All news on the topic: Russia Ukraine war

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5 times Russia broke international law from grim torture to lung-busting bomb
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
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Putin vows to send world-ending Satan-2 nuclear-capable missiles into combat
Russia carried out a failed test of the Satan-2 missile - which could turn the world into a radioactive crater - as US President Joe Biden visited his counterpart in Ukraine
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Ukrainian kids who fled can't play with teddies as they remind them of dads
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
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Deluded Vladimir Putin thought Russia would defeat Ukraine 'in just three days'
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
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Are you worried about UK becoming involved in another conflict? Take our poll
UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace says Vladimir Putin is 'not going to stop' and calls on our government to prepare for tough years ahead
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Supermarkets 'full of tomatoes' in Kyiv after year of war as UK faces shortage
British investigative reporter John Sweeney posted a video marking 365 days since the start of the Russo-Ukrainian war from location in Kyiv on Twitter today
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'War is coming' to UK within next 7 years says Ben Wallace in ominous warning
The Defence Secretary is lobbying for increased defence spending in Jeremy Hunt's budget next month, saying that the world is "more dangerous, more unstable and more insecure" since Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine
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Face-to-face with Vlad's feared killers who say: 'We are at war with the UK'
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
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Russia hit by radio hack alerting people to rush to shelters over missile attack
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”
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Mystery explosion in Russia sparks claims Satan-2 missile test went wrong
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'
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'Putin’s ludicrous claim Russia did not start war is sign of damaged leader'
Putin sabre-rattling once more about nuclear weapons, pulling out of a treaty with the US limiting weapons of mass destruction, smacks of desperation rather than strength
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Return to Kyiv after year of hell as unbroken Ukrainians vow to stand fast
The Daily Mirror returned to Kyiv just before Russian President Vladimir Putin delivered his latest deluded speech, threatening the west for supporting Ukraine
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Vladimir Putin threatens to rip up major nuclear weapons pact with US - updates
The 9am GMT address by Russian President Vladimir Putin turned into a predictable rant against the West one year on from the start of his illegal invasion of Ukraine
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7 key moments in Putin's speech - from nuclear threat to gender-neutral god
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
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Putin warns of World War 3 'global conflict' as he issues nuclear threat
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
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Liz Truss calls for West to send fighter jets to Ukraine on her backbench return
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
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Putin suffers relapse in health as Joe Biden visits Kyiv, Kremlin insiders claim
The claim, which cannot be verified, comes from the Russian telegram channel General SVR which has repeatedly made claims that Vladimir Putin is suffering serious medical problems
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Joe Biden lands in Ukraine ahead of anniversary of Russian invasion
The US president visited Kyiv for the first time since the war in Ukraine began nearly a year ago and his public itinerary suggested he would be visiting Poland, so his visit to Ukraine’s capital has come as a surprise
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Russia says Western country gave Ukraine radioactive materials, without evidence
The Kremlin claims Ukraine planned to stage a false flag nuclear incident on its own territory to blame Russia and a European country supplied radioactive materials. But Vladimir Putin's regime supplied no evidence
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Keir Starmer warns British fighters in Ukraine must be handled 'carefully'
The Labour leader, speaking after a surprise trip to Kyiv, said a lot of British people were offering "all sorts of support" as he hailed Ukrainian forces fighting off Russian invaders
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Russian troops desperate for the loo as toilet exports banned to 'punish' Putin
Sinking to grimy lows, Russian troops are well-known for thieving lavatories out of Ukrainian homes to send back to their families as Western sanctions of "bidets, lavatory pans, [and] flushing cisterns" bite
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Brit fighters describe moment they came face to face with five Russian prisoners
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
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Brit shares how he shot dead Russian soldier who had killed fellow countryman
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
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Ukraine war 'hitting Russian birth rate' as invasion's first anniversary looms
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
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Should UK send fighter jets to Ukraine? You voted
Many of you responded to our poll, with opinion largely split down the middle