All news on the topic: Russia Ukraine war

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Russia unveils 'Mad Max' style armoured killing machine dubbed The Wagner Wagon
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
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Brit aid workers killed in Ukraine trying to save hundreds of lives, family say
The family of volunteer Chris Parry have confirmed that he and colleague Andrew Bagshaw have both been killed in Ukraine - Chris has saved over 400 lives and the pair were killed attempting a 'humanitarian evacuation'
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Putin's top commander bans beards on battlefield as critics call rule 'stupid'
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
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Russian man swerves Vladimir Putin's draft by living off-grid in a forest
Russian IT specialist Adam Kalinin moved to a forest in September when Vladimir Putin announced a partial mobilisation, fearing he could soon be called up
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'Incensed' grandad travels to Ukraine four times to donate aid and will go again
William Lewis felt compelled to act after the invasion in Ukraine and spent £5,000 of his own money on a minibus in order to deliver vital aid to the worn torn country
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Brit ex-NATO chief brands Germany's refusal to send tanks toUkraine 'pathetic'
General Sir Richard Shirreff, a former NATO chief from Britain, accused Olaf Scholz' government of 'ducking its responsibilities
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US Navy Seal deserter killed in Ukraine becomes 6th American to die in war
Daniel Swift died on Wednesday after being injured in Dnipro, a US Navy official said. It is not clear why Mr Swift, who deserted the American military in 2019, was in Ukraine, the source added
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Putin sending cannon fodder recruits 'over the top' in WW1-style trench warfare
Russian commanders are reportedly sending inexperienced recruits across no man's land armed only with rifles and grenades towards Ukrainian trenches, with those injured left to freeze
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Russian teenager calling for peace in Ukraine could face up to ten years in jail
Russian student Olesya Kryvtsova, 19, has been charged with 'discrediting the army' and 'justifying terrorism after sharing anti-war messages on her social media pages
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Number of Russians killed in Ukraine hits enormous 188,000, says US intelligence
US intelligence reportedly claims an estimated 188,000 Russians have been killed or injured in Ukraine on top of heavy tank losses, with Vladimir Putin's war having started nearly a year ago
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'Germany must realise Putin can't be allowed to win and Ukraine allowed to fall'
If President Volodymyr Zelensky and the Ukrainian forces are to drive the Russian military from their country they need their allies to supply more equipment and munitions
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Zelensky pleads with western allies 'send tanks' as Germany stalls on arms move
Germany is coming under intense diplomatic pressure to allow their tanks to be transferred to the front line in the war against Russia, but will only supply tanks if the United States does the same
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Putin's body double suffering from chronic kidney disease, wild claims suggest
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
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Dad tells of ‘Armageddon terror’ as Ukrainian helicopter fell onto son’s nursery
Father Mykola Antonov said he screamed at people to run away seconds before hearing an explosion. He saw the huge helicopter coming towards them in Ukraine
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Putin henchman threatens West with nuclear war if Russia defeated in Ukraine
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
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Vladimir Putin orders 21 mobile crematoriums amid 'colossal' Russian war losses
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
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Ukraine President Zelensky says Vladimir Putin could be dead in bombshell speech
Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, urging his allies to send more weapons to his army before new Russian offensives
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Will you be reading Boris Johnson's memoir?
Touted as a 'prime ministerial memoir like no other', the book is expected to rake in at least six figures for the former PM
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Army deserter, 31 shot dead by Vladimir Putin marksman after fleeing to see wife
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
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Inside charred nursery gutted by helicopter crash explosion which killed 18
Three children were killed when a helicopter carrying Ukrainian interior ministry officials plunged into a kindergarten in Brovary, Ukraine - with the death toll expected to rise
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Putin rambles on about Patriotic War as Ukraine helicopter crash kills 18
As rescue workers scoured through the debris of the helicopter crash site in Brovary, Kyiv today, twisted despot Vladimir Putin bragged and droned on about Russia breaking the siege of Leningrad 80 years ago
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Last moments of doomed helicopter before it plunged near nursery killing 18
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
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Helicopter crashes near nursery in explosion with 18 dead and kids 'trapped'
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
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Chilling image shows Ukrainian yellow kitchen hit by strike after kid's birthday
It's thought the kitchen - which a clip on social media shows hosted a children's birthday party - belonged to a Ukrainian boxing coach who was tragically killed in the attack
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Vladimir Putin to make 'very important' announcement on Ukraine war tomorrow
Vladimir Putin may make a statement on the war in Ukraine in St Petersburg tomorrow, Russian official Vladimir Rogov has claimed. There has been no official confirmation from the Kremlin yet