9 h. ago Carey Mulligan urges Government to support Ukrainian children ‘stolen’ by Russia

The Bafta-winning actress, best known for The Great Gatsby and She Said, is a founding global ambassador for War Child.

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28 h. ago Ukrainian children forced into weapons training and tortured by Russia

A new report has found 55% were subjected to pro-Russian indoctrination and 10% subjected to torture and cruel treatment

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4 d. ago Ukrainian teenagers dubbed the 'children of heroes' are given a break from the hell of war thanks to the generosity of kind Daily Mail readers

Many of these youngsters have lost a parent fighting off Putin's brutal invasion. Now Daily Mail readers have helped pay for a precious trip to Britain for trauma therapy - and hope for their futures

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4 d. ago UK sanctions Putin's minions for 'indoctrinating and militarising' Ukrainian children

An estimated almost 20,000 kids were forcibly taken from their Ukrainian homes and subjected to Russian propaganda with some being deported to 're-education' camps and prepared for Putin's military

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6 d. ago Ukrainian children forced to learn underground as new year starts in the shadow of Russian assaults

One child recalled how a drone strike was intercepted near their home

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7 d. ago Days without war: Ukrainian children enjoy time at summer camp – photo essay

While missiles and drones are exploding in Kyiv during the bloodiest attack of the year, a mountain retreat provides a brief, peaceful escape from the chaosOn the last day of July, Russia launched an attack on Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, the bloodiest one this year: 300 drones and eight missiles killed 31 people. On the same day, 700km (435 miles) away in a camp near the city of Svalyava in the Carpathian mountains, 30 children are roasting marshmallows. Most of the children live in Kyiv, but for now, they are at the Zefir summer camp.Sofia, 15, from Uzhhorod, dresses up for a theatre performance. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Peace efforts in limbo as Ukraine's capital mourns 23 dead after Russian attack

Officials say the death toll in a major Russian missile and drone strike on the Ukrainian capital has risen to 23, including four children

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1 week ago ‘Massive’ Russian missile and drone attack on Kyiv kills at least 12 people

Zelenskyy says Moscow ‘chooses ballistics instead of the negotiating table’ after assault affecting more than 20 locationsRussian airstrikes have killed at least 12 people in a succession of attacks on Kyiv and wounded dozens in the most deadly night raid on the Ukrainian capital for several weeks.Three children, aged two, 14 and 17, were among those killed, officials said, in an onslaught that Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said showed that Russia had no intention of negotiating an end to the war. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Horror moment killer whale turns on SeaWorld trainer and delivers 'unrelenting torture'

Ken Peters was performing his routine at a SeaWorld in San Diego when killer whale Kasatka became distressed and attacked him, as seen in footage released by 60 Minutes Australia

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2 w. ago Met makes 100 arrests ahead of Notting Hill Carnival in bid to deter trouble

The force carried out ‘intelligence-led interventions’ and has seized weapons.

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3 w. ago The West must not be frightened by dictator Putin, warns Britain's head of Armed Forces

In a rare and hard-hitting intervention, Admiral Sir Tony Radakin - the head of Britain's Armed Forces - urged NATO to be 'assertive in every domain', from nuclear weapons to cyberspace.

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3 w. ago UK's first secure school for youngsters in custody is forced to close after weapon

Staff at Oasis Restore in Medway, Kent complained prisoners have kicked down every internal door and now practically have 'free rein around the building'.

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3 w. ago Zelensky tells Trump 'Putin is bluffing' and says he WON'T surrender territory... as US and Russia 'plan West Bank

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday warned Donald Trump that Putin was 'bluffing' about his desire to end the war.

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3 w. ago Zelensky tells Trump 'Putin is bluffing' and says he WON'T surrender territory as Western leaders meet... while Ukraine orders women and children to FLEE region where Russia is advancing

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday warned Donald Trump that Putin was 'bluffing' about his desire to end the war.

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3 w. ago Women and children are told to FLEE Ukrainian region where Russian forces have made rapid gains as Putin pushes for territory ahead of Trump meeting

Critics say the offensive is a last-minute push by Vladimir Putin to grab territory before his high-stakes meeting with Donald Trump this week, where it is feared he will demand Ukrainian territory.

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4 w. ago As the world hurtles ever closer to nuclear oblivion, where is the opposition? | Simon Tisdall

The puerile standoff between the US and Russia ought to alert a slumbering public to a risk that is in many ways greater than during the cold warNuclear weapons – their lethal menace, dark history and future spread – are back in the headlines again and, as usual, the news is worrying, bordering on desperate. Russia’s decision last week to formally abandon the 1987 Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty banning medium- and short-range nuclear missiles completes the demolition of a key pillar of global arms control. It will accelerate an already frantic nuclear arms race in Europe and Asia at a moment when US and Russian leaders are taunting each other like schoolboys.Vladimir Putin, Russia’s president, has repeatedly threatened the west with nuclear weapons during his war in Ukraine. Last November, Russian forces fired their new Oreshnik hypersonic, nuclear-capable intermediate-range missile at Dnipro. It travels “like a meteorite” at 10 times the speed of sound and can reach...

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4 w. ago Marles insists Australia ‘not supplying weapons to Israel’ but critics argue ‘parts of weapons are weapons’

Acting prime minister decries ‘misinformation’ regarding arms exports while Greens claim ‘hollow talking points aren’t washing with the public’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe federal government won’t follow Germany and introduce new export restrictions to pressure Israel, with the defence minister, Richard Marles, insisting no weapons are being sent from Australia to aid the killing in Gaza.Marles, the acting prime minister, said on Sunday that Australia was not exporting any weapons for use by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), a claim rejected by human rights campaigners and the Greens. Continue reading...

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last month Putin's sick catalogue of kidnapped Ukrainian kids sorted by eye and hair colour

Several hundred thousand Ukrainian children are believed to have been kidnapped by Vladimir Putin's forces and they have been put in a catalogue for adoption in Russia

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