All news on the topic: Russia

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Hero Volodymyr Zelensky behind Ukraine's staunch resistance to Russian invaders
Before the war, Volodymyr Zelensky's leadership of Ukraine was criticised, but he has now earned a place in future history books for his extraordinary display of leadership during the war with Russia
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7 key events in Ukraine war from Russia's civilian massacre to bridge explosion
It has been 12 months since Vladimir Putin told the Russian people that Moscow's troops would be sweeping through neighbouring Ukraine to "denazify" and "demilitarise" Kyiv, to keep it in "Russia's sphere of influence"
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Vladimir Putin 'terribly scared' one year on from illegal invasion of Ukraine
A Russian general has said Vladimir Putin has badly misread the West’s resolve to stand up to him and did not realise his army’s incompetence leaving him "terribly scared"
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Brit captured in Ukraine shares horror of being electrocuted in Russia torture
Shaun Pinner was captured during the fall of Mariupol and sentenced to death by local Russian-backed forces who tortured him including shocking him with a cattle prod after they found out he was a West Ham supporter
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Spy close to Vladimir Putin’s foreign intelligence chief mysteriously dies
Ultra-secretive Russian oil magnate Viatcheslav Rovneiko, who was a former spy and close to Vladimir Putin’s foreign intelligence chief, has died in mysterious circumstances near Moscow
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5 times Russia broke international law from grim torture to lung-busting bomb
Friday marks one year since tyrant Vladimir Putin ordered Russian troops cross the border into Ukraine in one of the 21st century's most destructive and vicious military invasions
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Ukrainian kids who fled can't play with teddies as they remind them of dads
Experts have told the Mirror that children facing the war in Ukraine are battling with trauma and the loss of their childhood lives before the war meaning they cannot even play with their teddy bears
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Deluded Vladimir Putin thought Russia would defeat Ukraine 'in just three days'
Leaked intelligence suggests Russian President Vladimir Putin expected to defeat neighbouring Ukraine in just three days. Nearly year on from the full invasion, the fighting is still going on
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Russian Ministry of Defence plane crashes near Ukraine border in blow to Putin
Preliminary reports suggest the aircraft in question was a Su-25 and emergency services are working at the crash site in Russia where the pilot ejected and survived
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Face-to-face with Vlad's feared killers who say: 'We are at war with the UK'
The Mirror's Defence Editor Chris Hughes meets two of Vladimir Putin's feared Wagner Group mercenary fighters held in Ukraine in a World-first exclusive interview
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Russia hit by radio hack alerting people to rush to shelters over missile attack
Russian radio stations were hacked with a siren blaring: “An air alert is being announced. Everyone, go to the shelters immediately. Attention! Attention! The threat of a missile strike”
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Mystery explosion in Russia sparks claims Satan-2 missile test went wrong
Russia's President Vladimir Putin is claimed to be testing a mysterious Russian military cosmodrome which resulted in a 'huge bang' and left a 'trail in the sky'
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7 key moments in Putin's speech - from nuclear threat to gender-neutral god
President Vladimir Putin has given an update to Russia's political and military elite on the Ukraine conflict in front of a large crowd in a State of the Nation speech today
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Putin warns of World War 3 'global conflict' as he issues nuclear threat
President Vladimir Putin has given an update to Russia's political and military elite on the Ukraine conflict in front of a large crowd in a State of the Nation speech today
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Liz Truss calls for West to send fighter jets to Ukraine on her backbench return
The former Prime Minister made her first address to the Commons from the backbenches in more than a decade after she was forced to quit No10 in October following her disastrous 49-day reign
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Worker at the Russian foreign ministry found dead in suspicious circumstances
The IT specialist was named Mikhail Ukrainets and a Telegram channel suggested that he fell from his own height and died at the Russian foreign ministry in Moscow
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Pro-Putin traitor jailed for selling British secrets to Russia after MI5 sting
Berlin spy David Smith was a former security guard at the British Embassy in Germany and had admitted eight charges under the Official Secrets Act. Today he was jailed at the Old Bailey
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Brit fighters describe moment they came face to face with five Russian prisoners
James Dee, from Pontefract in the UK, joined the Ukrainian army in April 2022 and said he remembers going towards the back of the tree line and seeing the five Russian prisoners
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Brit shares how he shot dead Russian soldier who had killed fellow countryman
Craig Mackintosh, a 48-year-old landscape gardener, was killed by troops while out on patrol when his squad was ambushed in Russian territory, near the city of Kharkiv
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Ukraine war 'hitting Russian birth rate' as invasion's first anniversary looms
Western officials gave a revealing insight into how the conflict is having an impact on Russia, almost 12 months since Vladimir Putin ordered Russian troops across the border
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Putin's defence official plunges to death from window leaving documents behind
Marina Yankina was the head of the financial support department of the Ministry of Defense for the Western Military District, which is closely involved in Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine
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Vladimir Putin has already lost war with Ukraine, top US general claims
Joint Chiefs Chairman General Mark Milley has slammed Russia for launching an unprovoked attack on Ukraine and admitted they’ve "lost strategically, operationally, and tactically"
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Ukraine invasion exposed Europe’s ’vulnerabilities’, admits UK defence chief
But Ben Wallace branded fears the UK would not be able to take over a key NATO responsibility as ’just b*******’ when he was tackled about the claim on live television
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Ukraine invasion exposed Europe's 'vulnerabilities', admits UK defence chief
But Ben Wallace branded fears the UK would not be able to take over a key NATO responsibility as 'just b*******' when he was tackled about the claim on live television
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Ukraine may have to wait years for British fighter jets, warns defence chief
Defence Secretary Ben Wallace outlined the practical difficulties of supplying Kyiv with sophisticated aircraft after President Volodymyr Zelensky appealed to the UK to provide 'wings for freedom'