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Family who named son Putin in honour of Russian president regret it 10 years later

The Dzhurayev family moved to Russia from Tajikistan in the early 2010s and officially renamed their son when he was one-and-a-half years old to Rasul Putin

Daily Mirror · May 18, 2023

Russia denies new hypersonic missile has FAILED as Ukraine says six easily shot down

Russia sent out Vladimir Putin’s defence minister Sergei Shoigu to deny the Ukrainian claim that it had downed six Kinzhal - or Dagger - missiles as it tried to see off the invading forces

Daily Mirror · May 17, 2023

Patriot missile system in Ukraine likely ‘damaged’: Report

As Russia claims that US-made Patriot system destroyed in Ukraine, US sources say the missile platform likely damaged.

Al Jazeera · May 17, 2023

David Pratt: It could be about to get a whole lot worse for Putin

IT was way back in 1987 that German teenager Mathias Rust landed a small Cessna plane near Red Square in the heart of Moscow...

The National (Scotland) · May 7, 2023

Russia, India strengthen military ties but Ukraine war brings disruption

Russia and India have pledged to boost defence ties despite concerns that the war in Ukraine could block deliveries from Moscow and that US sanctions might get in the way of future weapons contracts.

Radio France Internationale · May 6, 2023

Russia's Wagner threatens to leave Bakhmut, Ukraine says mercenaries reinforcing

Russia's main mercenary group announced plans on Friday to withdraw from the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, but Ukraine said the fighters were reinforcing positions to try to seize it before Russia marks World War Two Victory Day next week.

Reuters · May 5, 2023

Wagner chief rages at Russia’s generals and threatens Bakhmut pullout

In extraordinary video tirade, Yevgeny Prigozhin attacks defence minister and chief of armed forces

The Guardian - UK · May 5, 2023

Russia’s Wagner chief ‘pulling his forces out of Bakhmut’ over weapons row with Putin’s government

An advisor to Ukraine’s defence minister tells The Independent that announcement is ‘extraordinary’ and ‘hysterical’

The Independent UK · May 5, 2023

Russia's Wagner Group threatens to PULL OUT of Ukraine after running out of ammo

WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES The withdrawal is a shift in Moscow’s war in Ukraine as it has led the way in Bakhmut, the scene of the bloodiest battles, despite having failed to completely take the town

Daily Mirror · May 5, 2023

Surrounded by corpses, Wagner's Prigozhin blasts Russian defence minister in expletive-laden video

Standing in a field of corpses, Russian mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin on Friday published an expletive-ridden video personally blaming top defence chiefs for losses suffered by his Wagner Group fighters in Ukraine.

Reuters · May 5, 2023