Elon Musk to reportedly offer new £40bn deal to buy Twitter after Ukraine peace proposal

Ukraine joining NATO could lead to a third world war, the deputy secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation said.

Ukraine is seemingly music to the ears of one sick Russian TV presenter who "danced on the balcony" celebrating the attacks.Anton Krasovsky, director of broadcasting for the state-funded RT channel, posted a video of himself dancing on his balcony while the strikes were taking place on Monday (Monday 10).Uploading the video on Telegram with Krasovksy still in his pyjamas, said he was beyond happy at the missile strikes targeting Ukraine.READ MORE: Kremlin 'normalising' use of nukes so Russians aren't shocked when they're unleashedAccording to Andrey Kartapolov, State Duma Defense Committee's Head, the explosion that rocked the Crimean bridge last week was a blatant attack against one of the symbols of “Russia’s pride".According to Kartapolov, another piece of national pride was the sunken warship Moskva as Russian President Vladimir Putin now stands alone as the last remnant of Russian pride throughout the war.Kartapolov has urged Russians to unite behind the 70-year-old despot while Konstantin Dolgov, the former Russian commissioner for human rights, called the retaliatory strikes justified.He added that he believed all of Ukraine’s infrastructure should now be considered military targets that the Russian forces should look to destroy.To stay up to date with all the latest news, make sure you sign up to one of our newsletters here.Andrey Isayev, member of Russia's State Duma, insisted that the recent strikes has lifted the mood of the Russian citizens following a series of strategic defeats.He said: “It’s absolutely clear that the citizens support the decisive actions of the president and the mood of many has improved.”Konstantin Zatulin, first deputy chairman of the committee of the State Duma for the CIS and relations

Russians feel more comfortable when they are unleashed in Ukraine, parts of the Russian media believe. It comes as the country's biggest newspaper, pro-Kremlin Komsomolskaya Pravda [KP], hinted that the impact of a nuke would be "minimal." However, some believe Vladimir Putin is using the media as a ploy to make his people less shocked by the explosive blitz.

Joe Biden, in an interview with Jake Tapper, said that he doesn’t think that Russian President Vladimir Putin would use a tactical nuclear weapon but that it was “irresponsible” for him to talk about it.

Elon Musk has taken to Twitter as he denied a report that had claimed he'd spoken to Vladimir Putin directly. A report written by Ian Bremmer was cited on the social media app as the user asked whether it was true, to which Musk replied: “No, it is not"."I have spoken to Putin only once and that was about 18 months ago.

The White House said Tuesday that President Biden believes Saudi Arabia has effectively sided with Russia’s war aims in Ukraine following the Riyadh-led OPEC+ alliance’s announcement last week that it would cut oil production. "We believe by the decision that OPEC+ made last week, (Saudi Arabia is) certainly aligning themselves with Russia," White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said during a Tuesday briefing.

LGBTQ Nation.Addressing “all the citizens of Russia,” he said, “Do we want to have, here, in our country, in Russia, parent number one, number two, number three instead of mom and dad? Have they gone mad out there? Do we really want perversions that lead to degradation and extinction to be imposed on children in our schools from the primary grades? To be drummed into them that there are various supposed genders besides women and men, and to be offered a sex change operation? Do we want all this for our country and our children?”Putin’s remarks were a well-timed attempt to blunt criticism from the West of elections, held in Russian-sympathetic territories in eastern Ukraine, in which voters allegedly chose to secede from Ukraine and join Russia.

lion at a wildlife centre in Kyiv was injured during a recent round of Russian shelling in the Ukrainian capital. On Monday (October 10) Vladimir Putin unleashed another wave of attacks on Ukrainian cities - many of which hadn't been bombed in months - following the explosion on Kerch Bridge in Crimea over the weekend.

Vladimir Putin could soon find himself at the helm of his country's biggest military disaster in 100 years."The Russians are like the boxer trapped in the corner of the ring against a very agile opponent who punches one side and then punches the other," he said.READ MORE: Ex-Russian supermodel helps conscripts flee as Putin makes ‘biggest mistake ever’"The Ukrainians pushing the Russians back to the February 23 line - the day before the war started - by the end of 2022 I think is entirely feasible."Earlier this week a barrage of bombs was targeted at Ukraine, killing at least 19 civilians and destroying valuable infrastructure in some of the nation's most important cities, including the capital of Kyiv, in a supposed retaliation after a bomb hit a bridge linking Crimea with Russia.However, despite the fatalities, Shirreff still believes Russia is now on the back foot, praising Kyiv's "masterclass" counter-offensive."I think the scene is being set for a decisive rout of the Russian Army in Ukraine." he told The Sun Online."The scene is setting for a collapse of the Russian army."This may come as welcome news, but Shirreff warned that while Putin's army may be retreating, the despot's threats - including those aimed at the West teasing nuclear war - should be heeded."We should take that nuclear threat very seriously - but we should not in any way blink and I am pretty encouraged by the response of the West," he said.“But if we are promising massive retaliation in some way or other, you have to prepare for the worst case, and the worst case is being at war with Russia."We are dealing with crunchy political issues at the moment, but nevertheless - we might not want this war, but this war might want us.

Vladimir Putin's regime.Ksenia Maximova slammed the invasion of Ukraine as "completely warped", labeling it Putin's "biggest mistake ever," and is now promoting fundraisers looking to get potential troops looking for an escape from Russia."We are just trying to get as many people out as we can," she told Metro.co.uk.READ MORE: Putin's new 'brutal' right-hand man with bloody links to deadly Ukraine bombings"The last two to three weeks have been mad. Plane tickets ran out almost instantly, people are leaving with a suitcase and that’s it.

Russians are fleeing the motherland in their thousands as they try to get away from Putin’s vile war, and some have developed unusual methods.Vladimir Putin announced he was introducing a ‘partial mobilisation’ – the conscription of 300,000 civilian men to join the ‘meat grinder’.Ukrainian officials have already claimed their forces have ‘liquidated’ over 62,000 Russian troops as of yesterday (Sunday, October 9). READ MORE: EXCLUSIVE 'Frightened' Putin 'getting closer to launching nuclear strike' warns ex-RAF chiefIn an understandable desire to avoid this, images have emerged of people leaving the country in droves.They’ve been spotted lining roads and walking in massive convoys as they try to leave the country.According to Reuters, hundreds of thousands of men have already left, but reports have come in of border crossings becoming increasingly difficult.In efforts to escape, some have been adopting desperate methods.

The capital city of Ukraine has been bombed for the first time in months amid the country's invasion by Russia. Multiple explosions rocked Kyiv early on Monday (October 10) following months of relative calm in the city.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has called the attack on the Kerch Bridge to Crimea a "terrorist act" carried out by Ukrainian special forces, Russian media outlets are reporting.

Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday categorized President Biden’s quickly notorious Armageddon comment regarding the nuclear risk posed by Russia as "reckless" and demonstrating "maybe one of the greatest foreign policy failures of the last decades."  "Oh my goodness. First of all those comments were reckless.

Ukraine was "utter chaos" and added that he and his battalion were able to pick off Russian troops "like it was a video game." Jeffrey Barnes, an alias given to him by Newsweek, told the publication that he entered Ukraine through Slovakia on February 28 before leaving at the end of June.The 32-year-old, who fought in Iraq a decade ago before an honorary discharge, is flying to Rome to rejoin his fellow soldiers in the Azov Regiment. READ MORE: Adventurer, 28, dies in his wife's arms in freak hiking accident on trip of a lifetimeHe told the US publication: "This is such an insane loss of life over there. "I put on over 100 tourniquets in my first month of being in Kyiv.

Russia to Crimea across the across the Kerch Strait, Vladimir Solovyov – a TV host known to be close to Russian leader Vladimir Putin – has called for a return of Stalin’s brutal secret police. Solovyov has said the authorities should round up all Russians opposed to the war on Ukraine.

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has appointed a new commander to the armed forces in Ukraine as Moscow looks to turn around its dwindling fortunes.  General of the Army Sergei Surovikin will take over as Commander of the Joint Group of Russian Forces in Ukraine effective immediately, drawing on experience from the second Chechen war and campaigns in Syria and Tajikistan, Russian outlet Rossiyskaya Gazeta reported.  Surovikin previously held command of the Southern group in June and Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Aerospace Forces in 2017. His Chechen war experience, where he led the 42nd Guards Motor Rifle Division, will draw scrutiny as a campaign rife with accusations of war crimes and human rights violations and marked by its brutality.  Russian troops in 2004 raided a school in the rural community of Beslan after a three-day standoff with Chechen militants, with 330 of the 1,100 hostages – mostly children – killed.  Russian President Vladimir Putin and Colonel General Sergei Surovikin, commander of Russian forces in Syria, attend a state awards ceremony for military personnel who served in Syria, at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia December 28, 2017.  (Sputnik/Alexei Druzhinin/Kremlin via Reuters) And human rights organizations claimed Moscow's warplanes in Syria deliberately targeted civilians and rescue workers during its campaign to support Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

Hollywood actor and Russian citizen Steven Seagal has branded President Vladimir Putin "one of the greatest world leaders" in a strange birthday message as the Russian leader turns 70.Six months after the American-born actor celebrated his 70th birthday in Moscow with a lavish dinner, Steven has sent his regards to Putin for his milestone birthday.On October 7 (yesterday), Putin turned 70 and Steven sent him a very bizarre birthday message where he gushed over the president despite what is going on in Ukraine after the Russian invasion took place in February this year (2022).READ NEXT: Terrifying moment Crimean Bridge was rocked by explosion damaging Putin's key crossingSteven uploaded a slew of clips that saw him deliver the message to his Instagram stories.With subtitles written in Russian, the Under Siege actor spoke in English as he addressed his 480,000 Instagram followers.He said: "Today is President Putin’s birthday. I just think that we are now living in very, very trying times.

Vladimir Putin bathes in blood from the antlers of Siberian red deer to stop himself ageing. The brutal practice is thought to improve men’s libido and keep them looking young.Deer farmer Ludmila Korotkhih said: “It’s not a drug.