Dmitry Rogozin, the head of Russia’s space agency, boasted about the country’s hypersonic missiles to schoolchildren, but experts have cited the ongoing threats and boasts to divert attention from a struggling invasion A test of the Sarmat ICBM, also known as Satan-2 ( Image: kremlin.ru/e2w) One of Russia’s Satan 2 hypersonic missiles could “destroy half … Read more
We’ll be bringing you the very latest updates, pictures and video on this breaking news story President Vladimir Putin called on his defense ministry to dispatch “peacekeepers” to eastern Ukraine’s two breakaway regions ( Image: Alexei Nikolsky/TASS) President Vladimir Putin is ordering Russian forces to “maintain peace” in eastern Ukraine, the Kremlin has said. The … Read more
Russian President Vladimir Putin could soon launch a full or partial invasion, batter Ukraine with false flag attacks, fully or partially withdraw, or leave to separatists Russian President Vladimir Putin ( Image: via REUTERS) The Mirror’s Defense & Security Editor Chris Hughes gives his analysis on the Russian President’s six options, as he reports from … Read more
Russian president Vladimir Putin has arranged for tens of thousands of reservists to be called up to help boost the numbers of the army with fears growing of a coming conflict with Ukraine Russia: Evacuation buses ‘filled with army reservists’ Vladimir Putin has signed a decree to call up army and secret service reservists as … Read more
Russia is launching massive ballistic, cruise missile and nuclear force exercises tomorrow amid growing fears of an invasion into Ukraine. President Vladimir Putin will personally oversee missile firing from a situation room after making himself Supreme Operational Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces. The huge wargaming spectacular gets underway after fierce fighting between Ukraine … Read more
Vladimir Putin is set to oversee nuclear missile tests on Saturday amid fears he will green light an invasion of Ukraine in the coming days Vladimir Putin ( Image: POOL/AFP via Getty Images) Vladimir Putin will reportedly oversee exercises by Russia’s nuclear forces involving the launch of ballistic and cruise missiles. The exercises, set to … Read more
Robert Zaretsky is a professor of French history at the University of Houston. His latest book is “The Subversive Simone Weil: A Life in Five Ideas.” Rarely in recent history has so much been said by so many about one man. Listen to the media, and you’ll come away convinced that the current march toward … Read more
Russia’s ambassador to Sweden, Viktor Tatarintsev, made the strong comments during an interview with the Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet after more than a dozen countries told their citizens to leave Ukraine as the risk of war with Russia rises Russian state TV shows ‘offensive’ Ukrainian war preparations Vladimir Putin “does not give as**t” about sanctions and … Read more
Russian president Vladimir Putin has been warned against invading Ukraine by Boris Johnson. The Prime Minister says that move would backfire and only serve only to strengthen Nato’s hand. Mr Johnson also said he was considering dispatching RAF Typhoon fighters and Royal Navy warships to protect south-eastern Europe after sending 350 British troops to Poland. … Read more