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“Is NATO being run by Russia?”- President Zelensky asks

Ukraine's president, Volodimir Zelensky has demanded that Western nations hand over military hardware that was 'gathering dust' in stockpiles, saying NATO nations don't want to support Ukraine with jets and tanks because they were being intimidated by Russia . Since the War between Russia and Ukraine began on February 24,...

Chinese Plane Crash: DNA reveals identities of all 132 victims on board

Chinese authorities have revealed that all 132 victims of the passenger jet that crashed in South-West China last week Monday, have been identified via DNA testing. This was disclosed during an official news conference on Monday. Sequel to the accident, public security authorities across the 20 provincial-level regions were mobilised to...

US President, Joe Biden signs anti-lynching bill in law

US President has finally signed legislation criminalizing lynching, after 100 years and 200 failed attempts by US  lawmakers. Lynching is murder by a mob with no due process or rule of law. Across the US, thousands of people, mainly African Americans, were lynched by white mobs, often by hanging or...

Vladimir Putin and his closest commanders reportedly operating from secret bunkers in Russia

A new 'evidence' has emerged that Vladimir Putin and his highest-ranking commanders are operating the Ukraine war from top-secret nuclear bunkers.  Movements of planes used by top Kremlin officials show Putin may be in a hideaway near Surgut in western Siberia, it is claimed. His defence minister Sergei Shoigu, is believed to be in a bunker near...

ISIS claims responsibility after 2 Police men were shot dead in Israel

The Islamic State (IS) has claimed responsibility after two Israeli police officers were shot dead in an attack in the northern Israeli city of Hadera. Israeli Police said the gunmen were Israeli Arab citizens who stacked the policemen. Four other people were taken to hospital after the attack in Hadera, and...

Sharing Ukrainian Military Information is a Crime, One may face up to 12 years in Prison – Ukraine Govt.

Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelenskyy has signed a law restricting the dissemination of military information during the current state of emergency, with violators facing up to 12 years in prison. According to the document, filming the movements of Ukrainian military personnel, sites of shelling, street names, transport stops, shops, factories, and...

Did Blind Psychic, Baba Vanga predicted that Vladimir Putin will become ‘Lord of the World’ ?

A blind psychic who correctly predicted the Russian invasion of Ukraine as well as the 9/11 New York Al-qaeda attacks once claimed that president Vladimir Putin is to become 'Lord of the World' and that Russia will dominate the world. Vanga grew up on a farm, in what is now...

Taliban Dress Code: Regime Bans Government Officials without beards from work

Taliban has instructed all government employees to wear a beard and adhere to a dress code or risk being fired. Representatives from the Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice were patrolling the entrances to government offices on Monday March 28, to check that employees were in...

Russian Commander, Colonel Yuri Medvedev, killed by his own men in Ukraine

A senior Russian commander was rumoured to have died in hospital after his own troops ran over him with a tank, causing fatal wounds to his legs. Sky News reporter Deborah Haynes gave the name of the commander as Colonel Yuri Medvedev, commander of 37 Motor Rifle Brigade. In an initial report, she said...

Heavy bomboardment from the Ukrainian Army on Russian invaders, as they reclaims several towns and villages

Ukraine has reclaimed several villages and towns from Russian forces in a series of counterattacks from Friday to Sunday, March 27 according to reports.  The counter attacks by the Ukranian military took place from the east of Kharkiv to the northwest of Mariupol with the last counter attack taking place...

Putin wanted to cut Ukraine into two like North and South Korea – Ukrainian intelligence says

Ukraine’s military intelligence has said Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to carve Ukraine into two – like North and South Korea.  Brig. Gen. Kyrylo Budanov, the head of Ukraine's Defense Intelligence Agency, said Russia’s operations around Kyiv to remove the government had failed and it was now impossible for the...

Russian soldier surrenders with his tank in return for Ukrainian citizenship and 8,000€

A Russian soldier has reportedly handed himself and his tank over to Ukrainian troops for a reward of $10,000 (£7,500) and Ukrainian citizenship. According to Ukrainian Minister of Internal Affairs Victor Andrusiv, Misha (not real names) was one of President Vladimir Putin’s invading soldiers, but he has now surrendered a...

Russia have changed their focus – Russian Army may be moving towards Donbass

The chief of the Russian army has stated that Russia will focus its main war effort on the "complete liberation" of the eastern Ukrainian Donbas region, a change from its previous mission of trying to invade the whole country, decapitate the Kyiv government and change leadership. On Friday, March 24,...

Putin loses another Commander, General Yakov Rezantsev, as they invade Ukraine

Russia has lost another of its generals in the war in Ukraine, Kyiv military sources said. Lieutenant General Yakov Rezantsev, 48, commander of the army's 49th combined arms division, became the fifth general to be killed after being taken out in a strike by the Ukrainian armed forces, sources in Kyiv said. The news...

United States would respond if Russia uses chemical weapons – Biden confirms

U.S. President, Joe Biden has stated that the United States will respond if Russia were to use chemical weapons in its invasion of Ukraine. Accordingly to Biden,  who attended a NATO, EU and G7 summit in Brussels on Thursday, March 24, the US' response would depend on the kind of...

“We have hacked Russia’s Central Bank and will release files with secret agreements in 48 hours” – Anonymous claims

International hacking collective, Anonymous has claimed it has hacked into Russia's Central Bank - and is threatening to release 35,000 files which include 'secret agreements' in the next 48 hours. The bank is responsible for protecting and ensuring the safety of the ruble, the Russian currency which has plummeted in value...

Western Countries send hundreds of millions of dollars worth of lethal weapons to Ukraine (video)

While Western powers say they cannot enforce a no-fly zone, they are sending hundreds of millions of dollars worth of lethal weaponry to Ukraine. Watch video here..

Fears As Russia Warns Of Universal Nuclear War If West Defends Ukraine.

Moscow’s tightly-controlled state TV has issued a chilling nuclear threat to the West should NATO wade into the bout by sending peacekeepers into Ukraine, saying World War III may just be lurking around the corner.Barring any resolution of the alliance leaders at the G-7 summit afoot in Brussels, the...

‘Male contraceptives’ ready for human trials this year

Birth control pills will not be exclusive to women anymore. According to multiple studies, the first male contraceptive pill (birth control) showed significant results at lab trials. Now, the evidence shows that human trials will begin soon, starting at the end of 2022. The contraceptive created by researchers at the University...

‘Russian soldiers are demoralised’ – Ukraine intelligence says

The Ukrainian army has stated that Russia is now getting former soldiers to join its war effort and make up for heavy losses it has suffered in its Ukraine invasion. Military officials have been actively recruiting former servicemen particularly “those who already have combat experience”, the Ukrainian military said in...

Russian diplomat, Dmitry Polyanskiy, threatens NATO with Nuclear weapons

Dmitry Polyanskiy, the Russian deputy ambassador to the UN has stated that Moscow has the right to use nuclear weapons if it is ‘provoked’ by NATO.  The top Russian diplomat made the chilling warning after Vladimir Putin’s spokesman refused to rule out nuking Ukraine in the face of an ‘existential threat’. Asked if Putin was...

Over 15,000 Russian troops killed since Ukraine invasion — NATO says

As many as 15,000 Russian troops have been killed since the invasion of Ukraine began four weeks ago, according to NATO’s first estimate since the war began. According to USAToday, Russia has suffered 30,000 to 40,000 battlefield casualties, including 7,000 to 15,000 killed, a senior NATO military officer said in...

Putin sends ‘execution squads’ with orders to kill Russian soldiers running away from Ukraine war

President Vladimir Putin and the Kremlin are reportedly sending execution squads after their own army with orders to kill Russians who try to flee. Ukraine security services claim that prisoners of war have told them of the horrific plans that has reportedly seen Russian guns aimed at their own. The ‘execution squads’ are a revival of...

Over 63,000 Swiss signs petition to kick Putin’s lover out of their country

A petition demanding that Switzerland expels Vladimir Putin's rumoured mistress out of their country has hit more than 63,000 signatures. Olympic gymnast Alina Kabaeva, 38, is believed to have been sent to a private chalet in Switzerland earlier this month as Putin continues his war in Ukraine. According to Mail Online,...

Sri Lanka forced to close its embassies abroad

A shortage of dollars and a severe economic crisis has forced Sri Lanka to announce the closure of some of its foreign missions, as the country struggles to maintain enough currency to cover essential imports. The govt has decided to close embassies in Iraq, Norway and the Consul General’s Office...

Breaking: Putin orders EU consumers to pay for Russia gas supplies with rubles

As the economic sanctions slammed on Russia for launching a full scale military action against Ukraine keep biting hard on her economy, President Vladimir Putin has declared that European payments for gas supplies from the country will be switched to rubles as soon as possible. He made the declaration during...

Vladimar Putin loses another commander, Colonel Alexei Sharov, during the invasion

Russian president, Vladimir Putin has lost another commander - the 15th of his top military leaders to be killed as the country's invasion of Ukraine heads into its second month.  Colonel Alexei Sharov became the latest high-ranking Russian official to die in what has become the country's biggest loss of...

Russian military loses more than 10% of its forces sent to Ukraine

The Russian military has lost more than 10% of the combat force that President Vladimir Putin sent to invade Ukraine, a senior Pentagon official said Tuesday. The Russian combat force has dipped slightly below 90% for the first time in the war that began less than a month ago, said...

Over 2,300 Ukrainian Kids allegedly forcefully moved to Russia

More than 2,000 Ukrainian children have allegedly been “kidnapped and deported to Russia ”, an act that has been called a “gross violation” of international law. Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs shared the damning update in a Facebook post, which accused the "aggressor state" of Russia of kidnapping children. The post read: “According to the...

Ukrainian Doctor Orders his Staff to Castrate Russian soldiers

Gennadiy Druzenko, the owner of a war-zone mobile hospital in eastern Ukraine has disclosed that he instructed his doctors to 'castrate' captured Russian soldiers. Discussing captured injured Russian soldiers on Ukraine-24, Druzenko said: 'I have always been a great humanist and said that if a man is wounded, he is no longer...

Ukrainian Politician’s spouse caught trying to sneak $28M and €1.3M cash to Hungary (photos)

The glamorous wife of a prominent Ukrainian tycoon and politician was caught at a border with ' £22 million while crossing into the EU', it is alleged. The money - in US dollars and euros - was spotted by Hungarian customs in the baggage of the spouse of controversial ex-MP...

Chinese Plane Crash: No survivors found, over 132 people

China’s state broadcaster says no survivors have been found in the wreckage of a plane that crashed with 132 people on board. The China Eastern plane which crashed in a forested and mountainous area on Monday was the country’s worst air disaster in a decade. The Boeing 737-800 crashed near the...

French Govt. freezes US$920M of Russian Oligarchs’ Assets

France has frozen and seized assets of Russian oligarchs to the tune of around $938 million. “We have immobilised … €150 million in individual’s accounts, credit lines in France and in French establishments,” French Economy Minister Bruno  Le Maire told French television as Paris hits Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine. Furthermore, “we...

Finland is named the world’s happiest country whilst in Afghanistan named unhappiest

Finland has been named the world's happiest country for the fifth year running, in an annual UN-sponsored index that Afghanistan as the unhappiest. The latest list was completed before Russian tyrant Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion of Ukraine. In the list, Denmark is ranked second happiest followed by Iceland, Switzerland and Netherlands.  Jan-Emmanuel De Neve, a co-author of the...

Russian troops advancing towards Kyiv, British intelligence says

Russian forces advancing on the Ukraine capital Kyiv from the northeast have stalled, British intelligence stated on Monday during its daily security briefing of the Russo-Ukraine war. Russian forces hit houses and a shopping district in Kyiv's Podil district late on Sunday, March 20, killing at least four people, city...

Russia accused of genocide by allegedly forcing Ukrainians to stay in remote Siberian towns

Russian president, Vladimir Putin has been accused of deporting Ukrainians to 'filtration' centres before forcibly taking them to remote Siberian towns after confiscating their phones and documents.  'Several thousand' people have so-far been taken, Mariupol city council claimed, before being processed through 'filtration camps' and sent to 'remote cities' in Russia...

Ukraine War: Ukraine rejects Russia’s demand to surrender port city of Mariupol

Ukraine has rejected a Russian military ultimatum offering people in the besieged city of Mariupol safe passage out of the port if they surrender by 5a.m Monday, March 21. Under Russia's proposal, civilians would be allowed to leave if the city's soldiers laid down arms. But Ukraine has refused the ultimatum...

Western countries urged their citizens to give up driving on Sundays to hurt #Putin

Car-free Sundays in cities, working from home up to three days a week, and using cost-efficient public transport… These are just some of the recommendations made by the International Energy Agency (IEA) in a 10-point action plan aimed at cutting oil consumption “in the face of the emerging global...

Rumours: Elite Russian officers want to poison #Putin and replace him with a better successor – Ukrainian intelligence claimed

Russian allegedly has a plot to 'poison' Vladimir Putin and instil a successor who will restore trade ties with the West, according to Ukrainian intelligence. According to Ukraine's Chief Directorate of Intelligence at the war-torn country's Ministry of Defence, a 'group of influential' individuals in Russia have begun plotting to remove the dictator from...

JUST IN: Russia loses its 5th Commander LG. Andrei Mordvichev; shot dead in Ukraine

A fifth Russian general has been killed near the southern city of Kherson, Ukrainian officials have claimed. In a post on social media, the general staff of Ukraine’s army claimed that the Russian Lieutenant-General Andrei Mordvichev had died when Ukrainian forces hit an airfield in Chornobayivka, near Kherson airport. The Kremlin has...

BREAKING NEWS: Plane carrying 132 passengers crashes in China

A China Eastern passenger jet carrying 132 people has crashed in southwest China and caused a mountain fire with casualties unknown, China’s Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) said today. The Boeing 737 plane crashed in the rural countryside near Wuzhou city, Guangxi region and “caused a mountain fire”, CCTV...

Russian soldiers warn #Putin that they will “rise up against him”

Captured Russian soldiers have warned President Vladimir Putin 'we'll rise against you' after they were made to carry out 'terror attacks' in Ukraine. Moscow's troops labelled the bombing of a maternity hospital in Mariupol on March 9 an act of 'perverse neo-Nazism'.  Three air force pilots, speaking to CNN, warned the Russian strongman 'you will...

Another Russian commander killed in Ukraine as Vladimir Putin loses soldiers

One of Russia’s top paratroop commanders has been killed in Ukraine in the latest blow to President Vladimir Putin. The death of Colonel Sergei Sukharev, of the 331st Guards Parachute Assault Regiment from Kostroma, was confirmed by state TV in Moscow. Earlier his “liquidation” had been claimed by Ukraine’s Centre for Strategic Communication and Information...

Vladimir Putin fires 1000 domestic staff over fears of being poisoned

Vladimir Putin, Russian president is increasingly worried and fears that someone in his inner circle will poison him, a new report reveals. According to Daily Beast contributing editor Craig Copetas, Putin has people taste his meals before he eats it, and he fired his whole personal staff of 1,000 people...

Russian soldiers ‘shoot themselves on the leg” to avoid fighting in #Ukraine

Russian soldiers are reportedly shooting themselves in the legs to avoid fighting in Ukraine. Troops look for Ukrainian ammunition to use so they can go to the hospital without it looking like a self-inflicted wound, local media claims. It follows a collapse in morale among Putin’s forces after they were forced...

Vladimir Putin fires one of his commandos in #Ukraine, General Roman Gavrilov over major losses

Russian President, Vladimir Putin has reportedly fired one of its top generals as the country's invasion of Ukraine continues to suffer major losses.  General Roman Gavrilov, 45, the deputy chief of Vladimir Putin's Rosgvardia force - or National Guard - was detained amid claims he had 'leaked information' and 'squandered' much-needed fuel. News of...

US President, Joe Biden brands Vladimir Putin a ‘war criminal’

In a move likely to escalate diplomatic tensions even further, the US President Joe Biden has labelled Russian leader Vladimir Putin a "war criminal" . Biden delivered the off the script remark on Wednesday, March 16 in response to a reporter's question at the White House, making it the first...

International Court of Justice orders #Russia to halt its invasion of Ukraine

The United Nations’ highest court called on Russia to immediately halt its invasion of Ukraine, in a preliminary decision that is binding but may be difficult to enforce. The preliminary decision read by Joan Donoghue, President of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), was unambiguous. "The Russian Federation shall immediately suspend...

‘Kidnapped #Ukrainian Mayor’ is freed after being swapped for nine captured Russian soldiers

The mayor of Ukraine's southern city of Melitopol has been released, days after Kyiv said he was abducted by invading Russian forces. In a phone call shared by the Ukrainian government, Ivan Fedorov thanked the president for not 'abandoning' him and said he will be ready to serve again after...

CIA reportedly trained #Ukrainian counterparts to use military weapons before the war

CIA paramilitary units reportedly trained Ukrainian counterparts to use anti-tank missiles, evade digital tracking, and use covert communication tools in a program near eastern frontlines – despite previously denying they existed, Yahoo News reports. Former intelligence officials claim the mission, launched in 2015, was aimed at preparing Ukrainian special forces...

Breaking! #Russia officially withdraws from Council of Europe, could not pay its annual contributions

Russia has officially informed the Council of Europe of its withdrawal from the organization. As Deputy Speaker of the Russian Duma Pyotr Tolstoy announced on Tuesday, a letter from the Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov has been handed over to the Secretary General of the organization. “All responsibility for...

#Russia loses ‘another general’, Oleg Mityaev, and seven elite SWAT fighters in #Ukraine

Ukrainian authorities have said that a fourth Russian general has been killed by the country's forces.  47-year-old Major-General Oleg Mityaev is said to have died in the storming of Mariupol, along with seven members of an elite SWAT team.  A picture of the corpse of the decorated military officer, a father-of-two, was...

“Dont come to #Ukraine to fight, it is a trap !” – US volunteer fighter warns (video)

An American volunteer fighter in Ukraine has told other volunteer fighters not to come to the country because of mistreatment by Ukrainian forces. In a video which was exclusively obtained by NewsBand, the volunteer fighter was heard describing the situation in Ukraine as a trap. He said, “It’s a trap, they’re...

#Ukrainian Hero and Actor, #Pasha Lee use his bulletproof vest ‘to protect a child he was carrying to safety’ before being killed

Ukrainian actor, Pasha Lee reportedly gave his bulletproof vest to a child in a heroic gesture right before his death. The 33-year-old actor had been helping children flee a house during an evacuation in the town of Irpin when he was killed by Russian shelling, it was reported.  Lee, known for...

#Russian model who called President Putin a ‘psychopath’ found dead in suitcase

The corpse of a Russian model has been found stashed in a suitcase more than a year after she went missing. Gretta Vedler, 23, was killed one month after she posted on social media calling President Vladimir Putin a “psychopath” and forecasting his drive to “enhance the integrity of Russia" would end in...

China will face ‘significant consequences’ if it sends military aid to #Russia – US insists

The White House has insisted that China will face 'significant consequences' if it sends military to aid to Russia after National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan on Monday held an 'intense' seven-hour meeting with Beijing's top diplomat. However, Press Secretary Jen Psaki refused to lay out President Joe Biden's red lines on...