4 h. ago Ukraine war briefing: Three million shells coming from our allies, says Zelenskyy

Ukrainian attack over border largely destroys Russian electrical equipment plant; mayor reports drones headed for Moscow. What we know on day 1,167See all our Ukraine war coverageUkraine hopes to receive 3m artillery shells from allies and partners in 2025 including 1.8m under a Czech-led programme, Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in Prague on Sunday. “The Czech artillery initiative is working brilliantly,” the Ukrainian president said. Prague steers a European drive to supply artillery ammunition to Ukraine, financed largely by Nato allies. “Not only North Korea is capable of helping [Russia] in the war – we have allies who are helping Ukraine,” Zelenskyy said in comments reported by the Kyiv Independent.Zelenskyy added there would be a meeting on Monday with “Czech defence companies”, with details to be announced later. Discussions were under way for a Ukrainian-Czech pilot training school for F16 fighter jets, which could not be established in Ukraine “due to current security concerns”....

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9 h. ago Putin reveals his thoughts on using nuclear weapons in Ukraine as Russian dictator celebrates 25 years in power

In comments aired on Sunday in a film by Russian state television about his quarter of a century in power, Putin said Moscow has the means to bring the conflict to a 'logical conclusion'.

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11 h. ago Putin claims he ‘hopes nuclear weapons will not be needed’ in Ukraine

Putin has been reflecting on his 25 years in power

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12 h. ago Need to use nuclear weapons has not arisen in Ukraine, says Putin

Russian leader says he hopes nuclear strikes ‘will not be required’ in state TV film about his 25 years in powerThe Russian president, Vladimir Putin, said in comments broadcast on Sunday said that the need to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine had not arisen, and that he hoped it would not.Speaking in a film by Russian state television about his 25 years in power, Putin said that Russia has the strength and the means to bring the conflict in Ukraine to what he called a “logical conclusion”. Continue reading...

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25 h. ago ‘These people are disposable’: how Russia is using online recruits for a campaign of sabotage in Europe

Moscow’s intelligence services have launched a new type of attack on the west, violent but piecemeal and hard to proveSerhiy was just about to board a coach bound for Germany when Polish security services detained him at the bus station in the city of Wrocław.In his backpack, the officers found firelighter cubes, a juice bottle filled with paraffin, a lighter, two pocket knives, a mini handsaw and a face mask. Later, when they searched the mobile phone of the 49-year-old Ukrainian refugee, they found a pdf of a Russian-language book called Modern Pyrotechnics. It contained detailed instructions on how to start fires and detonate explosives. Continue reading...

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26 h. ago Ukraine war briefing: Maritime drone shoots down Russian fighter jet for first time, says Kyiv

Ukrainian military intelligence claims Su-30 destroyed over waters near Russian port city of Novorossiisk, drawing no comment from Moscow. What we know on day 1,166See all our Ukraine war coverageUkraine has destroyed a Russian Su-30 fighter jet using a missile fired from a seaborne drone, according to Ukraine’s military intelligence agency, in what it said was the world’s first downing of a combat plane by a maritime drone. The GUR’s statement on social media on Saturday said the fighter had been shot down by a military intelligence unit called Group 13 on Friday over waters near Novorossiisk, a major Russian port city on the Black Sea. The Russian defence ministry did not comment on the Ukrainian claim, but an authoritative Russian blogger believed to be close to the ministry said the jet had been shot down. “The pilots ejected and were picked up by civilian sailors,” the blogger, who goes by the name Rybar, said on Telegram. Meanwhile, the mayor of Novorossiisk declared a state o...

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44 h. ago Russian drone attack injures 47 in Ukraine’s second largest city Kharkiv

Russia fired nearly 200 exploding drones and decoys overnight, Ukraine air force says

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45 h. ago Russian drone attack wounds 47 in Ukraine’s second city, Kharkiv

Russia launched a major drone assault on the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, wounding 47

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48 h. ago ‘I know I might not come back’: the young Ukrainians enlisting early to fight Russia

Kyiv has brought in new incentives for those under 25 in an effort to repopulate the frontline as the war grinds on“I’m not just here to avenge my brother,” says Luntik, 20, one of Ukraine’s newest soldiers, as he takes a break from training. He has joined up, he says, to try to liberate the territory of Ukraine from the Russian invaders: “When the thief is coming to your house and you are afraid he might harm you or kill your wife, you will take actions and, if necessary, kill the thief.”The mild spring day, somewhere in Kharkiv region, belies the seriousness of the conversation. Luntik is one of a dozen or so young recruits, all aged between 18 and 24, who have agreed to join Ukraine’s army before the age of 25, at which men can be forcibly mobilised. The lure is a bonus of 1m hryvnia (nearly £18,000), 0% mortgages and a short one-year contract; the scheme, launched in February, is a fresh effort to repopulate Ukraine’s frontline. Continue reading...

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61 h. ago Russia is recruiting kids as 'suicide bombers', Ukrainian security forces say

Ukrainian security details have spoken out and claimed that Russian forces are targeting young people and vulnerable members of society and offering them money in exchange for fatal services

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62 h. ago World War 3 has already begun, former Trump advisor Steve Bannon tells the Mail's 'Apocalypse Now?' podcast

Mr Bannon warned that unless Donald Trump can cool tensions with Vladimir Putin, then the entire globe risks sinking into a 'brutal' war which will involve the use of 'chemical, biological and nuclear weapons'.

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3 d. ago Devastating aftermath of Russian drone attack on Odesa as minerals deal struck

Ukrainian emergency services tackled huge fires in Odesa following a Russian drone attack that took place in the early hours of Thursday (1 May), according to the local authorities.

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4 d. ago Release of Ukrainian prisoners in Russia key to any peace deal, rights groups say

Kyiv-based Centre for Civil Liberties says tortured inmates bypassed amid focus on territory and security guaranteesUkrainian and Russian civil society leaders have called for the unconditional release of thousands of Ukrainian civilians being held in Russian captivity, pushing for world leaders to make it a central part of any peace deal.Oleksandra Matviichuk, head of the Kyiv-based Centre for Civil Liberties, which won the 2022 Nobel peace prize, said most of the discussion on ending the conflict, led by Donald Trump’s administration, focused solely on territories and potential security guarantees. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Trump administration signs minerals deal with Ukraine in key move for Russian peace

Agreement is aimed at centering future US engagement in Ukraine

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4 d. ago Musk's DOGE interns given access to network containing nuclear secrets have no experience

Two DOGE employees, Luke Farritor, a former SpaceX intern, and Adam Ramada, a venture capitalist, were given access to highly classified information about the United States' nuclear weapon stockpile

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4 d. ago How Spain's blackout could have been a nuclear weapons test in space: Evidence of attack as experts warn 'cataclysm' can knock out entire grid in seconds

There has been no explanation as to what caused the power cut. But all sorts of possibilities have been put forward - including that an 'electromagnetic pulse' was to blame.

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4 d. ago A look at the nuclear rivals as Pakistan and India hint at military action over Kashmir

A deadly attack on tourists in the disputed Kashmir region last week has spiked tensions

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4 d. ago Female Ukrainian journalist killed by Russia sent back marked as 'unnamed male'

Viktoria Roshchyna’s brain, eyes, and larynx had been removed before her body was sent back to Ukraine, two and a half years after she went missing in Russian-occupied territories

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4 d. ago Ukrainian spy 'tried to poison Russian military pilots with doped cake and booze'

Yegor Semenov, 34, was recruited into the Ukrainian secret service to kill graduates from an elite Russian school by carrying out a mass poisoning by poisoning bottles of Jameson's whiskey

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4 d. ago Kremlin warns Ukraine peace won't come any time soon in massive blow to Trump

US President Donald Trump won't get peace in Ukraine any time soon, the Kremlin has warned, as a major Russian attack delivers a setback to negotiations and Zelensky warns of a bigger war

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