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Russian deserters from the Ukraine war were burned alive in Vladimir Putin's infamous "torture jail". Five so-called 'refuseniks' were killed as a fire ripped through the army jail where they were being held in Yakutsk, the world’s coldest city. Reports suggest seven more were injured. The fire broke out at around 2am with seven people admitted to hospital, officials said, although the Russian defence ministry has not said what caused the fire. The notorious facility has been the target of numerous allegations of torture after footage from the grim prison was leaked in May. At the time of the blaze...

Leaked voice recordings have revealed the chilling scale of North Korean losses in Vladimir Putin's war on Ukraine, with "several hundreds" of troops reportedly killed or wounded on the frontline in Kursk. The audio messages, allegedly intercepted by Ukraine's Security Service, are between a nurse in a Russian hospital and her husband, who is fighting in Kharkiv. During the call, the woman makes reference to hundreds of injured or killed soldiers filling Moscow's hospitals. The woman says: "Yesterday there was a train with about 100 people. Today, 120 others, making 200. How many more are there? God only knows." She...