Putin cancels Ukraine 'total war escalation' speech in mysterious circumstances

Rachel Riley, 36, has taken to Twitter with a baffling post, asking whether "we should be worried", as she snapped a shot of a curious looking parcel in the lobby of the Channel 4 offices.The Countdown favourite asked her 692,700 Twitter followers for their thoughts on the oddly-shaped package.The star wrote: "Should we be worried?" while the large parcel could be seen near a window at the studios.It didn't take long before a cohort of her followers jumped on to the post to share their jokes and comments. @BakuraOfKulElna jibed: "How did you find out where the Tories have hidden the economy?"@Olafdedig posted: "Is that how Jimmy Carr is shipped ?"Some fans noted that the shape of the parcel curiously matched that of Doctor Who's evil villain, the Dalek.@SchizoDuckie joked: "Daleks can't hurt you if they're still in plafic wrap." @JakeCross1977 penned: "Exterminate! Exterminate!"@Paulgkk said: "Where's the Doctor when you need him?"It's not the first time Rachel has taken to Twitter in shock this week. She took to the opinion-sharing platform to express her views about Russian president Vladimir Putin after the world leader made threats about the possibility of nuclear war.He warned that he would use all options at his disposal to protect Russia's "territorial integrity". The maths whizz made no secret of her dislike of Putin when she told her 692,800 Twitter followers: "Forever rot."Rachel made her point as she reposted a tweet by Max Seddon, the Moscow Bureau Chief at the Financial Times, which had announced: "Putin is finally speaking."To defend the country and the people, we will use all the means at our disposal.'"Rachel, who has been in opposition to the Ukraine war, reacted to the news by urging the President to

Vladimir Putin's partial mobilisation announcement.Last week (September 21) the Russian despot announced that up to 300,000 additional troops would be sent to the frontline in a bid to fight back against Ukraine's counter-offensive. Since then thousands of potential conscripts have fled the country, with some even resorting to extreme measures such as shooting army recruitment officers and setting themselves on fire to avoid being sent to fight. READ MORE: Brits still in Russia told 'get out now or risk Putin sending you to fight in Ukraine' But Russian state media has since announced plans by the Kremlin to trap men hoping to cross what land borders remain accessible to hopeful escapees.

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Vladimir Putin’s “partial mobilisation” sends hundreds more Russian men to the war in Ukraine, one angry conscript has been recorded making an expletive-filled rant against the Russian leader. The man identified, by Ukrainian intelligence sources as a Russian soldier in Ukraine’s Kherson region, can be heard in an intercepted mobile phone call telling of his contempt for “f*** face” Putin.Telling his partner that his unit’s morale is “complete s***,”and that many of them are desperate to get home the soldier says “I need to get wounded” in order to get home.READ MORE: Russian allies speak out as elderly and disabled soldiers conscripted by PutinThe man, who appears to be called Zhen, adds: “Earlier there was a joke that you’d leave here only wounded or dead.

Russia are being called up as part of Putin’s recent conscription plans to help fight the war in Ukraine. A clip has emerged from Russian-state media in which host Vladimir Solovyov and editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan discuss recent conscription plans and suggest that men as old as 60 are being called up.Simonyan said on Russia Today that: “Something needs to be done about it and we shouldn't be upsetting people”.

Vladimir Putin has been accused of sabotage after explosions rattled the Baltic Sea this week.

Russian President Vladimir Putin sitting naked on a gold toilet has gone up for auction.The statue appeared in the Czech Republic and was placed outside the Russian embassy in the nation’s capital, Prague.Posting an image of the statue on Reddit, user u/extrawakame said: “In the Czech Republic, an auction of a statue of Putin sitting on a golden toilet is currently taking place.READ MORE: 'Superhero' bloke's Pizza Express loyalty hack hands out £70 of discounts to strangers“The proceeds will be used to purchase a combat drone that will be donated to Ukraine. (Photo shows the statue in front of the Russian embassy in Prague.)”At the centre of the protest are calls for the release of Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny, who was jailed for nine years for "fraud and contempt".

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent Russia will not be sending an official Oscar candidate for the upcoming international feature film race, Variety has confirmed. The news, which was reported by the news outlet AFP, was announced by the Russian film academy on Monday evening (Sept. 27). The decision appears to be an act of boycott against the Academy Awards, reflecting the rising tensions between the U.S. and Russia which has been at war with Ukraine since Feb. 24. Russia recently accused the U.S. administration of having a direct role in the war in Ukraine and has threatened to cut ties with the country.

Roger Waters has shared an open letter to Russian president Vladimir Putin, urging him to commit to a ceasefire and diplomatic settlement to end the Russia-Ukraine war.In a statement shared on social media, Waters pointed out that he was spurred to write Putin after seeing comments on his letters to Ukraine’s first lady Olena Zelenska, asking why he had only addressed one side of the conflict.The former Pink Floyd bassist has claimed that in the months since Russia invaded Ukraine in February, he has “tried to use [his] small influence to encourage a ceasefire and a diplomatic settlement that addresses the security needs of both Ukraine and The Russian Federation”.Addressing Putin directly, Waters asked: “Would you like to see an end to this war? If you were to reply and say, ‘Yes please.’ That would immediately make things a lot easier. If you were to come out and say, ‘Also the Russian Federation has no further territorial interest beyond the security of the Russian speaking populations of The Crimea, Donetsk and Lubansk [sic].’ That would help too.”Waters went on to address the notion that Putin and his forces “want to overrun the whole of Europe, starting with Poland and the rest of the Baltic states”.

READ MORE: Russians being sent to war with 'old, rusty and mouldy weapons from Somali pirates'“I am ashamed that this is happening at a time when, on the contrary, we should be united,” the governor added.

Elon Musk for allowing him to call his family moments before being imprisoned by Russian soldiers. Aiden from Newark, Nottinghamshire, had already lived in Ukraine for four years when he joined the country's war effort to defend against Vladimir Putin's invasion.

Manchester United icon Eric Cantona fears World War III is near as history is repeating itself before the outburst of the last World War. Cantona echoed his fears with the cost of living crisis and rise of nationalism across Europe - a similar trend to the late 1920s and early 1930s. Speaking to The Athletic, Cantona said: "Not only France.

Ukrainians were suffocated to death by gas masks, castrated before being killed and savagely shocked in a homemade electric chair by barbaric Russian troops.Evidence of the above war crimes has reportedly been found and shown in an online video taken after the Russians fled the newly-liberated Ukrainian city of Iyzum.It was been claimed that "medieval" acts of torture were inflicted on "hundreds" of victims in dungeons at the then occupied city's police station.READ MORE: Putin's horror nuclear war 'could be a reality', Ukraine's President Zelensky fearsMass graves were also discovered with Taras Berezovets, from the Ivan Bohun brigade of the Ukrainian army’s special forces, telling The Sun Online: "They tortured people with gas masks. We found two of them."In this torture, you put the gas mask over the head and close the holes so they can’t inhale - to suffocate people.

Vladimir Putin is not bluffing with his threats of nuclear war.Zelensky reckons that the Russian leader wants to "scare the whole world" and feels an atomic strike "could be a reality".The nuclear rhetoric from Moscow was ramped up last week when Putin announced his plans to call up 300,000 civilians for his war in Ukraine.READ MORE: Crazed man killed woman, 21, because her pet pooed outside his apartmentAnd Zelensky is not of the opinion that Putin's menacing words are without substance.In an interview on US television network CBS' Face The Nation news programme, Zelensky declared: "He wants to scare the whole world. Look, maybe yesterday it was bluff."Now, it could be a reality.

Vladimir Putin is planning to close the Russian border for all men of fighting age, a source close to the Kremlin has said.The source told independent Russian news site Meduza that ban could come in as early as Wednesday (September 28). It comes as Putin announced a call up of around 300,000 reservists to fight in the war in the Ukraine, as a wave of counterattacks from Ukrainian forces look to be turning the tide in the conflict.READ MORE: Putin’s new conscripts spotted dozing about drunk and refusing to follow ordersSince the announcement, plane fares from Russia to neighbouring countries soared and huge traffic jams were seen on the Russian border with Georgia.

Russian president Vladimir Putin putting nuclear warfare on the table once more, a nuclear map could show the damage done to your home.The Nuke Map presents the terrifying results of a nuclear blast on anywhere in the United Kingdom, with users able to drop atomic bombs onto their homes.They can also take to destroying landmarks scattered across the country, with the chance to test the range and damage that could be performed by nuclear Armageddon.READ MORE: Sick Russian troops to initiate Putin's conscripts by 'raping and torturing them' As Mad Putin conscripts the Russian public to his military as the war in Ukraine wages on, those at home can test out how much damage a nuclear warhead would do. In the unlikely event of nuclear annihilation, it is most likely curtains for much of the UK, with a flurry of nuclear bombs wiping out much of the landscape.

Vladimir Putin's decision to mobilise 300,000 reservists for his war in Ukraine. In apparent shows of defiance, the newly called-up soldiers appear to be refusing to form ranks and, in one video shared by Moscow-based British journalist Danny Armstrong on Twitter, some conscripts appear to be sleeping off the effects of alcohol.READ MORE: Woman sparks rabies fears after bringing pet racoon named Rocky into barHe posted: "Russian conscripts on the way to fight in Ukraine.

Russia while fighting for Ukraine, told Vladimir Putin's torturers to "f*** off" after they sent sick videos of her son. Aiden, 28, along with Shaun Pinner, 48, John Harding, 59, Dylan Healy, 22, and Andrew Hill, 35, arrived in the UK on Thursday (September 22) following a prisoner swap brokered by ex-Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich.Russian forces captured Aiden, from Newark in Nottinghamshire, back in April when he was fighting as a Ukrainian Marine.

Russia after Vladimir Putin ordered the conscription of between 300 and 100k soldiers, renewed focus has been placed on the strength of the power mad autocrat's army.And with whispers of an imminent WW3 becoming more audible, countries are looking at the strength, or lack of strength, of their own defences."I'm not bluffing," was Putin's stark warning as he spoke of his country's nuclear capabilities, and nuclear willingness.READ MORE: Putin lookalike warned 'to grow moustache and not leave home' — but risks life to workBut the 2022 military strength ranking has revealed just before his "special operation" kicked off in late February that Putin's army is only the second strongest in the world. According to the list, the data is constructed from “over 50 individual factors to determine a given nation’s PowerIndex score with categories ranging from military might and financials to logistical capability and geography.”The US have been listed in first place with a power index score of 0.0453, which is no surprise seeing as they have a huge defence budget of of $700 billion as of 2020, reports HITC.comRussia has been given a score of 0.0501 and is thought to have around 900,000 active military personnel.China’s military force has an estimated 2 million active military personnel and is recognised for its manpower.