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Before the war, Volodymyr Zelensky's leadership of Ukraine was criticised, but he has now earned a place in future history books for his extraordinary display of leadership during the war with Russia

It has been 12 months since Vladimir Putin told the Russian people that Moscow's troops would be sweeping through neighbouring Ukraine to "denazify" and "demilitarise" Kyiv, to keep it in "Russia's sphere of influence"

A Russian general has said Vladimir Putin has badly misread the West’s resolve to stand up to him and did not realise his army’s incompetence leaving him "terribly scared"

Shaun Pinner was captured during the fall of Mariupol and sentenced to death by local Russian-backed forces who tortured him including shocking him with a cattle prod after they found out he was a West Ham supporter

Ultra-secretive Russian oil magnate Viatcheslav Rovneiko, who was a former spy and close to Vladimir Putin’s foreign intelligence chief, has died in mysterious circumstances near Moscow

Friday marks one year since tyrant Vladimir Putin ordered Russian troops cross the border into Ukraine in one of the 21st century's most destructive and vicious military invasions

Experts have told the Mirror that children facing the war in Ukraine are battling with trauma and the loss of their childhood lives before the war meaning they cannot even play with their teddy bears

Leaked intelligence suggests Russian President Vladimir Putin expected to defeat neighbouring Ukraine in just three days. Nearly year on from the full invasion, the fighting is still going on

Preliminary reports suggest the aircraft in question was a Su-25 and emergency services are working at the crash site in Russia where the pilot ejected and survived

The Mirror's Defence Editor Chris Hughes meets two of Vladimir Putin's feared Wagner Group mercenary fighters held in Ukraine in a World-first exclusive interview

Russian radio stations were hacked with a siren blaring: “An air alert is being announced. Everyone, go to the shelters immediately. Attention! Attention! The threat of a missile strike”

Russia's President Vladimir Putin is claimed to be testing a mysterious Russian military cosmodrome which resulted in a 'huge bang' and left a 'trail in the sky'

President Vladimir Putin has given an update to Russia's political and military elite on the Ukraine conflict in front of a large crowd in a State of the Nation speech today

President Vladimir Putin has given an update to Russia's political and military elite on the Ukraine conflict in front of a large crowd in a State of the Nation speech today

The former Prime Minister made her first address to the Commons from the backbenches in more than a decade after she was forced to quit No10 in October following her disastrous 49-day reign

The IT specialist was named Mikhail Ukrainets and a Telegram channel suggested that he fell from his own height and died at the Russian foreign ministry in Moscow

Berlin spy David Smith was a former security guard at the British Embassy in Germany and had admitted eight charges under the Official Secrets Act. Today he was jailed at the Old Bailey

James Dee, from Pontefract in the UK, joined the Ukrainian army in April 2022 and said he remembers going towards the back of the tree line and seeing the five Russian prisoners

Craig Mackintosh, a 48-year-old landscape gardener, was killed by troops while out on patrol when his squad was ambushed in Russian territory, near the city of Kharkiv

Western officials gave a revealing insight into how the conflict is having an impact on Russia, almost 12 months since Vladimir Putin ordered Russian troops across the border

Marina Yankina was the head of the financial support department of the Ministry of Defense for the Western Military District, which is closely involved in Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine

Joint Chiefs Chairman General Mark Milley has slammed Russia for launching an unprovoked attack on Ukraine and admitted they’ve "lost strategically, operationally, and tactically"

But Ben Wallace branded fears the UK would not be able to take over a key NATO responsibility as ’just b*******’ when he was tackled about the claim on live television

But Ben Wallace branded fears the UK would not be able to take over a key NATO responsibility as 'just b*******' when he was tackled about the claim on live television

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace outlined the practical difficulties of supplying Kyiv with sophisticated aircraft after President Volodymyr Zelensky appealed to the UK to provide 'wings for freedom'