4 h. ago Ukrainian robots capture surrendering Russian soldiers in 'first confirmed case' on battlefield

A Russian unit has surrendered to Ukrainian ground robots for the first time, a statement from the 3rd Assault Brigade claimed today. The Russian troops "surrendered to ground robots" in the Kharkiv region

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8 d. ago Kim Jong Un shown mourning North Korean soldiers he sent to die in Putin’s war in Ukraine

Rare footage reveals Kim weeping over coffins as Pyongyang confirms battlefield deaths in Russia’s war

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8 d. ago Kim Jong Un cries mourning North Korean soldiers killed in Putin’s war against Ukraine

Kim Jong Un shed a tear during a public tribute to fallen North Korean soldiers who died whilst fighting alongside the Russian army in Ukraine.

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9 d. ago Ukrainian prisoner of war branded with words ‘Glory to Russia’ reveals horror ordeal

Ukrainian soldier Andriy Pereverzev said his Russian torturers used a technique they referred to as "Calling Putin" which involved them taking wires from Soviet-era phones and using them to electrocute their prisoners

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1 week ago Ukraine war briefing: Soldiers captured by Russia in Mariupol among those released in prisoner swap

EU extends Russia sanctions but new package blocked by Slovakia. What we know on day 1,220Ukraine and Russia exchanged a new group of captured soldiers on Thursday, the latest in a series of prisoner swaps agreed at peace talks in Istanbul earlier this month. Neither side said how many prisoners were released in the latest exchange. The majority had been held captive for more than three years, according to Ukraine’s coordination headquarters for the treatment of prisoners of war. Many of them were taken prisoner in Mariupol, a Ukrainian port city that fell to Russian forces in 2022 after a nearly three-month siege, it said. Russian officials said its soldiers had been transferred to Belarus and were receiving “psychological and medical care”.The EU’s 27 leaders on Thursday agreed to extend sanctions on Russia for another six months, resolving fears that Kremlin-friendly Hungary would let the measures lapse, officials said. The decision at a summit in Brussels means that the EU’s swe...

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2 w. ago Killing machines: how Russia and Ukraine’s race to perfect deadly pilotless drones could harm us all

Cheap, scaleable and highly autonomous, these weapons are developing quickly – and experts say they should prompt a global rethink about securityOn a fine day in early June, Ukrainian soldiers launched their latest killer robot. With a click on a screen, the unattractively named Gogol-M, a fixed-wing aerial drone with a 20-foot wingspan, took off from an undisclosed location and soared into a wide blue sky.This “mothership” travelled 200km into Russia before releasing two attack drones hanging off its wings. Able to evade radar by flying at a low altitude, the smaller drones autonomously scanned the ground below to find a suitable target, and then locked on for the kill. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Ukraine war briefing: Russia repatriated at least 20 of its own dead soldiers in recent exchanges, Zelenskyy says

‘Sometimes these bodies even have Russian passports’, says Zelenskyy, condemning Moscow’s disorganisation in swapping of PoWs and troops’ remains. What we know on day 1,215Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Russia sent Ukraine at least 20 of its own dead soldiers in recent exchanges with Kyiv, describing it as a result of Moscow’s disorganisation in carrying out large swaps of wounded PoW’s and remains of troops. Zelenskyy said that an “Israeli mercenary” fighting for Moscow was among the dead Ukraine had received. Officials did not disclose the identities of the bodies: “They threw the corpses of their citizens at us. This is their attitude toward war, toward their soldiers. And this is already documented. Sometimes these bodies even have Russian passports,” he said. He said the Russian side insisted the dead were all Ukrainians.Zelenskyy has also accused western firms of supplying Russia with “machine tools” used to make weapons, in remarks made public Saturday. He said companies from ...

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2 w. ago Ukraine received at least 20 bodies of Russian soldiers in recent exchanges, Zelenskyy says

Ukraine's president says Russia repatriated at least 20 of its own dead soldiers in recent exchanges with Ukraine, describing it as a result of Moscow’s disorganization

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2 w. ago Cannibal Russian soldier 'ATE his dead comrade and lived off his remains for two weeks' on frontline, phone call intercepted by Ukrainian spies reveal

Ukraine released what it said was an intercepted call between two of Vladimir Putin's troops in which they were heard discussing an alleged case of cannibalism among the ranks.

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