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Zelensky defiantly stood his ground in Kyiv as Russia invaded - despite reports that Russia would claim it in days. UKRAINE drafted a secret plan to move its government to London before tyrant Vladimir Putin invaded in February 2022. But when Russian forces launched their illegal assault Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky famously refused Western pleas to seek safe haven. "The fight is here; I need ammunition, not a ride," he told the US, according to the Ukrainian embassy in Britain. The embassy said Ukrainians were "proud of their President" as he stood strong in the face of danger when Putin...

SYRIAN despot Bashar al-Assad traded his country's military secrets with Israel in exchange for safe passage out of the country, it has been claimed. The murderous tyrant allegedly handed over coordinates for weapons depots which Israel is now using to drop bombs on Syrian targets in a cowardly last act.

CHILLING footage shows what is thought to be the first ever use of an intercontinental ballistic missile in war - as part of Russia's revenge attack on Ukraine. Video showed rockets raining down on the Ukrainian city of Dnipro - reportedly six different warheads from a nuclear-capable Russian R-26 Rubezh ICBM. Reports say it was fired from the Kapustin Yar test range in Russia’s Astrakhan region and struck the Yuzhmash defence plant in Dnipro. The outdated R-26 Rubezh had never - until now - been used in anger. It was designed to carry a deadly nuclear payload but appears to...

VLADIMIR Putin's infamous "Torture General" has been killed by Ukrainian forces after heading up a grim prison camp. Major-General Pavel Klimenko, 47, was riding a motorbike in the war zone when he was hit by a kamikaze drone near the town of Krasnohorivka. The wounded commander was taken to a local hospital in occupied Donetsk and later died from head injuries, according to reports. He had been inspecting military checkpoints and observation points when he and his group came under attack. Klimenko ran a Donetsk brigade and formed a vile torture camp where anti-war Russians were beaten and starved. Other...

DRAMATIC footage shows the moment Ukraine launched over 140 drones into Russia hitting Moscow in its biggest ever UAV attack on the capital. The massive barrage struck key airports in the capital and sparked fires in a residential area just 30 miles south of the Kremlin, killing one woman. Kyiv's kamikaze drones struck the Ramenskoye district just outside of the city, with dramatic pictures showing wrecked apartment blocks. Scene footage showed two high-rise buildings in the area that were hit with flats inside set on fire. It was unclear how many drones reached Moscow itself but some 15 were downed...

THIS is the moment Vladimir Putin's $40 million nuclear-capable Tu-22 bomber jet crashed in Siberia today in a humiliating blow to the despot. The valuable Russian aircraft came down in a fiery blaze after takeoff, marking another embarrassment for Vlad as Ukraine continues its successful invasion of Russia. Witnesses said the Tu-22M3 nuclear bomber - planes used by Putin as a key part of his nuclear arsenal - broke apart in the sky before crashing amid fierce explosions. Dramatic footage showed the moment an enormous fireball filled the sky as the aircraft came down. The crew of four ejected safely...

RUSSIAN citizens in Belgorod have been urged to take shelter in their basements after Ukraine's triumphant invasion. Some 121,000 people have fled Kursk as Vladimir Putin's crony governor admitted Kyiv forces now control over 28 towns in the borderland region. As Ukraine pushes its impressive invasion further into a second region, Belgorod, citizens there are also being told to evacuate. Belgorod governor Vyacheslav Gladkov wrote in a Telegram message on Monday: "The entire territory of the Belgorod region is a MISSILE DANGER. "Go down to the basement. Stay there until you receive the signal 'all clear missile danger.'" Around 11,000...

INCREDIBLE footage shows Ukraine's sea drones nip out of the way of Russian fire during an overnight blitz in occupied Crimea. Meanwhile Kyiv's forces launched missiles towards Vlad's beloved Kerch Bridge - reportedly sparking some 20 explosions and damaging two ships. Dramatic video shows the drones flying over water in Uzkaya Bay, western Crimea. Kyiv's forces dodge the Russian barrage of explosions raining down around them. The Magura V5 marine drones managed to hit two Russian high speed KS-701 Tunets [Tuna] vessels - despite the onslaught. The Tuna boats are used by Russian forces for patrolling as well as transport...

A BRITISH traitor who fled the UK to fight for Vladimir Putin in Ukraine claims he has been given Russian citizenship. Aiden Minnis, 37, who "hates" the UK and was disowned by his family, boasted about his new Russian passport in a sickening video. Putin's Kremlin cronies rushed through his citizenship, grasping at the opportunity to have a western toy in their propaganda machine. A state TV outlet then splashed the video of the spineless former drug addict boasting about his citizenship and joining the frontline. Minnis, from Wiltshire, brandished his new passport around and bragged in the pathetic video...

TWO traitorous Brits have been branded an "absolute disgrace" for proudly fighting against Ukraine for Vladimir Putin's brutal army. A former British Army Colonel has demanded the pair be jailed - and they could face prison time if they ever return to the UK. Ben Stimson, 48, from Oldham, has shared videos online from the grim frontline where Ukrainian soldiers are giving up their lives to rid their country of Russian invaders. Brazenly flaunting his Russian military gear in one clip, Stimson waves around the Kremlin's flag and gloats: "Yes, yes, I'm back in Russia. I'm back in uniform." He...