Vladimir Putin is receiving treatment for cancer and his top generals are looking to ‘throw’ the war in Ukraine as he does, according to a rumour contained in a leaked American intelligence document. In what appears to be the gravest leak of US secrets in years, the documents – which leaked last week and have prompted a national security investigation in the US – are understood... 

According to senior Biden administration officials, classified war documents that contained secret American and NATO plans to enhance the Ukrainian military before a planned offensive against Russia were posted on social media platforms this week. The Pentagon is currently investigating who might be behind the leak of the documents, which were posted on Twitter and Telegram, a widely accessible platform... 

A prominent anti-Putin activist has raised concerns that the Russian president is laying the groundwork for unleashing nuclear warfare in Ukraine as a twisted message to the global community. The activist, Andrey Sidelnikov, conveyed that Putin has been escalating nuclear rhetoric as part of his desperate efforts to dissuade Western leaders from providing modern weaponry to Ukraine’s army. Putin’s... 

Finland terminated over 70 years of military neutrality on Tuesday by joining NATO, thereby significantly expanding the alliance’s border with Russia. The move dealt a major blow to Russian President Putin, who has been accused of escalating the risk of a significant conflict by the Russian defense minister, Sergei Shoigu. Shoigu, in a meeting with the country’s armed forces leaders, asserted... 

In the complex quagmire of the Ukraine conflict, Vladimir Putin finds himself ensnared in a “no-win situation,” according to James Olson, former director of counterintelligence at the CIA. The seasoned intelligence veteran believes that the war will persist unless the Russian president meets a grim fate – either being killed or ousted, rendering him a “dead man walking.”... 

The Russian woman arrested on suspicion of assassinating one of Vladimir Putin’s propagandists in a bomb attack has today admitted she carried the statue laden with explosives into a cafe in St Petersburg – but insisted she had been ‘set up’. Daria Trepova, 26, was filmed with her hands chained to a radiator while being interrogated by Russian investigators over the assassination... 

Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed criticism over the UK’s donation of 14 Challenger 2 tanks to Ukraine, particularly objecting to the potential deployment of depleted uranium (DU) tank rounds. Putin characterized this move as a dangerous escalation towards nuclear war. The technical details of the Challenger 2 tank’s armament include a 120mm rifled gun with ammunition unique to... 

Russia’s Wagner group is reportedly now turning its focus to Africa after suffering heavy losses in Ukraine amid the mercenary group boss’ fall-out with Vladimir Putin. Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the group, has been in a long-running dispute with the Kremlin, particularly with defence minister Sergei Shoigu. He has accused Shoigu of blocking the supply of ammunition and personnel to... 

Deputy Head of Russia’s Security Council, Dmitry Medvedev, has intensified nuclear sabre-rattling, emphasizing that a Ukrainian attempt to retake Crimea could justify the use of nuclear weapons by Russia. This is not the first time the Kremlin has made such threats, with Medvedev criticizing the West and NATO allies, accusing them of attempting to dismantle Russia. In an interview with Russian... 

Arresting Vladimir Putin would be a declaration of war, Russia has warned, after the International Criminal Court issued an international arrest warrant for him. Dmitry Medvedev, the deputy secretary of Russia’s Security Council and former president, said should Germany – or any other nation – arrest the despot, it would trigger a nuclear strike on the offending country. Medvedev... 

An overnight attack destroyed a shipment of Russian cruise missiles on the occupied Crimean Peninsula, Kyiv’s military agency has claimed. Footage posted to social channels showed a large fireball lighting up the sky above the town of Dzhankoi in what was reportedly an attack by drones on a train transporting Russian Kalibr missiles to Vladimir Putin’s fleet in the Black Sea. Ukraine’s... 

China’s President Xi Jinping told a grinning Vladimir Putin ‘change is coming’ in an ominous parting message as he departed Moscow on Tuesday evening following talks with his Russian counterpart. ‘Change is coming that hasn’t happened in 100 years. And we are driving this change together,’ Xi told Putin via his interpreter – words sure to set alarm bells ringing... 

Russia has warned there are ‘fewer and fewer steps’ to a potential ‘nuclear collision’ and warned Britain it will ‘respond’ to its ammunition supplies to Ukraine. Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Tuesday that there were fewer and fewer steps left before a potential ‘nuclear collision’ between Russia and the West, Interfax news agency reported. Shoigu was responding... 

If Ukraine fails to defend its “independence,” Poland may end up “joining” the ongoing battle between Russia and that country, according to the Polish ambassador to France, Jan Emeryk Rosciszewski. On Saturday, the senior diplomat made the comments in a live interview with broadcaster LCI. Rosciszewski pointed the finger firmly at Moscow for the hostilities, which have been... 

Furious Vladimir Putin has condemned the International Criminal Court’s ‘outrageous’ decision to issue an arrest warrant for him over war crimes in Ukraine, that one expert said could hasten his removal as Russia’s leader. The ICC on Friday called for Putin’s arrest and accused the despot of committing war crimes by abducting Ukrainian children from their homes and deporting...