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Vladimir Putin has “small man syndrome” and a “macho” view of the world, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said. The Russian leader is a “lunatic”, the Cabinet minister also suggested.

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. Margarita Simonyan, editor of state broadcaster RT and one of the Kremlin's main propagandists said: "Either we lose in Ukraine or the Third World War starts.

Russia has given a chilling new warning to the UK over continued weapon supplies to Ukraine.

Russia over the invasion of Ukraine continue to escalate, Russian state TV has broadcast a chilling threat to "boorish" Britain. Vladimir Solovyov, a Russian broadcaster known as “Putin’s voice”, warned that Britain could be wiped off the map by Russia’s new 'big beast' 208-ton 15,880mph 'Satan-2' Sarmat hypersonic intercontinental ballistic missile.

At about the same time that President Joe Biden was on the phone discussing Russia with China’s Xi Jinping, and as Russian troops pounded Ukrainian cities, Vladimir Putin gathered close to 200,000 Muscovites in a soccer stadium to put his spin on things.

could unleash a deadly virus as Ukrainian scientists have been told to destroy all "high-threat" lab diseases as a matter of urgency. The World Health Organisation said that the most deadly pathogens in Ukraine's labs should be eliminated as there is a risk of "potential spills" as Russia continues to brutally bomb the country.As is the case in many other countries, the Ukraine government has been carrying out research on how they could improve the threats of the most dangerous diseases.WHO said it was been collaborating with Ukrainian labs for a number of years to promote security practises that will help prevent "accidental or deliberate release of pathogens".Ukrainian scientists have now been urged to wipe out all "high-threat" pathogens to avoid an potentially fatal incident.The WHO said: "As part of this work, WHO has strongly recommended to the Ministry of Health in Ukraine and other responsible bodies to destroy high-threat pathogens to prevent any potential spills."The UN agency has not provided any specific details about the toxins and pathogens in Ukraine's labs.Ukraine's labs have been the subject of an information war since Russia invaded the country a fortnight ago.

Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine has the aim of "fighting Nazism". The country's embassy in South Africa was responding to a tweet from its Russian counterpart which appeared to lay out the reasons for Russia's invasion of its neighbours last month. The tweet said: "We have received a great number of letters of solidarity from South Africans, both individuals and organizations.