All news on the topic: 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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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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Teen pulled from bombed Ukrainian flats on 19th birthday is fighting for life
WARNING DISTRESSING CONTENT: Anna Kotova lost an eye after suffering horrific injuries during the attack on a Dnipro apartment block on her 19th birthday, and is now fighting for her life
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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
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Russia in chilling threat that Brit tanks in Ukraine 'will burn like the rest'
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that Britain supplying tanks to Ukraine in its war with Russia will only create "more troubles" and they will "burn just like the rest"
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Terrified woman seen in rubble on 7th floor of building hit by Russian missile
Images show Anastasia Shvets, 23, looking traumatised amidst the rubble of her home on the seventh floor of an apartment block that was hit by a Russian missile killing at least 40 people
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Ukraine ambassador calls for action as Russian flag waved during Australian Open
Ukrainian star Kateryna Baindl was taking on Russian Kamilla Rakhimova at the Australian Open, and the national flag of the latter was seen being waved whilst their match was taking place
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Defiant Ukrainians sing and dance as Russians launch new attack on train station
Air defence systems were activated on Saturday afternoon in the southern Mykolaiv region, Gov. Vitali Kim said on Telegram, and hinted that some missiles have already been intercepted
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Rishi Sunak confirms UK will send tanks to Ukraine in move set to 'enrage' Putin
Following a call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky today, a No 10 spokesperson confirmed Britain will be "accelerating military and diplomatic support"
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Putin's 'successor' who saved him from bear sets up horror drone training school
Alexei Dyumin, 50, was once the bodyguard of despot Vladimir Putin and Russia's ex-deputy defence minister, who led a covert operation in 2014 to help toppled Kyiv president Viktor Yanukovych escape a 13-year jail term in Crimea
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Vladimir Putin ‘will nominate his heir this year and retire to avoid revolution’
The Russian president reportedly fears being ousted by the head of a private army called the 'Wagner Group' and plans to hand over power and take refuge in his remote mansion
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Russian troops waging ferocious battle in Ukraine as Putin reshuffles generals
Vladimir Putin has gathered a Chechen warlord and a notorious mercenary leader after appointing General Valery Gerasimov as head of Russian forces as troops continue to shell Ukraine
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Zelensky claims there will be 'no WW3' as troops defend Ukraine against Russia
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said 'the tide is turning' and it is clear his country will win the war against Russia. However, he warned there are 'still battles and tears ahead'
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Russia shoots down 'ball' UFO after spotting mystery object in the sky
Russia's regional governor of Rostov Oblast, Vasily Golubev, has said a "small-size object in the shape of a ball", much like a UFO, had been destroyed by anti-aircraft missiles on Tuesday, January 3
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Families and refugees could be moved onto cruise ship to tackle housing crisis
Torridge District Council in Devon has been forced to consider "radical measures" and house families and refugees aboard cruse ships in a bid to tackle the housing crisis
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Vladimir Putin deploys huge nuke-capable weapon dubbed 'Sledgehammer' to Ukraine
The 2S4 Tulip self-propelled mortar is 240mm wide and is capable of firing nuclear bombs, but it is likely this would be limited to 'micro-nukes' aimed at destroying an area the size of a football stadium
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Parents of Brit missing in war-torn Ukraine left 'raw' after son's disappearance
Aid worker Christopher Parry's mum Christine said she feels "very raw" after her son went missing in the town of Soledar in the eastern Donetsk region of Ukraine
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Rishi Sunak 'keen to send Brit battle tanks to Ukraine' in bid to end Russia war
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is understood to been keen on the idea of sending British tanks in aid of Ukraine and reportedly spoke to Ukrainian counterpart Volodymr Zelensky last week
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Brit tanks could battle in Ukraine as UK escalation set to 'enrage' Putin
Secretive talks are underway to supply Kyiv with British Army Challenger 2 Main Battle Tanks, senior defence sources have revealed - a major defiant gesture towards the Kremlin and could swing the war further in Ukraine’s favour
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Two British aid volunteers go missing in Ukraine while evacuating civilians
Andrew Bagshaw, 48, and 28-year-old Christopher Parry disappeared on January 6 while they were helping to evacuate people near Soledar, in the war-torn Donetsk region of Ukraine