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Aerial view footage shows a massive barricades being built on tourist beaches in annexed Crimea, a beach which was once bustling with tourists during the summer

Before Russia's invasion, 10,000 people lived in Mariinka, a town in the suburbs of Donetsk, which has become an apocalyptic wasteland as Vladimir Putin's troops raze neighbourhoods to the ground

Depleted Russian forces are telling troops to use shovels because they are so short of ammo, it has emerged, as dramatic aerial footage shows a Ukrainian city completely destroyed by war

A man has been arrested and charged after Andrey Botikov, a senior researcher involved in developing the Sputnik vaccine, was found dead in his Moscow apartment

A major "aerial blast" reported near Moscow has been blamed on a Ukrainian drone seeking to strike in Kolomna, the home to Russia's Mechanial Engineering Design Bureau - where the Kinshal hypersonic and Iskander M tactical missiles are built

Cyril Gregory Buyanovsky and Douglas Robertson, who operated KanRus Trading Company, were arrested for allegedly circumventing US export laws to sell sophisticated avionics equipment to Russian companies

Russian forces are resorting to "mass suicidal attacks" on Ukrainians, effectively sending hundreds of soldiers over the frontline for minimal military gains but as a massive cost in Russian lives

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's adviser, Mykhailo Podolyak, has said reports of the Bryansk attack are "deliberate provocation" by Russia

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg declared war-torn Ukraine will be admitted to the alliance in the long-term, as he began talks in Helsinki with Finnish leaders

A source told the Russian TASS news agency: "A helicopter crashed when landing three kilometres from Murmansk airport, there were eight people on board"

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russian troops are "constantly destroying" anything his forces can use to "protect our positions for fortification and defence"

Russian fighter jets were sent to intercept the "intruding" unidentified flying object as it soared over St Petersburg, Russia - with the nearby Pulkovo Airport suspending all departures and arrivals and redirecting civilian craft

Prominent Russian political scientist and former Kremlin adviser Gleb Pavlovsky has died at age 71 - he was a critic of the war and warned that it would be a terrible mistake and a "great blow" for Russia

One of Russian President Vladimir Putin's military planes was 'significantly damaged' by Belarus partisans supporting Ukraine, at an airbase in Belarus, it is reported

Russian president Vladimir Putin accused the West of trying to "make our people suffer" and warned he was "taking into account" the nuclear weapons of NATO allies in a new rant

Ukraine has remained defiant amid a further round of punishing bombardment, while Russian units complain of being sent into battle without proper technical and artillery support

Yula Patoku had no idea just who she was talking to as she chatted to the man creating the piece, which shows a small child throwing a man in a martial arts fight

Some Russians dream of a new life in the West, while others wave flags and repeat the daily propaganda broadcast. “The war is making people crazy – welcome to Zombieland,” says Nika, 31, from Moscow

Anne Malygon has shared the shocking reality of her Ukraine home that seemed 'frozen in time' after returning to her country from studying abroad one year after the war started

Ukraine continues to battle corruption within its own country, as well as on the battlefield against Russian invaders. One lawyer told the Mirror that corruption is seen by some Ukrainians as being like 'treason'

In a bittersweet show of resilience, young kids attending nursery do not fear the sirens in Ukraine anymore as their teachers set up playful drills to make children get used to the constant evacuations

It is the first anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and it has emerged that Boris Johnson had a foul-mouthed response to Vladimir Putin's invasion one year ago

Vladimir Putin is still statistically losing the war which sadly makes any signs of his brutalities diminishing slim. But what might happen next and what can we expect the war criminal to do in order to try to make more gains?

Vladimir Putin appeared on Russian television to announce the beginning of what he called a “special military operation" and Boris Johnson was awoken in the middle of the night at 10 Downing Street

A war crimes investigator who analysed Russian activity in Syria for the United Nations, told The Mirror he fears civilian deaths will increase as Vladimir Putin's aims fail a year on