Protestors have spilt paint in the colours of the Ukrainian flag outside the Russian Embassy a day before the anniversary of the beginning of the war in Ukraine. The protest, captured on film by passers-by, took place on the Bayswater Road that
Russian mercenaries captured in Ukraine have said they signed up to fight after being told they were at war with the West – including the UK. In a world exclusive for the Daily Mirror Defence Editor Chris Hughes spoke with two prisoners
The International Federation of Journalists has suspended with immediate effect the Russian Union of Journalists over its action since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and its role in annexed Ukrainian territories. The IFJ, which represents more than 600,000 media workers across the world,
Belgium says it is investigating the presence of a Russian “spy ship” in the North Sea amid concerns that it could come “suspiciously close to our wind farms, undersea gas and data cables and other critical infrastructure.” Vincent Van Quickenborne, Belgium’s Deputy
The Phoenix Mercury officially re-signed Brittney Griner on Tuesday, over two months after she was released from a Russian prison. Griner, who spent 10 months in Russian custody after authorities discovered she had vape canisters with cannabis oil in her luggage, will
As President Vladimir Putin blamed an encroaching West for his “special military operation” in Ukraine, at least six civilians were killed by Russia missile strikes. Roughly 20 missiles were fired into the southern port city of Kherson, Ukraine, during Putin’s speech, several
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s executive office distributed an internal strategy document in fall 2021 that lays out the Kremlin’s 10-year plan to take full control of neighboring Belarus, a country north of Ukraine that borders three NATO members, Yahoo News reported on
Belarus’ authoritarian president said Monday that the ex-Soviet nation will form a new territorial defense force amid the fighting in neighboring Ukraine. President Alexander Lukashenko has cultivated close military ties with Russia, which used Belarusian territory to send troops into Ukraine nearly
Allies and family members of an opposition politician imprisoned in Russia say he is being held in a restricted housing unit in a penal colony in the northwest of the country, isolated from most inmates and not allowed to make phone calls.
Chechen warlord Ramzan Kadyrov wants his own private army to rival the infamous Wagner Group in a move which hints at the chaos likely to engulf Russia should President Vladimir Putin be ousted. And one UK-based expert says the latest remarks by