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In a coordinated operation, Russian authorities conducted raids on three of Moscow’s largest and most popular nightclubs on Friday night, detaining hundreds of men and taking them to military conscription offices. The raids, which took place at the Simachev, Mutabor/ARMA, and Mono nightclubs, began around 2 a.m. and continued for several hours, sending shockwaves through the city’s nightlife scene. According to witnesses, dozens of police vehicles, including paddy wagons, lined up outside the nightclubs as enforcement personnel, accompanied by police K9 units, systematically entered the establishments. Clubgoers described the scene as chaotic, with people being escorted out in groups. The...

Putin has vowed to incinerate Ukraine with new missiles firing warheads almost as hot as on the surface of the sun. The Russian dictator said he would use the new Oreshnik missiles to turn areas of Ukraine “to dust” in blasts “comparable to nuclear weapons”. In a speech to ex-Soviet state leaders in Kazakhstan Putin vowed to ramp up his country’s production of hypersonic missiles, in a bid to outpace the West’s ability to supply Ukraine. Boasting about his new super-weapon Oreshnik, he said that in future it would be devastating in the destruction it caused. “Of course, there are...

WAR crazed President Putin threatened to blast parts of Kyiv “to dust” after unleashing a missile and drone blitz that plunged a million people into blackouts. The tyrant claimed multiple strikes with his new Oreshnik hypersonic missile would be akin to a nuclear bomb. He said: “I have already said that these are quite powerful elements that are heated up to a temperature of 4,000 degrees centigrade. "Well, I don't know, you can look on the internet at the surface area of the sun, I think 5,600 to 6,000 degrees is comparable to the temperature on the surface of the...