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Vladimir Putin has lost at least 60 colonels in the war in Ukraine, it was revealed today. Lieutenant Colonel Sergei Moskvichev, 45, was buried with full military honours. A paratrooper, it took Russia three months to retrieve his body from the war zone and conduct his funeral, it was revealed. He was the 60th known colonel to have died in the bloody war, which has seen a crushing toll of high-ranking officers in Putin's forces, including at least 11 generals. The revelation of his death came as Putin declared he had hardly begun his military campaign in Ukraine. 'We haven't...

Vladimir Putin has vowed to defeat the West on the 'battlefield' and suggested he could escalate the war in Ukraine. The Russian leader announced at a televised meeting with MPs this afternoon: 'Today we hear that they want to defeat us on the battlefield. 'Well, what can I say - let them try.

MOSCOW (AP) — With Russia’s military action in Ukraine in its fifth month, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday warned Kyiv that it should quickly accept Moscow’s terms or brace for the worst, adding ominously that Russia has barely started its action. Speaking at a meeting with leaders of the Kremlin-controlled parliament, Putin accused Western allies of fueling the hostilities, charging that “the West wants to fight us until the last Ukrainian.” “It’s a tragedy for the Ukrainian people, but it looks like it’s heading in that direction,” he added. “Everybody should know that largely speaking, we haven’t even yet...

Puffy-faced Vladimir Putin is facing more health issues after he was spotted struggling to stay awake. The deranged dictator could barely hold his head up during a meeting with his Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu on Tuesday. He is rumoured to have thyroid cancer and health experts say that drugs used to treat the condition could explain the despot’s puffy face. The 69-year-old is known for working hard to maintain a masculine, hardman appearance – but his steady decline has unfolded in front of the world’s media. He mumbled a half-hearted congratulations to his soldiers before making the deluded claim they...

Tonights headlines (Saturday Night) from the news ticker at the Middle East Media Research Institute.On Tuesday, the Director General of the Iraqi Information Ministry collected his 'service charge' [travel account funds] together at the tune of $200,000.00 primarily from Foriegn Journalists then disappeared and left town.Source-Al Sharq Al Awsat Newspaper London 4/11 Captured Iraqi General revealed that Saddam vetoed his advisors who wanted to blow up bridges, roads, and dams saying that he wanted to ambush the advancing forces.The Iraqi General described this tatical decision as 'stupid.'Source:Al Watan Newspaper Kuwait 4/11

<p>Cable News Network is reporting that no Information Ministry personnel showed up this morning at the Palestine Hotel.</p> <p>This means no 'Baghdad Bob,' but no minders as well.</p> <p>So either they are fading into the midst (most likely) or something really bad is being planned for Palestine Hotel.</p>

<p>Cable News Network reported that of 400 initial tanks in the Iraq army at the outbreak of war, only an estimated 12 remain.</p>

United States troops have begun moving through downtown Baghdad.United States Officials said members of the 3rd Infantry Division began driving through the center of the Iraqi capital on Saturday.They said the unit did not sustain casulties.'This was an operation conducted by two task forces of the Third Infantry Division,' Major General Eugene Renuart Chief of Operations for Central Command, said.They had been south of the city and conducted a raid through the city, proceeding North to the Tigris River and continuing out to the West in the direction of the airpoirt.'Officials said the show of United States troops was meant...