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Russian forces have reportedly stormed a Mariupol steel plant that was being used to house for hundreds of wounded and Ukrainian civilians seeking shelter, forces defending the metal works claim.

It’s been 65 days since Russia invaded Ukraine, with a brutal war raging across much of the country.

Ukraine and another British man has been reported missing by the Foreign Office.The men are understood to have volunteered for Ukraine's military to fight against invading Russian soldiers.Whether the pair were involved in conflict has not been confirmed by The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) nor have their identities been shared.An FCDO spokesperson said: "We can confirm that a British national has been killed in Ukraine and are supporting their family."They added: "We are aware of a British national who is missing in Ukraine and are supporting their family. We are urgently seeking further information."Last week captured British soldier Aiden Aslin spoke to his mum over a Facebook messenger video call for the first time since Russian soldiers took him as a prisoner of war.

Ukraine. UK Defence minister James Heappey said they were used on training exercises “where conditions have permitted their use”.They were used for “illumination for training at night, as well as for smoke screening purposes”.

Russian troops have been compared to "ISIS militants" after they allegedly threatened to kill a Ukrainian volunteer if his mum didn't fork out a £4,200 ransom.A chilling video of the captive, who identifies himself as Novikov Alexey Antonovich, was shared on Twitter by Mykhailo Podolyak, an advisor to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.The clip appears to show Russian soldiers quizzing Novikov on who he is, where he's from, how he ended up where he is and how he's being treated by his captors. Mykhailo wrote alongside the footage: "This video was sent by [Russian] soldiers to a mother of [a Ukrainian] captive.

Vladimir Putin has fueled rumours that he is battling Parkinson's or another serious illness after appearing "unsteady and distracted" at Easter service.

Russian claims to have captured Ukraine’s important Black Sea port of Mariupol, a determined rearguard of Ukrainian fighters remain in the ruined city – along with some 20 British volunteers.The British fighters, sheltering from the almost-constant Russian bombardment in underground bunkers, have vowed to “save the last bullet for themselves” rather than be taken alive.Hundreds of British Army veterans and others have rushed to Ukraine's defence and a few – like Notts-born Aiden Aslin – have been captured by the Russians.As many as 20,000 civilians in Mariupol are already believed to have been killed by Russian shells and bombs, and many more may die as food supplies run out.Russian leader Vladimir Putin has ordered his troops to surround the city’s industrial district and seal it off to starve out the defenders.A large force of Ukrainian defenders is holed up beneath the near-impregnable Azovstal steel works, along with an unknown number of civilians..Putin has abandoned plans to storm the factory and has ordered Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu to instead "block off this industrial area so that a fly couldn't get through".Conceding that his forces couldn’t enter the steelworks without sustaining heavy losses he added: "There is no need to climb into these catacombs and crawl underground through these industrial facilities."A British volunteer in Kyiv who had previously fought alongside the defenders of Mariupol told The Sun: “There are as many as 20 British lads still there and I fear for them.“Many are veterans of the conflict in the Donbas.

Ukraine after Russian forces claimed he was an enemy agent rather than a prisoner of war.The 27-year-old signed up for the Ukrainian marines in 2018 and has dual UK-Ukraine citizenship, with Russian state media claiming he was a mercenary "used [by the West] to perform various delicate tasks" – a claim he strongly denies.Currently, Russian law states that those who are suspected of spying face interrogation and even prison, whereas prisoners of war are released at the end of the conflict.Now, his brother Nathan Wood, 25, has revealed that his brother looked unharmed in a video that appears to suggest Kremlin officials are keen to exchange him for pro-Russian politician Viktor Medvedchuk, who is being held in Ukraine.Speaking to The Mirror, social worker Nathan said: "The Prime Minister is aware Aiden has been taken prisoner of war, it gives us a bit of hope but it is now a waiting game."There needs to be a positive outcome and now the Russians are talking about him potentially being freed in a prisoner swap, he is hopefully being with humanity."They have made their demands clear, hopefully, they are treating him like a prince, they don't want to show him with scratches and bruises because it could harm their chances."This could all takes, days, weeks, months but the Ukrainian and Russian governments appear to be talking and now we need Britain to offer some support."He went on to add that his family have to "be patient" but are "more confident now that Aiden will be released."Aiden was captured in Mariupol and has since appeared in videos being handcuffed and covered in bruises after claims he was being interviewed under duress for propaganda.

soldier captured by Russian forces in Ukraine has spoken to his mum over a Facebook messenger video call. Aiden Aslin's captors called his mother Ang Wood to expect a video call yesterday morning (Thursday, April 21) in which she was told to "press Boris Johnson for a swap deal".

Vladimir Putin looking "astonishingly weakened" has triggered fresh speculation about the Russian President's health.The Russia-Ukraine war appears to have taken a toll on Putin since he first ordered troops to invade the neighbouring nation on February 24. In the televised meeting on Thursday (April 21) a "bloated" Putin is sitting at a desk and discussing the ongoing invasion of Ukraine with his defence minister Sergei Shoigu.The pair are discussing the "liberation" of the heavily-bombed Ukrainian city of Mariupol and Putin looks very unwell.He grips the corner of the desk throughout the entire meeting and appears to be slightly slumped in his chair.Putin also seems to unintentionally grimace in between sentences as if he might be in physical discomfort or even pain.There have been longstanding theories about Putin's health woes, including one that he is suffering from thyroid cancer and has all the symptoms.

Ukraine are "some of the worst" investigators have ever seen, according to the Metropolitan Police’s War Crimes Team. Since the conflict began there have been numerous reports of violent war crimes being committed by Russians including the rape, assault and murder of civilians.The Metropolitan Police’s War Crimes Team has said that they have already received at least 50 referrals from people with a link to the UK since the war began - and expect to receive more.Detective Chief Superintendent Dominic Murphy told the PA news agency: "What we’re seeing is incredibly harrowing, beyond comprehension“In not far off 17 years in counterterrorism, (it is) some of the worst possible footage you could imagine seeing.”The Metropolitan Police’s War Crimes Team is now working with the UK's Counter-Terrorism Command to probe into alleged war crimes.

Ukrainian city of Mariupol reveal what appear to be “mass graves” containing the bodies of at least 200 people.The images, obtained from US mapping company Maxar Technologies, back up allegations made by Mariupol’s mayor Vadym Boychenko.Boychenko claimed that Russian troops were burying Ukrainian civilians by the hundred in order to cover up what he called “military crimes”.He added that bodies had been left unburied for some time, but then “started disappearing from the streets”."More than 20,000 civilians — women, children, elderly people — died on the streets of our city from enemy artillery, aircraft," he said.He went on to say that the estimates of the casualties were based "on the evidence of the heads of our municipal services, who saw it. And unfortunately, we have seen that the bodies of dead Mariupol residents have started to disappear from the streets of our city."He said during a video conference that Russian troops were “taking the bodies of the dead residents of Mariupol in trucks and throwing them into those trenches,”Data from Maxar Technologies suggests the mass graves were dug from March 23 onwards.In a statement, Maxar said.

Russian soldiers have gone viral on Twitter for the wrong reasons after they were filmed running around on the Ukrainian frontline with no body armour and a "baseball bat bomb."In the short clip, the Russian squadron can be seen jogging through a shelled-out town and to shelter behind ruins.One of the grinning soldiers is shown to be carrying a plank of wood that has been heavily strapped up with what appears to be some sort of plastic explosive.None of the soldiers are wearing body armour and strangely all of them are grinning as they manoeuvre through the area. Sharing the strange clip, which is believed to have been shot near the besieged Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, defence journalist OSINTtechnical said: "Russian forces moving near the Azovstal plant in Mariupol with some interesting improvised explosive devices."Appears to be bricks of plastic explosives wrapped around a wooden plank."Naturally, the group's efforts didn't go undiscussed on the app with many people questioning the brains of the group.One person said: "What on earth would you use this for?!"Another agreed: "No armour either ...soon corpses."Another thought they looked a tad too happy considering how Putin's war had gone thus far.

Russian attack on his life.Oleksandr Syenkevych, mayor of Mykolaiv in the south of Ukraine, has been praised online for his sense of duty after revealing his acts of dedication to his city.Mykolaiv, a strategically important shipbuilding city, has come under increased pressure in recent days as one of the main targets for Putin's troops in the deadly "new phase" of the war.Women and children have been evacuated from the area, while makeshift hospitals have been set up inside underground bunkers as shelling intensifies. Mr Syenkevych has meanwhile received floods of threatening messages from Russians telling him to surrender, leading him to suspect that an attempt to assassinate or capture him could be in the works.Speaking defiantly on the measures he has taken to protect himself, the mayor told UnHerd: "I move constantly.

Johnny Depp described seeing a photo of faeces on his bed days after a fight with Amber Heard as he testified in court. The defamation trial between Mr Depp and Ms Heard began on Monday 11 April in Fairfax, Virginia following Mr Depp’s lawsuit against his ex-wife in March 2019.

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paraded on Russian propaganda broadcasts in Ukraine, says she just wants "her hero back”. Russia claims that more than 1,000 troops from the Ukrainian 36th Marine Brigade had surrendered in Mariupol after weeks of bombardment from Russian aircraft and artillery.Aiden's mum Ang Wood, 50, said: "Two weeks ago, I got a phone call from him saying: 'I think we are surrendering, we have no ammunition, no food, we have no water. "And then last Tuesday, early hours, I got to speak to Aiden again.

both made speeches at the service with Max calling Tom his "brother". He went on to add that he will always remember Tom for his laugh.

Mauripol have made a last-ditch effort to defend the besieged city by holing up in a Soviet steel factory with valuable Russian hostages, it has been claimed.Mauripol has been under constant bombardment by Vladimir Putin's forces since the conflict began and has been all but destroyed by heavy shelling killing around 20,000 residents.Those that remain have now retreated to the Azovstal Iron and Steel Works, a four-square-mile steel plant with a network of underground tunnels. Speaking from the siege, one of Ukraine's top commanders, Maj.

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