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It has been proven that the aircraft was hit by a Russian-made missile over Ukraine and prosecutors said there is evidence that Russian President Putin decided to provide the missile to Moscow-backed separatists

The heroic war leader made a shock visit to the UK today where he met Rishi Sunak and delivered an address in Westminster Hall, the first foreign leader to do so since ex-US President Barack Obama gave a speech there in 2011

The coats were being given to Russian women whose husbands had been invading the Donbas - in a donation drive organised by the wife of a convicted war criminal

The Russian plan is the latest to boost troop numbers for President Vladimir Putin’s ailing war which has thus far killed 132,160 of Moscow’s soldiers in Ukraine

Ten fire brigades were sent to tackle the blaze, and there was a call for reinforcements amid a "difficult situation" at a giant Lukoil installation near Nizhny Novgorod, some 300 miles east of Moscow in Russia

Major-General Dmitry Ulyanov was reportedly killed in a firefight during an attack by a Ukrainian sabotage group earlier this week, meaning Vladimir Putin has lost at least 10 top brass in the war

Alina Kabaeva, who is believed to share a secret family with Vladimir Putin, appeared at a Moscow event marking the founding of strongly pro-Putin National Media Group [NMG]

Saira Khan says Rishi Sunak can have an influential role in ensuring his counterpart understands that the British Government and people reject his policy of marginalising the Muslim community in India

The attack happened at a plant in the Belgorod region which borders Ukraine. An oil depot at or near the plant is said to have exploded with fire damage to the Borisovsky Bridge Metal Structures Plant

Simone Malik, from Bradford, a portrait artist with a special talent for facial recognition, believes that specific facial features can prove whether Vladimir Putin has been using a body double

President Volodymyr Zelensky’s intelligence analysts believe Ukraine’s troops have destroyed 3,215 of Moscow’s tanks, 298 warplanes and 6,388 armoured personnel vehicles

Sources say axing Alexander Bortnikov could be seen as an attempt to pin the blame on Vladimir Putin's failing war against Ukraine or even to prevent a possible coup among figures vying for prowess

Oleksiy Danilov believes the Russian army will try to recreate the day they invaded again: “You will see them unleash their cruise missiles and try to advance"

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has reportedly warned the West that something major is being planned to "gain the world's attention" on the first anniversary of the Ukraine invasion

The Voice of the Mirror has taken aim at greedy energy companies making huge returns off the back of others' pain, including Vladimir Putin's illegal Ukraine invasion

Kamran Niaz, an epidemiologist for the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), tells The Mirror how the horrors seen in Bucha, Kherson and Kharkiv can't be carried out by people with a "normal mindset"

In Vladimir Putin's most direct remarks yet he called Germany part of “the aggression of the collective West" which Russia will fight back against with firm action

Aides were seen close to the warmonger carrying two black bags, with keen observers noting one was a fold-up shield to protect Vladimir Putin in the event of a shooting at the southern Russian city of Volgograd

A western Russia expert has summed up Putin’s mentality, having been briefed by numerous sources who have come to understand the Kremlin chief’s ambitions in Ukraine.

The Wagner Group, which has been likened to Vladimir Putin's own personal militia, topped up its ranks by allowing Russia's convicts a chance to fight for the country in exchange for their freedom should they survive

It comes as Russia is mustering its military might in Luhansk in what Kyiv suspects could be preparation for an offensive as the first anniversary of Moscow's invasion approaches

Russia has lost a suspected 127,500 troops since it began its invasion of Ukraine nearly one year ago, and among these heavy casualties is half of its supposedly elite airborne troops

The former Prime Minister dismissed fears UK and US aircraft would prove complicated for Ukrainian pilots, pointing to the success of Polish airmen flying RAF planes in the Second World War

After slaughtering Gretta Vedler, 23, evil Dmitry Korovin, 24, took out a £7,850 loan in her name with her banking apps and slept in a Moscow hotel room with her corpse for three nights

Russian women issued a video appeal to Vladimir Putin demanding the men be allowed home to rest four months after being sent to the frontline without proper training and ways to maintain personal hygiene