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Horrifying footage appears to show Russian soldiers being forced to strip naked in freezing temperatures - before being subjected to abuse and humiliation from their war commanders

This week British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak made a surprise visit to Ukraine where he met with Volodymyr Zelensky and pledged a further £2.5billion to help the country's war with Russia

Decorated Russian war commander Lt-Col Irek Magasumov, 35, who was personally awarded Russia's highest honour by Vladimir Putin is facing jail for shooting an 18-year-old woman dead

Lt-Col Irek Magasumov, 35, will reportedly be charged with murder over the death of 18-year-old Daria Kiseleva who he allegedly shot with his army gun in Russian-occupied Luhansk

Ukrainian soldiers found an Asiatic black bear in the village of Yampil - and the animal has now found a new home at Five Sisters Zoo in West Calder, West Lothian

A woman had to crawl out of the boot of her Mitsubishi Colt when a sinkhole suddenly opened around her car, plunging her vehicle into the ground as several passers-by came to her aid

More than 100 homes in Novosibirsk, Siberia, have been left without power in -15C temperatures after a Soviet-era pipe burst causing widespread floods in the city

Vladimir Putin said occasionally when he meets his old cclassmates or fellow university students, they look at him and say: "I don’t believe it, is it actually you, or not you?"

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has warned several countries may be in Vladimir Putin's sights and will be at risk of an attack should Kyiv stop its resistance.

A Russian navy reservist lieutenant captain Roman Titov, 58, has not been heard of since December 21, 2023 when his boat went missing in the North Sea, and is now feared dead

The Russian government has decided to invest in making the Far East, known for its Stalin-era Gulag prison camps, a holiday hotspot with a new 2,000 room resort being built

Vladimir Putin, the Russian President, has boosted the country's National Guard to 350,000, compared to the UK’s 73,000 troops and soldiers in Russia are also equipped with heavier weapons

Robert Romanov Woodland, 32, has been remanded in custody until March 5 on drug possession charges after he was charged with attempted large-scale production and sale of illegal drugs

Professor Vladimir Khavinson, who was the director of the St Petersburg Institute of Bioregulation and Gerontology, has died suddenly aged 77 in a massive blow to Russian dictator Vladimir Putin

In a shocking video, flames are seen rising from the home of Roman Putin, 45, who is sanctioned by the West for links to his cousin, the Russian tyrant Vladimir Putin

More than 20,000 residents haven’t been able to use their heating despite temperatures in the capital plummeting as low as -30C - meanwhile, Putin continues to spend billions on his war in Ukraine

In theory, the new law will protect any former president and members of his or her family, but in reality it will only protect 69-year-old Alexander Lukashenko, who has ruled Belarus for 30 years

Russian state TV company chief executive Kuban Zoya Konovalova, 48, has been found dead in her bedroom, with the corpse of her 52-year-old ex-husband Andrey Gubatiyka found close by

Our columnist believes there are some things we can be sure about: wars, weather calamities, new Tory and royal scandals, fresh misery for England on the football pitch, and mixed fortunes in the Olympics

This comes as the "main doppelgänger” was separately named for the first time as Yevgeny Vasilyevich, originally a carpenter from Belarus

Allegations this week indicate that the dictator's New Year Address broadcast, which was put out before midnight across Russia, was made by an AI Putin instead of the real one

Concerns around Vladimir Putin have been raised following the world leader's New Year address, in which Russian citizens were praised for their "solidarity, mercy and fortitude"

Ukrainian cities of Kyiv and Kharkiv faced a massive 100-missile barage on Tuesday this week, as Putin continues to pile misery on Russia's neighbour to cower its population

A Russian defence ministry spokesman admitted a missile intended to cause carnage in Ukraine had hit the Russian village in error and caused widespread devastation

These key elections, including November’s Presidential race in the US, matter hugely in 2024 as they could have significant impacts everywhere, such as in Ukraine