An intercepted phone call between a frustrated Russian soldier and his mother sheds light on the deteriorating conditions for Russian troops on the frontline in Ukraine. The soldier revealed the harsh reality of being on the frontlines, describing days of pouring rain, lack of sleep, and inadequate living conditions. The intercepted call indicates a growing trend of Russian troops expressing a desire... 

Vladimir Putin warned today that the risk of nuclear war is ‘rising’ but insisted Moscow has not ‘gone mad’ during a televised meeting with officials. The Russian despot boasted that his country had the most ‘advanced weapons’ in its arsenal, but claimed the Kremlin sees its own nuclear weapons purely as a deterrent. His comments come after months of speculation... 

The Central Intelligence Agency is seeking to tap Russians as potential spies who are “disgusted” with Putin’s war in Ukraine, The Wall Street Journal reported this week, as part of a new push to bolster its ranks of Russian assets. The CIA’s deputy director of intelligence David Marlowe, who has been in the post since June 2021, said in a rare speech at George Mason University’s Hayden... 

Russia has said it no longer wants to change the government in Ukraine, despite regime change being a key early objective of Vladimir Putin’s invasion. At the beginning of the war, Putin sent troops into Ukraine with the objective of overthrowing the Ukrainian government and installing a Russia-friendly regime. But now, nine months into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Kremlin spokesperson... 

UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly has alluded to the possibility of branding Russia as a terrorist state amid the Kremlin’s continued illegal war in Ukraine. During a session with the Foreign Affairs Select Committee, Labour MP Liam Byrne inquired whether the UK Foreign Office would designate Russia as a terrorist state. Mr. Cleverly, refusing to rule out the prospect, acknowledged that there... 

The United Nations General Assembly has taken a decisive step in holding Russia accountable for its invasion of Ukraine and violations of international law. Despite Russian despot Vladimir Putin’s attempts to evade repercussions, the assembly approved a resolution demanding accountability, including reparations to be paid by the dictatorship. In contrast to the UN Security Council, where Putin... 

Russia finds itself hurtling towards a potential internal conflict and a surge in nationalist uprisings, with forecasts of up to 30 to 40 new states emerging, according to a Bashkir independence leader. The repercussions of Vladimir Putin’s controversial decision to invade Ukraine have exacerbated separatist sentiments, particularly within Russia’s national republics, whose populations... 

Russia’s military may never recover from the damage it has suffered in Ukraine, the Pentagon has said. Colin Kahl, the under secretary for defence, revealed half of Vladimir Putin’s tanks have been destroyed and most of his precision missiles used up since he ordered the invasion a little over eight months ago. Sanctions mean it will be ‘very difficult’ for Moscow to rebuild... 

Russia will retreat from the city of Kherson in the most-humiliating loss yet for Putin’s military, its top commander has announced. General Sergei Surovikin, who is leading the war, said the city is now impossible to defend and that troops will withdraw across the Dnipro River ‘in the near future’ to defend the other bank. Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu has agreed to the plan Witnesses... 

Yevgeny Prigozhin, the formidable leader of the Wagner Group, a notorious private army often associated with being a potential successor to Vladimir Putin, recently engaged in a face-to-face confrontation with the Russian president, critiquing his handling of the ongoing war in Ukraine. This audacious act of defiance, disclosed by US intelligence reports, sheds light on Prigozhin’s increasing... 

Afghan commandos who had been trained by Allied forces to fight the Taliban are now being recruited by Russia to fight in Ukraine. Up to 30,000 members of the elite National Army Commando Corps were abandoned by the West when the country fell to the hardline Islamist group last year. Now, the US-trained light infantry force that fought side by side with allied troops for nearly 20 years could be joining... 

Amidst heightened tensions in the ongoing Ukraine conflict, Vladimir Putin’s recent deployment of a nuclear fleet to Europe’s doorstep has sparked concerns of escalating hostilities. The Kremlin’s move involved positioning a fleet of 11 nuclear-capable jets, including strategic bombers like the TU-160 ‘Blackjack’ and TU-95 ‘Bear’ hydrogen bomb carriers, at... 

Vladimir Putin has been warned by the European Union’s top diplomat the Russian Army would be “annihilated” if it follows through with threats of a nuclear attack against Ukraine. Tensions have exploded over fears Russia could use a tactical nuclear weapon in Ukraine, with Putin issuing threats as he staged the annexation of four occupied regions in the face of devastating losses... 

As Moscow’s grip on Ukrainian territories weakens, the Russian-installed governor of Ukraine’s Kherson region, Vladimir Saldo, urged residents to evacuate, signaling a significant setback for Vladimir Putin’s forces. The call came as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s counter-offensive gained momentum, forcing Putin’s military to evacuate civilians from Russian-annexed... 

Vladimir Putin has rained down more kamikaze drones on Ukraine as he continues his brutal campaign of retaliation for the destruction of the Crimean bridge. A strike using the Iranian-made Shahed-136 ‘suicide’ drones near Makrariv, a small city located 31 miles west of Kyiv, destroyed critical infrastructure, sending rescue workers rushing to the scene. Throughout the capital region, residents...