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Explosions were heard in the capital and elsewhere during the night as Ukrainian air defences shot down 21 of the drones, but sadly 21 people died in attacks on civilian infrastructure

Russia has branded a two-drone air strike on the Kremlin a "terrorist act" as it accused Ukraine of trying to assassinate President Vladimir Putin with smoke filmed rising above the building

The Kremlin's network of propagandists are being told to tell the Russian public not to "underestimate" Ukraine's counteroffensive, but that if Kyiv does win it's because they're supported with ammunition from the US and Europe

Telegram channels have been posting videos of what looks like anti-aircraft fire over the Kremlin buildings and Russia has claimed Ukraine has attempted to kill President Vladimir Putin

The site near Skilne, Crimea, is a Federal Security Service [FSB] building used by Russian border guards who control the movement of people in Vladimir Putin's illegally annexed slice of Ukraine

After a fierce firefight, Russian troops seized Chernobyl from the hands of Ukraine's National Guard on day one of the war at the end of February before taking over the 19-mile perimeter of the plant for over a month and bunking on the grounds

Alina Kabaeva, the dictator’s 39-year-old long-time mistress has traditionally preferred to hide away in Switzerland where she gave birth to one of his children in 2015, say reports

Regional governor Alexander Bogomaz: "An unidentified explosive device went off in the Unechsky district….on the Bryansk-Unecha railway" as some predict Ukraine are behind it

The Pope said the Vatican is willing to help facilitate the return of Ukrainian children taken to Russia during the war

There are fears Anastasia Chernysheva, 22, will face jail over her “anti-Vladimir Putin confectionary" after her home was raided and she was detained in

As Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine rumbles on, fears are growing among Chernobyl survivors about another nuclear disaster which would cause mayhem for Europe and the world

Olga Rudenko, editor-in-chief of the Kyiv Independent, said her publication became the 'world’s eyes' on the brutal war and Ukraine ’s 'voice in the world'

Ukrainian forces launched a UJ-22 drone, laden with 17 kilograms of C4 plastic explosives, from Ukraine on Sunday with the aim of reaching a newly built industrial estate near Moscow where Vladimir Putin was due to visit

Female workers at the Wildberries, run by Putin-friendly billionaire Tatyana Bakalchuk, are being forced to strip down to prove that they haven't taken banned items home

Around 40 high profile Russian figures have died in curious circumstance since the bloody invasion of Ukraine, including sudden "suicides", mysterious falls from windows and helicopter crashes

Sevastopol in Crimea was "put on alert" after a Ukrainian drone was shot down one week after Russia announced it would be stepping up nuclear war games in the Pacific

The bomb was dropped on Belgorod, Russia, by a Su-34 supersonic fighter-bomber jet near the Ukrainian border injuring two women and causing devastation in a humiliation for Vladimir Putin

Rumours of Vladimir Putin suffering a temporary "nervous breakdown" came amid speculation he used a body double to represent him while visiting high-ranking Russian generals in Ukraine

The secret maritime programme involves civilian shipping and a murky underwater warfare programme to try and cut off Europe if the Ukraine war spreads

Footage shows a scar-like mark running diagonally across Vladimir Putin's throat as the Kremlin leader attended an Orthodox Easter cathedral service in Moscow, Russia, last weekend

Alexei Navalny received a knee blow to the groin after refusing to enter his cell when an unwashed homeless man was put there by prison warders, his lawyer said

Russian president Vladimir Putin sent two nuclear bombers nicknamed 'Bears' over the Bering and Okhotsk seas as tensions with the West continue over the war in Ukraine

Western officials admitted Kyiv would come under pressure over the timing of its long-awaited offensive - but insisted the regime must be left in charge of deciding when the time is right

Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the command post for Russian forces in the southern Kherson region of Ukraine - he arrived by helicopter to meet military leaders

Russian defence minister Sergei Shoigu said that strategic missile carriers will fly to the middle of the Pacific Ocean to imitate strikes on ship groups of a mock enemy