All news on the topic: Russia Ukraine war

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People convinced Vladimir Putin is using body doubles as his chin keeps changing
Russian social media is ablaze with rumours that Vladimir Putin uses multiple body doubles after Ukrainian officials questioned whether his visit to Mariupol in Ukraine was performed by a doppelgänger.
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IOC faces pro-Ukraine protests as President doubles down on Russia ban stance
Thomas Bach has reiterated the International Olympic Committee stance on Russian and Belarusian athletes competing in Paris in 2024 amid mounting pressure
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Prince William meets Ukraine refugees and thanks troops for 'defending freedom'
Prince William met with Ukrainian troops as well as members of the British armed forces as he was shown a hi-tech air defence systems used to repel Russian attacks
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Nuclear bomber jet flanked by six NATO fighters in show of strength to Putin
A US B-52 nuke bomber was flanked by six NATO fighters in dramatic footage of a V-formation. Spanish F-18s, Romanian F-16s and Italian typhoons joined the display
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Moment Russian rocket flies past Ukrainian shopping mall and explodes into flats
Russia has pummelled Ukraine just hours after Japan's prime minister left Kyiv following a visit to the capital to show the country support while Vladimir Putin met with China's leader Xi Jinping
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Russian soldier's 300-man battalion 'slaughtered' in assault on Ukrainian city
Russia's war in Ukraine recently passed its one year anniversary, having displaced millions, and left tens of thousands dead with horror stories still regularly emerging from the fighting
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MoD defends Britain sending uranium shells to Ukraine after Russia's threat
The Ministry of Defence has responded to furious threats by Russian warmonger Vladimir Putin who is unhappy at reports the UK is set to send ammunition to help Ukraine
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Ukraine 'traitor' who headed Putin's 'torture jail' killed in car bomb explosion
Serhiy Moskalenko, 44, has been branded a "traitor" and "torturer" by Ukrainian officials, is accused of carrying out "inhuman tortures" against his "captured" countrymen in occupied Kherson
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NATO chief says 'dangerous world' demands 'more ambitious' defence spending
Alliance Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg outlined plans to demand more money from the coalition's 30 members - even though the vast majority of countries do not even meet the current 2% benchmark
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Vladimir Putin’s war chiefs in bitter spat as he begs China's Xi for war aid
Yevgeny Prigozhin, who heads up the shadowy Wagner militia, has warned the Kremlin Defence Ministry that Russia could lose all military gains made in the frontline Ukrainian town of Bakhmut unless he acts quickly
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Russian fighter jet intercepts two US nuclear bombers days after US drone downed
A Russian fighter jet apparently intercepted two US nuclear bombers only days after an American drone was downed in the Black Sea - it is claimed a Sukhoi Su-35 fighter was scrambled to 'escort' US Air Force B-52H bombers
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Putin mocked for sending 'body double' to Ukraine: 'What's up with your chin?'
Kyiv official Anton Gerashchenko analysed TV footage of Vladimir Putin meeting residents of a reconstructed apartment block in Mariupol, and wondered if it was a body double because he had a different chin
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Vladimir Putin visits occupied Ukrainian city just days after arrest warrant
The Russian leader is reported to have made a 'working visit' to the devastated Ukrainian city of Mariupol just days after an international warrant was issued for his arrest
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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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Russia responds to Vladimir Putin arrest warrant with 'toilet paper' quip
Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has compared an arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court for Vladimir Putin to toilet paper in a tweet
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Arrest warrant issued for Putin by International Criminal Court over Ukraine war
The court said in a statement that Vladimir Putin "is allegedly responsible for the war crime of unlawful deportation of the population (children) and that of unlawful transfer of population (children) from occupied areas of Ukraine to the Russian Federation"
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Ukrainian refugee, 7, goes back warzone for dentist appointment due to NHS delay
A Ukrainian child, seven, had to go back to her war-hit home with her mum in order to get the dental treatment she needed. Oksana Martirosova took her daughter Lisa back from Aberdeenshire because her 'pain was terrible'
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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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Ukraine needs the world’s attention 'even more than before' Zelensky tells Brits
Present Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the Society of Editors conference in London yesterday, praising the coverage his country's invasion has received from the British press
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Anthony Joshua made offer to Wladimir Klitschko after Oleksandr Usyk defeat
Heavyweight star Anthony Joshua took on and lost to Ukrainian star Oleksandr Usyk in a world title rematch last August, but put the negative result to one side to offer support to former rival Wladimir Klitschko
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RAF fighter jets intercept Russian plane after air traffic control loses contact
The Ministry of Defence confirmed the mission had taken place, saying it "clearly demonstrates our collective resolve to challenge any potential threat to Nato's borders, whilst demonstrating our combined strength"
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Thugs throw punches in mass brawl on flight as kids scream in terror
Footage shows the brawl on board a Fly Dubai flight from Yekaterinburg, Russia, to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, with cabin crew left helpless as punches fly
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Putin ‘sends women convicts to war zone due to heavy losses of men’
The head of the Wagner group said there had been “resistance” among the Russian authorities to deploy women in the war zone, but a new report suggests women are now being deployed
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Vladimir Putin suffering 'extremely heavy casualties' in Bakhmut 'killing zone'
Tensions between the Russian ministry of defence and the rebel Wagner group over the city of Bakhmut have reached to “boiling point” as some 520 Russian troops were reported killed in Bakhmut in one day’s fighting
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UK defence budget 'insufficient' as 'world totters towards World War Three'
Defence Secretary Ben Wallace wanted an £11bn boost to take account of the war in Ukraine and the rising threat posed by China, but has been forced to make do with far less