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Russian Duma member says Russia is ‘not insane’ SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Vladimir Putin has sent a fleet of bombers to a military base housing a large supply of nuclear weapons, sparking fears of World War 3. The Russian President has upped the stakes in his war in Ukraine, after illegally annexing four new provinces. During a carefully choreographed ceremony in Moscow, Putin announced on Friday that the regions of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia would now be formally considered part of Russia. Related articles Danish PM arrives at Number 10 for crunch meeting with Liz Truss Russian Duma member ridicules Vladimir Putin's nuclear weapon threat He emphasised that the Kremlin … [Read more...] about ‘Irregular presence’: Putin sends bombers to nuclear weapons base as fears of WW3 rise

Russian Duma member says Russia is ‘not insane’ SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Vladimir Putin renewed his nuclear threat at a Kremlin ceremony on Friday, warning he would defend the newly annexed Ukrainian territories "with all our strength and all our means" in another escalatory move. Ukrainian intelligence has since revised the threat of Russia using nuclear weapons to "very high". But a member of the State Duma, Russia's lower chamber, toned down the threat of nuclear war, dealing a blow to Putin's sabre-rattling. Related articles Thousands of Russian soldiers 'trapped' in city 'We are monitoring Putin's nuclear silos and will react accordingly' When asked about Putin's potential … [Read more...] about ‘We’re not insane!’ Russian Duma member ridicules Vladimir Putin’s nuclear weapon threat

Putin ‘ratchets things up’ says expert SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info The Russian President is reportedly incredibly close to pushing the red button as his army is seriously struggling to fend off a defeat in the war in Ukraine , an expert has told Express.co.uk. The latest act of provocation with the West came after blasts to Russian pipelines in the Baltic Sea triggered major gas leaks in waters covering both Sweden and Denmark. It is widely agreed that this was deliberate sabotage, with many pointing the finger at Moscow even though the Nord Stream 1 and 2 systems were designed to bring Russian gas to Germany via its Baltic Sea route. Related articles Putin may target Norway pipelines that supply 60% of … [Read more...] about Putin ‘hanging on by fingernails’ as nuclear expert fears ‘we’re getting closer’ to attack

Vladimir Putin signs treaties annexing Ukrainian regions SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Vladimir Putin delivered a speech today following the annexation of four Russian -occupied Ukrainian territories. He decried the west and set up his administration as anti-imperialist after claiming the territories voted to join the country in a series of referendums deemed a "sham". The President likely planned his speech as a show of strength, but it has forced him into a corner, experts believe. Related articles Putin rubbing hands with glee as EU nation to sell Russian oil Putin 'more likely' to deploy nuclear weapons after Ukraine annexation Speaking earlier today, Putin illegally claimed Ukraine's … [Read more...] about Vladimir Putin speech: Russian President reaches ‘new level of anti-Western rhetoric’

Putin's 'last-resort' nuclear bluff exposed SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Vladimir Putin has been warned launching a nuclear strike against the West would mean the "destruction of Russia " and would be an "act of suicide". On September 21, during a national address to the nation, Putin chillingly warned he could use nuclear weapons if his country's territory comes under threat. He reminded Western powers that Russia has plenty of modern weapons of destruction in its arsenal, warning: "I am not bluffing." Related articles Nuclear horror as Putin has Zaporizhzhia power plant director detained Russian Duma member ridicules Vladimir Putin's nuclear weapon threat The horror warning was the … [Read more...] about ‘Destruction of Russia’: Putin warned firing nuclear weapons at West an ‘act of suicide’

Richard Dannatt says mass mobilisation is ‘backfiring on Putin' SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info On September 19, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland agreed to close their borders to Russians. On Friday, Finland followed suit, leaving Norway’s small stretch of Arctic border with Russia the only land route to Europe. Meanwhile, the European Union (EU) – which imposed a flight ban soon after Vladimir Putin 's invasion of Ukraine began – has been debating whether to impose travel restrictions at a bloc-wide level. Related articles Russians flee Putin’s mobilisation - 35km traffic queue at border Putin doubles down on nuclear threat in deranged speech On September 21, Putin initiated … [Read more...] about Putin feeling squeeze as countries that have banned entry to Russians mapped

Putin's annexation 'changes rules' for Russian military says caller SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info This week, Russian president Vladimir Putin declared the accession of four Ukrainian territories to Russia after referendums that have been dismissed as sham votes. The ceremony held in Moscow to celebrate the occasion was branded a "freak show" by Ukraine's leaders, but Putin says this was the will of "millions of people." Related articles 'We are monitoring Putin's nuclear silos and will react accordingly' Putin leads Kremlin in 'awkward' chant after Ukraine illegal take-over Russia's military has suffered a number of setbacks during the invasion, but Putin's forces currently occupy around … [Read more...] about ‘We have to stop him’: Putin now has his eyes on another European region, expert claims

Vladimir Putin yesterday claimed that four occupied Ukrainian regions would remain part of Russia ‘for ever’ in a bizarre 40-minute tirade that included rants about ‘Satanism’ and colonialism. The rambling speech formed part of a ceremony in Moscow that formally confirmed his land grab following a series of rigged referendums. Ambling late to the podium in front of hundreds of ashen-faced officials, the despot lashed out at the West’s ‘neo-colonial’ foreign policy. ‘I want the Kyiv authorities and their real masters in the West to hear me, so that they remember this,’ Putin said. ‘People living in Luhansk and Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia are now becoming our citizens for ever.’ He claimed the occupied regions wanted to join Russia because they were upset about the ‘tragedy’ of the collapse of the Soviet Union. ‘We call on the Kyiv regime to immediately end hostilities, end the war that they unleashed back in 2014 and return to the negotiating table,’ he added. But … [Read more...] about Putin delivers ‘Satanist’ rant as he illegally seizes four regions in Ukraine ‘forever’ following rigged elections

Families of Russian men being called up to fight Putin 's Ukraine war are being bribed with a sheep each. So far 91 live rams have been handed over to wives and mothers in mountainous Tuva republic, home region of Russian defence minister Sergei Shoigu. More are due to be handed out as men are mobilised to fight in Ukraine some 3,200 miles away. The move follows protests by women in Siberian region Tuva against their men being sent to war. Families of Russian men being called up to fight Putin's Ukraine war are being bribed with a sheep each So far 91 live rams have been handed over to wives and mothers in mountainous Tuva republic, home region of Russian defence minister Sergei Shoigu Pictures show large numbers of sheep in pick-up trucks as well as being take in or in, presumably to be gifted. The animals were distributed among residents of the districts Sut-Kholsky, Mongun-Tayginsky, Barun-Khemchiksky, Ulug-Khemsky, Chedi-Kholsky, Tes-Khemsky, … [Read more...] about Lambs to the slaughter: Families of Russian men being called up to fight Putin’s Ukraine war are being bribed with a SHEEP each

VLADIMIR Putin's humiliated troops have fled a major battleground in Ukraine as the tyrant's Chechen warlord said Russia should unleash nukes to retaliate. After being encircled by fierce Ukrainian forces, Russia pulled its struggling soldiers out of the eastern city of Lyman in a huge embarrassment for Moscow. Russia admitted its troops had abandoned their bastion of Lyman to avoid being encircled by Ukraine's army . Ukraine also claimed that Russian forces have withdrawn after an assault near Bakhmut and Saitseve in Donetsk and are now forcibly mobilising residents in Melitopol and Berdyansk. "Allied forces were withdrawn from the settlement of... Lyman to more advantageous lines because of the creation of the threat of encirclement," Russia's Ministry of Defence said. After the major new defeat, Ramzan Kadyrov, head of Russia's Chechen region, said Moscow should now consider using a low-yield nuclear weapon in Ukraine. Read more on the Ukraine war … [Read more...] about Putin’s humiliated troops flee key occupied city as tyrant’s Chechen warlord says Russia should use NUKES to retaliate