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At the three-hour lunch in Moscow, warmonger Bashar Assad met his top ally Russian President Vladimir Putin and reaffirmed his support of the war in Ukraine

Luiza Rozova, known to be Vladimir Putin's secret lovechild has been hiding for over a year, after a Russian researcher claims his protection service have kept her away from the limelight since the war

Present Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the Society of Editors conference in London yesterday, praising the coverage his country's invasion has received from the British press

Sergei Zhirnov, a former KGB colleague of Vladimir Putin, has claimed that body doubles are being employed at key events after he was seen gesticulating fervently and repeatedly touched his nose

The footage shows Russian President Vladimir Putin gripping his desk at the Kremlin in Moscow amid fresh claims he is suffering from “intensified pain in his abdomen"

The head of the Wagner group said there had been “resistance” among the Russian authorities to deploy women in the war zone, but a new report suggests women are now being deployed

Grigory Yavlinsky is a longtime critic of the Putin regime and went on to warn that Russia could use it's nuclear capabilities against Ukraine if they were to try and recapture Crimea

Tensions between the Russian ministry of defence and the rebel Wagner group over the city of Bakhmut have reached to “boiling point” as some 520 Russian troops were reported killed in Bakhmut in one day’s fighting

Vladimir Putin is a black belt in judo and was was honorary president of the International Judo Federation before being removed from his position in March due to the invasion of Ukraine

The PM Rishi Sunak is unveiling plans to increase the UK's defence budget by £5bn - but that's less than half what defence secretary Ben Wallace demanded

Thermite munitions - which have been used previously during the war in Ukraine - are particularly deadly because they burn rather than explode, reaching temperatures exceeding 2,400C that can easily sear through steel

Masha Moskaleva sketched a woman ­defiantly shielding her child from Vladimir Putin's missiles - and the picture also featured the Ukrainian flag with 'Glory to Ukraine' written on it

Ukraine-born Marina Ovsyannikova, 44, switched cars seven times and navigated her route to freedom using the stars during her escape from Russia after she interrupted a live TV broadcast to call out Vladimir Putin

Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of Russian mercenary group Wagner and Vladimir Putin's previous chef, has been cut off from secure government phones

'Anyone with an ounce of sense should be terrified by the prospects of a pan-European War' - Mirror readers have their say after UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace called on our government to prepare for tough years ahead

Tennis players from Russia and allied Belarus will be permitted to compete at this year's Wimbledon Championships, though organisers want to retain the power to expel them if they deem it necessary

The 16-year-old stallion Zazou, who won more than £1 million on the racetrack, disappeared from a stud in the Czech Republic where he had been stabled by his alleged owner Ramzan Kadyrov

Dmitry Ivanov, known as a defiant anti-war student, gave a statement in court telling Vladimir Putin that "tens of millions oppose you and daylight will come to Russia" before being jailed

The schoolbooks are being altered to include a positive outlook on the full-scale invasion, avoiding the mention of Russia's humiliating battlefield performances, focusing instead on the eastern region of Donbas

Aerial view footage shows a massive barricades being built on tourist beaches in annexed Crimea, a beach which was once bustling with tourists during the summer

Yevgeny Prigozhin's soldiers have joined the regular Russian army as they battle Ukrainian forces to capture Bakhmut, an eastern city that has become the frontline of the current conflict

Before Russia's invasion, 10,000 people lived in Mariinka, a town in the suburbs of Donetsk, which has become an apocalyptic wasteland as Vladimir Putin's troops raze neighbourhoods to the ground

A huge benefit concert is set to be held at Wembley stadium this year, with big-name performers such as The Rolling Stones and U2 invited to play in order to raise money for the victims of the Ukraine conflict

Alina Kabaeva, 39, is a former Olympic gymnast who is 30 years younger than him and the pair have never acknowledged their relationship, but many suspect they have at least two children together

Chechen warlord Ramzan Kadyrov, who has advocated using nuclear weapons against Ukraine, is rumoured to have been poisoned and is being treated in the United Arab Emirates