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A Russian military plane ignited in a huge inferno in an airbase in Tajikistan - destroying its mystery cargo. One source refused to disclose what the cargo was for “wartime political reasons”

Tensions between the UK and Russia continue to rise as the Russians claim to have chased away two British planes attempting to enter their territory - which the RAF categorically deny

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has become a battle of attrition and for Vladimir Putin's soldiers they are alleviating boredom by "taking hallucinogenic drugs with shots of vodka"

A senior civil servant has highlighted the need to boost “defence industrial capacity”, warning of a “growing and significant strategic issue that we have to face as allies and partners”

A DDoS attack against the Royal Family's website earlier this month was intentional and not a smokescreen as the pro-Russian hackers wanted to 'send a message', according to experts

Russian tyrant may decide to take his own life rather than relinquish his hold over the Russian presidency, according to experts who say he has celebrated his last birthday

A Telegram channel with a link to Moscow's security services said there is a search for an unknown person who planned to ‘remove’ Putin

Satellite imagery By PlanetLabs taken on the morning of September 20 shows vehicles near a launchpad at the Arctic base, including a truck with a trailer "that appears to correspond to the dimensions of the missile"

Ukraine's security service caught an undercover Russian spy sneaking into a top secret drone school in Ukraine as he covertly took photographs of military positions

Defence Secretary Grant Shapps insisted British support for Kyiv must continue, regardless of whether the Republican wins the US presidential race taking place next November

In his latest speech to Russia, Vladimir Putin congratulated himself on a "defining and truly historic event" - but body language expert Judi James says he's less confident than he appears

Up until now, most of the country's propaganda has been directed at boys, but the focus is now shifting as schoolgirls aged 15 and 16 in Russia's Primorsky region are being introduced to "military-patriotic education"

WARNING DISTURBING DETAILS: Oxana Mironova, 33, has been convicted in Russia of starving her baby son Kosmos to death after her raw food blogging partner claimed the infant could survive on sunlight alone

The torpedo - which can carry 450kg of explosives - is set to be unleashed on Russia's warships and submarines, as well as the Crimean Bridge, which Russia has had to repeatedly rebuild

The Football Association will continue to ensure English outfits do not meet Russian teams in any competitions despite UEFA softening their stance

Orlin Roussev, Bizer ­Dzhambazov, Katrin Ivanova, Ivan Stoyanov, and Vanya Gaberova allegedly conspired to gather information which would be useful to an enemy

A Russian commander made a surprise 'appearance' at a meeting with other senior members of the military amid reports he had died in a devastating Ukrainian strike

For failing to pay their wages, Russian naval officers took their revenge by handing over sensitive information to a Kyiv-allied resistance group, which ultimately lead to the devastating missile strike at Vladimir Putin's Black Sea Fleet headquarters

Vanya Gaberova, 29, Orlin Roussev, 45, Bizer Dzhambazov, 41, Katrin Ivanova, 31, and Ivan Stoyanov, 31, are all accused of conspiring to collect information that could be indirectly useful to an enemy state, which is thought to be Russia

Ukrainian military spokeswoman Natalia Humeniuk told Radio Svoboda that drones did not cross into Romania but reports indicate it left two people wounded and dozens of trucks damaged

The Lib Dems have called for the Russian Embassy to pay the £6million congestion charge bill and for the money to be donated to Ukraine by UK authorities

Igor Sychev has suffered three car crashes - which he claims were deliberate - and received countless death threats against him and his family. He claims oligarchs are putting out kill orders against him - because he is trying to take a Russian fertiliser company to court

Pre-school children take part in marching practice in photographs taken across Russia - and older kids are even being taught how to dig trenches and throw grenades

Dean Standley, a staunchly pro-Putin British financial expert who has lived in Russia for 12 years, was recently arrested by Russian forces. He claims his release came about due to his connections

A helping hand to a defending country or the recipe for an all-in nuclear war between superpowers? Experts analyse for The Mirror Joe Biden's decision to give Ukraine long-range missiles or “attack-ems” (ATACMS)