been launched
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Moment Russian fighter jet dumps fuel on US drone in crash over Black Sea
The drone was brought down by US forces after being struck by one of the Russian jets in the incident over the Black Sea. Russian authorities say the drone intruded into an area declared off limits
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'Downing of US drone by Russian jets clearly deliberate and a big escalation'
Two Russian Su-27 Flanker jets downed an unmanned US Reaper drone operating over the Black Sea - officials from both countries have conflicting accounts of the collision
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Head of Wagner army demands Putin sends defence minister's son-in-law to fight
Popular fitness influencer Alexey Stolyarov is going out with the daughter of loyalist defence minister Sergei Shoigu, Ksenia Shoigu and the boss of the Wagner private army is demanding he be conscripted
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Russian invasion maps a year on show Putin's war has failed to meet objectives
On Friday the British Ministry of Defence released its analysis of the past 12 months of war in Ukraine - saying Russia had "likely failed to meet any of its operational and strategic objectives"
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'Paranoid' Putin fears poisoning over Kremlin power struggle
The latest claims were made by Yury Shvets, 71, a former colleague of Putin's who studied with the despot at the KGB Institute. Shvets is now a US citizen leaving Russia after publishing a book describing his exploits
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Russia dramatically classifies data 'proving Putin was treated for cancer'
The proof of Vladimir Putin’s treatment by cancer doctors was deduced from the existence of contracts with the hospital - which were listed on a Russian public procurement website
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Ukraine claims it's killed 130,000 Russian troops in year since Putin invaded
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
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Defiant Ukrainians sing and dance as Russians launch new attack on train station
Air defence systems were activated on Saturday afternoon in the southern Mykolaiv region, Gov. Vitali Kim said on Telegram, and hinted that some missiles have already been intercepted
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Huge fleet of Russian warships mobilised sparking fears of fresh Ukraine assault
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