68 m. ago ‘Little suns in the classroom’: Ukrainian city mourns children killed by Russian missile

Anger and outrage are gripping the hometown of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as it holds funerals for some of the 20 people, including nine children, killed by a Russian missile that tore through apartment buildings and blasted a playground

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5 h. ago Who is Alex Ovechkin? Vladimir Putin congratulates Russian for breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL goals record

Ovechkin passed the total set by the ‘Great One’ to become the leading goal scorer in NHL history

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7 h. ago Elon Musk's meeting with 'Putin's body double' in doubt as Kremlin claims he's 'useless'

Vladimir Putin's alleged body double was supposed to be meeting Elon Musk later this month but now the Kremlin has no interest in it after labelling the tech lord as 'useless'

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21 h. ago Vladimir Putin's warlord ally 'terminally ill' as Russia faces new Ukraine war blow

Ramzan Kadyrov wants his teenage son to succeed him when he dies.

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23 h. ago Vladimir Putin's warlord ally 'terminally ill' as Russia faces new blow in Ukraine war

Ramzan Kadyrov's health is said to be 'very poor' with 'tough decisions' over the succession imminent - and he reportedly wants his son Adam, 17, to succeed him

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28 h. ago Moscow court sends US citizen awaiting trial to a psychiatric hospital

Russian state media say a U.S. citizen awaiting trial in Moscow has been forcibly admitted to a psychiatric hospital

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29 h. ago Paedophile with conviction for sick child abuse images posed as hero paratrooper to volunteer at charity feeding Ukrainian children fleeing Putin's war

An acclaimed British charity that feeds Ukrainian children fleeing Vladimir Putin's invasion hired a convicted paedophile who posed as a paratrooper, it has been revealed. 

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34 h. ago ‘There is no ceasefire. Attacks are ongoing’: how Putin’s envoy played US over Ukraine

White House welcome for key member of Russian president’s inner circle raises fears over America’s commitment to peaceKirill Dmitriev’s meetings with US officials in the White House last week went largely below the radar. And deliberately so.The dapper investment envoy to Russian president Vladimir Putin, who also serves as a key negotiator for Moscow on Ukraine, posted an image of his flight plan on social media to make the point that a senior sanctioned Russian official was being welcomed by the Trump administration. Otherwise, details of what was discussed remain opaque. Continue reading...

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45 h. ago Britain must boost its military to counter the growing threat from Russia

Editorial: The former head of MI6 warns that Europe must meet the challenge of the new rules set by Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin

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49 h. ago Former MI6 Chief: Putin lacks rationality unless in a ‘permanent state of antagonism’

Former MI6 chief Sir Alex Younger told The Independent’s Sam Kiley that Vladimir Putin lacks rationality unless in a “permanent state of antagonism,” offering Russia only “security.” This remark comes just months after the third anniversary of Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine.

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55 h. ago Boy, 3, who 'loved rockets' killed in Vladimir Putin's horror missile strike on Ukraine playground

Timofiy, three, was among 19 killed in a Russian missile attack on Kryvyi Rih, the home city of Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky this week, which also injured another 61

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3 d. ago ‘I fear for my loved ones’: Russian BBC journalists shaken by ‘foreign agents’ label

Journalists now effectively banished say Kremlin’s aim is to make them ‘toxic’ to anyone thinking of speaking to mediaRussian BBC journalists who have been labelled “foreign agents” by Vladimir Putin’s regime have spoken of being unable to see their children, forced to sell homes and in effect being banished from their home country.They are now meant to report their finances to the state, down to supermarket receipts, while there have already been practical effects for family members inside Russia. The journalists said the label was designed to make them “toxic” to any Russians thinking about speaking to independent media. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Britain and France accuse Russia's Putin of delaying Ukraine ceasefire efforts

Britain and France are accusing Russian President Vladimir Putin of dragging his feet over Ukraine ceasefire talks and ramped up pressure on Moscow by insisting that he owes the United States an immediate answer

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3 d. ago Russia's deadly new laser weapon can 'destroy everything' and Putin mouthpiece says how

Vladimir Putin's army has a new laser weapon that Kremlin mouthpieces everywhere are claiming is going to scare Russia's western enemies – but how does it work?

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4 d. ago Trial of former Russian minister ‘not about Vladimir Putin’, jurors told

Dmitrii Ovsiannikov is facing seven counts of circumventing sanctions in the UK.

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4 d. ago Lammy to urge allies to boost defence spending to make Nato ‘more lethal’

It comes after the UK announced the largest sustained increase to defence spending since the Cold War.

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4 d. ago Vladimir Putin's 'secret lover' makes coded 'tsarina' reference at athletic event

Alina Kabaeva, 41, turned up at the 2025 Rhythmic Gymnastics Championship in Russia with gymnasts from her elite Sky Grace Academy and wearing a noticeable bomber jacket

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5 d. ago Vladimir Putin accused of planting spies on Glasgow company's supertankers

Ukrainian campaigners have warned Seapeak Maritime could be helping fund Russia’s brutal invasion and have called for the firm to be shut down.

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5 d. ago Soprano Anna Netrebko to open Royal Opera season, returning after a 6

Soprano Anna Netrebko will return to London’s Royal Opera after a six-year absence to open the 2025-26 season in a new production of Puccini’s “Tosca” that starts Jakub Hrůša’s tenure as music director

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5 d. ago Vladimir Putin conscripts 160,000 Russian troops in biggest military call

The draft came as Washington officials said the likelihood of Russia and Ukraine reaching a peace accord within the next few months has ‘plummeted’

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