Russia said Thursday it had cut off Ukrainian forces inside Bakhmut, while Kyiv insisted supply lines were still open into the besieged city, as video emerged showing incendiary munitions raining down from above. Russian troops have been battling since last summer to capture the city, which had a pre-war population of 70,000, and whose fall would now mostly present a symbolic victory for Vladimir... 

New revelations has sent shockwaves throughout the international community, harrowing videos have surfaced, purportedly showing Russian soldiers engaging in gruesome acts during the conflict in Ukraine. Allegedly perpetrated by members of the Wagner Group, these acts include beheadings of Ukrainian soldiers, with their severed heads displayed on spikes. The first disturbing video, posted on a pro-Russian... 

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... 

Amid the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitriy Peskov has disclosed that Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed a willingness to engage in negotiations to bring an end to the war. This revelation came during a meeting with İbrahim Kalın, the Presidential Spokesperson of Turkey, in Moscow. Peskov conveyed that Putin acknowledged Russia’s openness to discussions on Ukraine... 

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... 

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... 

A Russian missile blew up a Ukrainian apartment building this morning hours after a drone strike on a Kyiv high school killed seven people, terrifying video has shown. The strikes came as part of Vladimir Putin’s latest missile barrage against the country, despite the Kremlin insisting its forces are not targeting civilians. Shocking footage from Zaporizhzhya and posted by Ukraine’s President... 

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... 

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... 

The Latvian government last month approved a plan to donate cars seized from drunk drivers to Ukraine, in what it says is a creative scheme (or else we could say publicity-seeking scheme) to help the war effort there. The first collection of cars have been shipped, as last week BBC confirmed that “Eight seized vehicles left a car pound in the capital, Riga, on Wednesday and are due to cross... 

Horrifying footage shows the moment flesh-melting ‘thermite rain’ bombs descend on a town in eastern Ukraine, as Vladimir Putin’s forces continue to employ brutal tactics to cling on to meagre gains. It comes as Russian troops continue to suffer heavy losses in the bitter fight for Bakhmut, with yesterday reportedly the deadliest day for Putin’s army so far. The Ukrainian army...