All news on the topic: Soldiers

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Inside underground shelters where Ukrainians await fate as Russians advance
The Mirror entered Avdiivka before it turned into a military “red zone” that is off-limits to journalists and spoke with those sheltering, as deafening blasts pummelled the surface of bomb shelters
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Inside King's Coronation midnight rehearsal procession as military line the Mall
A midnight rehearsal for King Charles III's Coronation procession saw hundreds of military personnel line the Mall under the night sky as they prepare their route for the ceremony
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Putin's ruthless Special Forces wiped out on battlefield, leaked papers reveal
'The Pentagon leaks' consist of 100 pages of documents leaked online and include information about the Russian invasion, including claims Vladimir Putin's Spetsnaz forces have been almost entirely wiped out
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MoD admits suicide rates among young soldiers 'higher than general population'
Overall, 287 service personnel took their own lives from 2003 to 2022. Until now, the Ministry of Defence had maintained that suicide rates within the armed forces were similar to those outside of it
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Kidnapped 'tummy tuck 4' say cartel tried to make them have sex with each other
Survivor Latavia “Tay” McGee described the ways their captors toyed with them as they were moved from safehouse to safehouse before it was realised they weren't Haitian drug dealers
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Putin orders Pacific Fleet to test readiness for precision nuclear strikes
Russia's Pacific Fleet will have to repel massive missile and air strikes during the drills as well as performing torpedo and artillery firing and launching missiles
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Terrifying moment Russian bullet misses Ukrainian soldier’s head by an inch
Incredible footage shows the moment a Russian bullet zooms past the Ukrainian soldier and hits the wall with a puff of dust, seeming no higher than an inch above his head
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MMA fighter 'punches soldier to death' in Florida bar brawl
MMA fighter Ross Johnson, 23, from Illinois, US, is accused of throwing a killer punch behind Air Force Airman 1st Class Dayvon Larry's ear at the Coyote Ugly Saloon bar in Panama City Beach, US
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Russian soldier cuts Ukrainian's head off with knife in sick video posted online
WARNING DISTURBING CONTENT: The hideous clip shows a small unit of Russian soldiers working each other up to "cut off" a defenceless Ukrainian prisoner of war's head by "breaking the spine"
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Stacey Dooley meets Ukrainians who risk their lives for country in new show
Stacey Dooley tells the harrowing stories of a number of Ukrainians who have a crash course in combat fighting as they prepare to give their all against a Russian invasion
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Funeral for pro-Putin blogger killed by bomb - with sledgehammer next to coffin
A service with sledgehammers left by the coffin of Vladlen Tatarsky who was killed in a café bomb blast in St Petersburg, has been held
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Royal guardsman jailed for selling ammunition to undercover cop
Former Coldstream Guard Rajon Graham was caught selling bullets to an undercover detective posing as a criminal arms dealer in order to make some extra cash
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Search underway as army helicopter carrying soldiers disappears from radar
The Ministry of Defence in Tokyo said that a Ground Self Defence Force helicopter which was circling Miyako Island, close to Taiwan, disappeared from the radar
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Forces 'storm Islam's third-holiest site' during Ramadan and 'beat worshippers'
Israeli police stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem's Old City in an early morning raid were 400 people were praying inside as tensions mount as Jewish and Islamic holidays overlap
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World kickboxing champion on frontline in Ukraine shot dead by Russian soldiers
Mayor of Frankivsk Ruslan Martsynkiv confirmed that four-time kickboxing world champion Vitaly Merinov, 32, died in hospital after being caught in Russian gunfire while battling Vladimir Putin's troops
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Inside squalid rat-infested barracks of King's guards dubbed 'worse than prison'
Disturbing photos from inside the Wellington Barracks, just 300 yards from Buckingham Palace, show piles of rubbish, clogged and filthy toilets and leaky appliances
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Bomb suspect seen edging away from blogger after handing him statue explosive
Daria Trepova skulked away after handing pro-Vladimir Putin propagandist Vladlen Tatarsky a statue of himself just moments before an explosion ripped through the venue he was speaking at in St Petersburg, Russia
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Russian army too drunk to fight effectively in Ukraine, Brit intelligence says
'Heavy drinking' among troops is contributing to Russian losses in Ukraine, according to new intelligence, with officials said to be concerned at incidents, crimes, and deaths caused by alcohol abuse
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Hunt for woman who handled bomb minutes before cafe explosion killed blogger
Two female suspects have been identified as suspects including Daria Trepova, 26, who appears to be on the run and a video is believed to show her walking to the cafe carrying what may have been the bomb
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Brit student's ingenious invention helping bombed-out Ukrainians stay warm
Engineer Harry Blakiston Houston created the Insulate Ukraine project to replace bullet and bomb-damaged windows with plastic ones of his own design, pausing his studies to concentrate on the initiative
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FBI interrogator says Saddam Hussein knew two things about him within seconds
George Piro was the FBI agent hand selected to interrogate Saddam Hussein and spent seven months talking to the Iraqi dictator following the west's bloody invasion of the Middle East
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Smartly dressed man using a phone in 1940s war photo 'proof time travel is real'
Mobile phones had not yet been invented at the time the picture was taken in 1943, in Iceland's capital, Reykjavik. But some on social media have suspected a chap in the photo is in fact holding one
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Vladimir Putin calls up another 147,000 soldiers amid fears many are doomed
Vladimir Putin is said to be losing troops ever since he first drafted Russian soldiers into his widely ill-conceived war in Ukraine. Now has demanded almost 150,000 men be called up to join the war
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The former far-right activists helping Brits escape extremism
Two former members of the far right spoke to the Mirror about their descent into extremism and radicalisation and how they managed to not just get out, but now help others escape the same fate
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Bakhmut is 'slaughter-fest' for Russians who are being 'hammered' by Ukrainians
US General Mark Milley revealed in a press conference that Russia was suffering major losses in the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut after months of failed attempts to claim the city