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Russian Children as young as four and five are now being taught how to handle weapons amid the war in Ukraine.   In shocking footage seen online, an officer in combat fatigues can be seen demonstrating a Kalashnikov machine gun and an anti-tank grenade launcher to kindergarten youngsters.   The ‘teacher’ is Pavel …

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s recent threats regarding the use of nuclear weapons and escalation of horrific attacks on civilian targets in Ukraine have many in the world worried that Putin’s talk might not just be talk. However, most experts seem to argue that the likelihood that Russia will use nuclear …

At least 11 people have been killed after gunmen launched an attack at a Russian military training ground on Saturday, October 15.   During a firearms training session, two men opened fire on a group of recruit soldiers who had volunteered to fight in Ukraine, Russia state-owned news agency Ria …

Russian troops are using rape as a weapon of war against Ukrainians, according to damning evidence collected by the UN.    Pramila Patten, a UN special envoy on sexual violence, said she has verified more than 100 cases of rape against Ukrainians during the eight-month war but the true figure is …

The head of Kyiv’s regional police, Andrii Nebytov has said that Russia’s forces used Iranian-made kamikaze drones to attack the Kyiv and Odesa regions on Thursday, October 13,  as Moscow continued to punish the country for a truck bomb attack on a bridge to Russia-annexed Crimea.   Thursday’s “kamikaze” drone …

Moscow targeted civilian areas in a missile attack that left seven people buried under the rubble of an apartment building in the southern city of Mykolaiv, Ukraine.

Russia’s missile barrage on Ukrainian cities included a residential area in Kyiv, leaving a gaping hole where parts of a playground once stood. Strikes in the capital also damaged roads, pipelines and vehicles.

President Vladimir Putin ordered a series of missile strikes against cities across Ukraine, killing at least 14 people. It was the broadest aerial assault against civilians and critical infrastructure since the early days of Moscow’s invasion.

Four Russian fighter jets have reportedly been intercepted and forced to return to base after they infringed on Polish air space.   Aeronautica Militare announced that the squadron took off from the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad, sandwiched between Poland and Lithuania, and flew an aggressive path which took them through Polish skies …

Finland’s foreign minister said the country would bar Russians from entering as tourists, shuttering the last land route to the European Union for people fleeing the Kremlin’s military mobilization.