Russia estimated to have lost ‘almost half’ of its key battle tanks during Ukraine war
Losses force Moscow to rely on older Soviet-era tanks, report from military think tank says
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Wagner mercenary group will ‘decrease’ as prisoner recruitment ends, says boss
Kremlin is said to be pushing back against private army and curbing influence of Yevgeny Prighozin‘He’s really dangerous’: fear as Wagner convict soldiers return from UkraineThe Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin has admitted that his mercenary group is fac…
French prosecutors close rape investigation into model agency boss
Case on alleged crimes by Gérald Marie in 1980s and 90s closed due to statute of limitations French prosecutors have closed an investigation into possible rape and sexual assault by the model agency boss Gérald Marie, who was accused of a string of off…
Jane Fonda to attend Vienna Opera Ball with 90-year-old date
American actor Jane Fonda says she accepted an Austrian building tycoon’s invitation to attend the Vienna Opera Ball because he offered to “pay me quite a bit of money.”
Silvio Berlusconi and Ruby the Heartstealer acquitted in ‘bunga bunga’ bribery case
Teenage Moroccan nightclub dancer – now 30 – says scandal has been decade-long ’nightmare’
Russia-Ukraine war live: Ukraine ‘inflicting very serious losses’ on Russian troops in the east, says Ukrainian official
Ukraine’s deputy defence minister Hanna Maliar says Russian attacks are constantAt a glance: what we know on day 357Nato countries should spend a minimum of 2% of their GDP on defence, said the German defence minister, Boris Pistorius, on Wednesday as …
Ukraine news – live: Russia failing to ‘punch through’ despite 97% of army at war
‘That has come at a huge cost to the Russian army,’ UK defence secretary says
Brussels contacts Sweden over plans to deport British woman with Alzheimer’s
Kathleen Poole, who lives in a care home, faces removal for not having post-Brexit paperwork in orderThe European Commission has contacted the Swedish authorities after it emerged they were planning to deport a 74-year-old British woman with severe Alz…
Russia deploys ships armed with tactical nuclear weapons for first time in 30 years, says Norway
Norwegian report comes days ahead of Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine touching one-year mark
At least 6,000 Ukrainian children put through Russian re-education camps, US report says
‘This network stretches from one end of Russia to the other,’ says one Yale University researcher behind report