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Insiders say that Russian despot Vladimir Putin is desperately hoping a change of power in the White House could lead to the US pulling support for the war in Ukraine

Ukrainian spymaster Major-General Kyrylo Budanov said he believed that Vladimir Putin had died more than a year ago, and the Kremlin has been sending doppelgangers in his place

The warning came after it emerged Kim Jong-un is likely to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin within weeks and they will discuss Ukraine, as Russia is running short of missiles

An official said the US is not sure exactly where or when the meeting would take place, but the Pacific port city of Vladivostok would be a likely possibility given its proximity to North Korea

Ukrainian spymaster Major-General Kyrylo Budanov has repeated claims he has made throughout the war, that Vladimir Putin is already dead and that one or more doppelgängers are being used in his place

Some were taught to handle guns, others were dressed in military fatigues, and more were forced to listen to speeches by soldiers involved in Vladimir Putin’s illegal invasion of Ukraine

The Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin is "alive, well, and free" in an unnamed country, Dr Valery Solovey, a political analyst, said as he believes it was his body double who died

Footage has emerged of Yevgeny Prigozhin saying "if these screws are not adjusted today, then the whole plane will fall apart in the sky" months before he died in an aircraft crash in Russia

Our pictures are taken from a video on a Russian Telegram channel which is said to have close ties with the security forces - clips are described as 'a security breach'

Belarus leader Alexander Lukashenko alleged he had received intelligence of a plot to wipe out the Wagner Group founder and sent a message to him via the Kremlin

On Wednesday of this week, Wagner Company mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin was reported to have died in a plane crash north of Moscow, coming just two months after his short-lived putsch

Yevgeny Prigozhin's private jet was seen tumbling out of the sky yesterday, crashing to the ground before erupting in a fiery inferno in Russia's Tver region, killing all 10 people on board, including Prigozhin himself

The founder of the Wagner military company Yevgeny Prigozhin and six other passengers were on a private jet that crashed on Wednesday soon after taking off from Moscow with a crew of three

Vladimir Putin said the Wagner Group boss Yevgeny Prigozhin, who launched an ill-fated coup against Moscow, had 'made mistakes' - but a US intelligence official said the plane crash was suspicious

Vladimir Putin memorialised Yevgeny Prigozhin, 62, as a man of "complicated fate" who had made "serious mistakes" in recent weeks during a televised address today

Wagner Group boss Yevgeny Prigozhin, 62, was among the 10 people found dead in the wreckage of a light aircraft that came tumbling out of the sky into a field 500km from Moscow last night

Wagner Group boss Yevgeny Prigozhin, 62, was among the 10 people found dead in the wreckage after a light aircraft came tumbling out of the sky into a field 500km from Moscow

Ten people - including Wagner fighters and deputy Dmitry Utkin - are said to be among those who perished when the jet crashed into a field in the Tzer region near Moscow

The mysterious plane crash that is said to have killed Wagner Group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin has exposed the internal turmoil within Vladimir Putin's Russia, with experts warning of potential civil war

Mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin, who led a short-lived armed coup against the Russian military earlier this year, is presumed dead after a plane crash north of Moscow that killed all ten on board

Since the plane crash rumours have begun to swirl as who is responsible, with many believing it to be Putin in a revenge attack for Prigozhin's failed coup just two months ago

Yevgeny Prigozhin has been a dead man walking for two months since his so-called “march on Moscow” mutiny faltered - his death was inevitable after going too far for Vladimir Putin

Warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin is said to be among those who have perished, having reportedly been on Putin's 'kill list' following a failed coup against the Russian President

Wagner mercenaries are threatening to march on Moscow after reports claim Prigozhin, who led a coup against Vladimir Putin in June, is among the dead in a plane crash

The mercenary leader, who led a brief armed rebellion against the Russian military earlier this year, is presumed dead after a plane crash north of Moscow that killed all 10 on board