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The Ghost of Bakhmut: Ukrainian sniper 'who has killed 113 Russians' describes how his elite squad hunts targets with deadly shots from up to 1.5 miles away - among the furthest sniper kills in history

Sniper 'who killed 113 Russians' reveals how elite unit hunts targets

The Ghost of Bakhmut, the commander of the elite sniper squad revealed that his team, made up of a few dozen highly-trained soldiers, have killed 558 Russian soldiers in the same period of time

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Ukrainian officer's captured Putin tank breaks down so he 'rings Russian tech support... who actually offer to help'

Ukraine officer 'calls Russia for tech support for captured tank'

A Ukrainian tank operator with the callsign 'Kochevnik' ran into problems with his captured Russian T-72B3, and cheekily decided to call the manufacturer's helpline

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Elon Musk escalates feud with Ukraine with tweet mocking Zelensky for 'going five minutes without asking for a billion dollars' - prompting Kyiv to post a derisive reply

Elon Musk escalates feud with Ukraine with tweet mocking Zelensky

In a post on his social media platform X (formerly Twitter), Musk posted a meme showing a photoshopped image of the Ukrainian leader which prompted Kyiv to hit back with a meme of its own.

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Ukraine war: First underground school to be built in Kharkiv

Ukraine war: First underground school to be built in Kharkiv

The new school will allow pupils to study safely in Kharkiv during Russian attacks, the city mayor says.

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GOP senators weigh go-big-or-go-home strategy on Ukraine
The GOP confrontation last week over continued aid was a rude awakening for Mitch McConnell and other senators who back Ukraine funding.

GOP senators weigh go-big-or-go-home strategy on Ukraine

The GOP confrontation last week over continued aid was a rude awakening for Mitch McConnell and other senators who back Ukraine funding.

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Russian 'gang-rapists who forced themselves onto a mother at gunpoint in front of her husband and sexually assaulted her four-year-old daughter' will be tried in Ukrainian court

• Yevgeny Chernoknizhniy and Vadim Shakhmatov are to face trial in Ukraine
• One will be tried in absentia and the other posthumously for horrific war crimes
• ***WARNING: Contains graphic descriptions of sexual violence***

Russian 'gang-rapists' will be tried in Ukrainian court

A formal indictment has been sent by Ukrainian state prosecutors to the court and they will be tried - one in absentia, the other posthumously - for multiple acts considered to be war crimes.

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Ukraine war: Russia warned EU not weary over war support

Ukraine war: Russia warned EU not weary over war support

Members are meeting in Kyiv in an attempt to show solidarity, after the US failed to approve more aid.

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Putin, 70, is poised to announce he will seek another six-year term as Russian president, local media reveals

• Putin has been leader for longer than any other Russian ruler since Josef Stalin

Putin, 70, poised to announce he will seek another term as president

As part of a conference in November, officials suspect that Putin may announce he will take part in the election in March next year, according to a report.

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Britain has 'run out of defence equipment to donate to Ukraine' and 'given away all we can afford', military source warns

• Former defence secretary Ben Wallace said the UK needed to increase funding

Britain has 'run out of defence equipment' for Ukraine, source warns

A senior military official has said Ukraine now requires 'air defence assets and artillery ammunition' in the next phase of the war - supplies which the UK has now 'run dry on'.

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'They're just meat': Putin deploys 'Storm-Z' punishment squads - formed of convicts and soldiers who have disobeyed orders - to most dangerous frontline battles in echo of Stalin

• The penal squads have typically been sent to the most exposed parts of the front

Russia deploys punishment battalions in echo of Stalin

'Storm fighters, they're just meat,' said one regular soldier from army unit no. 40318 who was deployed near the fiercely contested city of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine in May and June.

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Biden administration 'is secretly worried about corruption in Ukraine and fears it could sour support for Zelensky's war against Putin,' after US sent $75 billion to help '

• The Biden administration is concerned about corruption in Ukraine according to a leaked document discussing U.S. strategy in the war torn country
• Document obtained by Politico says the U.S. is trying to reform Ukraine believing that political dishonesty would cause more Western allies to stay out of the war
• Paperwork in question was confidential so as not to encourage even more Republicans to press for limiting U.S. military and financial aid

Biden administration 'is secretly worried about corruption in Ukraine'

The Biden administration is concerned about corruption in Ukraine according to a leaked document discussing U.S. strategy in the war torn country.

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At least 24 injured in Kievâs missile attack on Sevastopol

The governor added that emergency services were working at the southern facility of the Sevastopol Shipyard, where a fire broke out earlier on Wednesday

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Russian ships damaged in Ukraineâs attacks on shipyard in Sevastopol to re-enter duty

The Russian Defense Ministry reported that seven out of ten cruise missiles were intercepted by air defense systems

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Kiev uses British missiles Storm Shadow to attack Sevastopol shipyard â Sky News

As the Russian Defense Ministry said earlier, Ukraineâs ten cruise missiles attacked a shipyard in Sevastopol at night. Seven were intercepted by air defense systems

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Ukraine used British missiles to attack Russian port – Sky News

UK outlet Sky News has identified projectiles used by Kiev to strike Sevastopol as London-supplied Storm Shadow cruise missiles

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Apparently, attacks from Ukraine aren't the only thing Russians in Crimea have to worry about.

Mass poisoning occurs at the wake of a Russian officer in Sevastopol - there are dead — SUNDRIES

Sevastopol in the temporarily occupied Crimea reported the strange death of several people after going to a restaurant. They allegedly became victims of

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War Crime 18+: Ukrainian Nazis Tortured Another Russian POW

The bodies of tortured Russian servicemen are discovered on former Ukrainian military positions quite often. LINK Another Russian POW...

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UK weapons for Ukraine have ‘dried up’ – Telegraph

The UK cannot afford to send any more weapons to Ukraine, a military source has told The Telegraph

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Russia charges Ukrainian commanders with terrorism

The Russian Investigative Committee has charged Ukrainian military commanders with terrorism over kamikaze drone strikes

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50,000 signed up for Russian military in September – Shoigu

More than 335,000 volunteers have joined the Russian military since the start of the year, defense minister Sergey Shoigu says

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Ukraine announces total amount of financial assistance from the West
See more at https://english.pravda.ru/news/world/157804-ukraine_financial_assistance/

Zelensky's new counteroffensive plan looks strange and hopeless
See more at https://english.pravda.ru/news/hotspots/157802-russia_ukraine_offensive/

Musk mocks Zelensky over aid demands

Elon Musk has used the popular ‘stressed guy’ meme to make fun of Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky on X (formerly Twitter)

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Russian ally China has potential mishap
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EXCLUSIVE: 55 Chinese sailors are feared dead after nuclear submarine 'gets caught in a trap intended to snare British and US vessels in the Yellow Sea'

• Twenty-two officers were among the 55 reported to have died in the Yellow Sea
• China denies it happened - and apparently refused international assistance

55 Chinese sailors feared dead after submarine 'caught in trap'

EXCLUSIVE Officially, China has denied the incident took place. It also appears Beijing refused to request international assistance for its stricken submarine.

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'Perhaps he really is our agent': Russian state TV celebrates Elon Musk as 'Elon the Muscovite' after he posted Ukraine War meme mocking Zelensky

• Russian State TV has praised 'wonderful' Elon Musk after the tech billionaire posted an unflattering meme ridiculing Volodymr Zelensky
• The meme mocked the Ukrainian leader's efforts to secure foreign aid
• It comes as the future of US aid to Kyiv hangs in the balance following the US congressional bill passed to avoid a shutdown that omitted aid to Ukraine

Russian state TV celebrates Elon Musk as 'Elon the Muscovite'

Russian State television has hailed Elon Musk as a 'Muscovite' and suggested he 'really is our agent' after the billionaire posted a meme ridiculing Volodymr Zelensky.

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50,000 signed up for Russian military in September – Shoigu

More than 335,000 volunteers have joined the Russian military since the start of the year, defense minister Sergey Shoigu says

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Here are some of the "volunteers."

'They're just meat': Russia deploys punishment battalions in echo of Stalin

They're among hundreds of military and civilian offenders who've been pressed into Russian penal units known as "Storm-Z" squads and sent to the frontlines in Ukraine this year, according to 13 people with knowledge of the matter, including five fighters in the units. "Storm fighters, they're...

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Putin puts the fear of WW3 into every Russian with nationwide defence drills in desperate bid to frighten people into supporting Ukraine war

• The tests prepared for the 'complete destruction' of regions within Russia
• Residents in a number of cities said they did not hear alarms go off last night

Putin puts the fear of WW3 into Russian with nationwide defense drills

Sirens and loudspeakers were sounded in all regions across Russia's 11 time zones in drills that spanned two days, starting on Tuesday - although many heard nothing at all.

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Western ammunition supplies 'are at the bottom of the barrel' with the war in Ukraine showing no sign of ending, NATO warns

• NATO's top official said ammo reserves were at the 'bottom of the barrel'
• The UK's minister for armed forces said the West needs to build its support capacity
• It comes as cracks in the West's support for Ukraine have begun to show

Western ammo supplies 'are at bottom of barrel' NATO warns

NATO's most senior military official Admiral Rob Bauer said on Tuesday at the Warsaw Security Forum: 'The bottom of the barrel is now visible.'

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Moment Ukrainian commandos storm Crimea on jet-skis in audacious raid in the middle of the night - before deadly firefight with Russian invaders that sees casualties on both sides

• Drone footage showed a fleet of water-borne vessels creeping towards Crimea
• Ukrainian forces landed on captured territory in the middle of the night
• The elite soldiers then got into a deadly firefight with Russian soldiers

Ukraine commandos storm Crimea on jet-skis in the middle of the night

Drone footage showed a fleet of water-borne vessels creeping across the Black Sea towards Crimea, which was taken by Russia in 2014, from the port town of Vylkove

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Italy has no weapons, no funds for Ukraine — media

According to the newspaper La Repubblica, the country's population is increasingly critical of such assistance

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Exclusive investigation: Zelensky, Ukrainian officials and an American merchant of death resell Western weapons to terrorists and drug cartels, earning hundreds of millions of dollars - Foundation to Battle Injustice

The Foundation to Battle Injustice collected unique evidence of the involvement of the Ukrainian government and a shadowy U.S. arms dealer in organizing and directing criminal schemes to resell Western weapons on the black market.

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US House Speaker McCarthy ousted

US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has been voted out of his position for passing a controversial funding bill

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Ukrainian officials fear cash will dry up – WSJ

Ukraine won’t be able to pay its civil servants beyond November if the US stops funding Kiev, officials told the Wall Street Journal

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FSB reveals declared goals of Ukrainian commando raid on Crimea

A captured member of the sabotage group attempting to enter Crimea gave details about the operation’s goals, the FSB reports

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Ukraine suffers losses when trying to land troops in Crimea
See more at https://english.pravda.ru/news/hotspots/157824-ukraine_landing_crimea/

Minister Justin Trudeau of drug addiction
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