Putin wants school children to 'learn patriotic values' hailing him as Russia's hero

prisons to recruit 1,000 convicts to his bloodthirsty Wagner mercenary group to help with the war in Ukraine, claims a Russian opposition website. Russian oligarch Yevgeny Prigozhin gained the strange nickname after he was pictured serving Vladimir Putin dinner in a chef's uniform, according to Independent.ie.

Vladimir Putin's closest aides has warned him that the West is seeking to “destroy Russia ”. The worrying message came from former-president Dmitry Medvedev, and was part of a rant about using nuclear weapons in Ukraine.He is now the deputy head of the Russian security council.

“I think he’s done quite a good job. Speaking to Daily Star, she added: “I know him because he lived in Islington so I used to see him all the time so I am a bit of a Boris fan."She ruffled a few feathers last month when the panellist defended the Prime Minister live on air. The star announced she was “sad” that Boris would be retiring. The Birds of a Feather star said on the show: "I’m really sad because I have been a bit of a Boris fan as everyone knows."I think the public should have had some say in this."I don’t think it should have just been up to the politicians. “We all have a right to have a say in it as well."She joked later on that she had two spare bedrooms if he needed somewhere to stay after leaving 10 Downing Street. It’s not the first time the 64-year-old has caused a stir with ITV viewers, however. Following the news of the Ukraine war outbreak in February, Linda confessed that she didn’t watch the news. Linda was joined by fellow hosts Kaye Adams, Nadia Sawalha and Judi Love.It was for a Friday instalment of Loose Women where they discussed the latest news at the time about Russian President Vladimir Putin invading Ukraine. The former actress told the panel she did not read newspapers or watch the news. She confessed she did not realise the extent of the crisis until she was informed in the morning meeting before going on air. Linda explained: "I mean, I don't watch the news and don't read newspapers or anything. "So I was sort of a bit oblivious to how serious it was really."She later admitted: "It was only when I got into work today and we were all talking in the meeting that I realised how serious it was. "And talking to some of our young boys who work on the show, one said he was really anxious."

Russia has fired several military commanders due to the “poor performance” during the invasion of Ukraine, the Ministry of Defence claims.

Russian solidiers" are burning the bodies of dead Ukrainians in mobile incinerators on the frontline to mask the amount of civilians they have slaughtered, according to a report.British war correspondent David Patrikarakos reported on Saturday that Vladimir Putin's forces in Kherson, in Kherson Oblast in the south of Ukraine, are burning Ukrainians "day and night" to mask the amount of civilian casualties.Putin’s soldiers are trying to do away with mass graves because they “leave behind evidence of war crimes," Patrikarakos added. READ MORE: Rugby star 'caught ex giving oral sex to teammate before punching window'“Vladimir Putin’s paranoid soldiers are burning the corpses of Ukrainian citizens tortured and murdered on suspicion of helping the resistance,” wrote Patrikarakos in a report for the Daily Mail.“The incinerators fill Kherson with the reek of charred flesh,” he continued.

Ukrainian forces to use inflatable dummy tanks to lure Vladimir Putin’s forces into an ambush.The T-72 decoys are covered with camouflage nets to look real and left in an open area to ensure Russian forces see them.Then President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s troops wait to draw their prey into what the SAS call the “kill grid”.READ MORE: Putin may beg Kim Jong-un for support as 100,000 soldiers set to help Russian war effortA senior military source said: “This is a classic tactic, a come-on, which allows you to lure your enemy to a position where you attack from a position of strength.“This is an ideal deception move as well. You make the enemy think you have armour in that area and change his plans.”Meanwhile, The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) raised grave concerns on Saturday (July 6) about the shelling the previous day at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine, saying the action showed the risk of a nuclear disaster.Both sides accused each other of engaging in "nuclear terrorism".

Prince Charles' charity received a whopping £300k donation from an "unsavoury character" and it's emerged that a Russian oligarch forked out the sum as part of a £3million pledge.The Prince’s Foundation was the beneficiary of the sum from a charity run by Viatcheslav Moshe Kantor in 2020, despite the fertiliser billionaire being named on a "Putin list" released by the US Treasury two years earlier. The sum was paid before the war in Ukraine.

Formula One driver Nikita Mazepin has been enjoying a lavish holiday with a former Miss World runner-up.The billionaire Russian bad-boy suffered a huge reality check when he was sacked by his American-owned F1 team Haas in March due to his oligarch father’s supposed ties with Vladimir Putin. He has since made his anger towards both the ban and his former team very clear.But the 23-year-old now appears to be in better spirits after taking some time off to relax.

Uri Geller has issued a warning to Russian president Vladimir Putin, saying he will use ‘every last molecule of my Mind Power’ to prevent him from launching a nuclear attack.The spoon-bender and TV personality waded into international politics on Tuesday with a video he posted to Twitter, highlighting a letter he said he had sent to the Russian powers that be.Published with the caption ‘Read my warning which I sent to the Kremlin’, the 75-year-old stood in front of a screen showing Putin and a nuclear mushroom cloud.Discussing international nuclear powers, the illusionist, who bought a Scottish island where he believes witch bones are buried, shared his worry that Scotland was at risk, due to its naval bases.‘This is serious stuff and I have a warning for you, Putin,’ he added.Geller then approached the camera to loom closely into the lens, continuing: ‘I urge you all to read my warning, all of you, and I’m serious about it.

Vladimir Putin's former aide has been pictured in hospital partially paralysed and unable to close his eyes amid rumours of a possible poisoning. Anatoly Chubais, 67, was once the Kremlin's chief-of-staff and Russia's deputy prime minister.

A woman heading up the Thornhill-based HALO Trust’s demining task force in Ukraine admits a tough job got even harder after Vladimir Putin launched his invasion of the country.

FORMER Coronation Street actor Sean Ward has sparked outrage with his most shocking conspiracy theory yet. In an offensive post, the 34-year-old suggested he doesn’t believe people are being murdered in Ukraine and described president Zelensky as “very dodgy”. Sean reposted a series of highly controversial comments about Zelensky, in a move which has upset his followers.

bloody war on Ukraine. Russia’s defence ministry has claimed that intelligence provided by the US to Ukraine led to the “mass deaths of civilians” and constitutes the US being "directly involved" in the war.The shocking accusation continues to accuse the US of going back on its word and becoming "directly involved" in the conflict sanctioned by Vladimir Putin.

Russia shows the man taking out a lighter for a smoke while he was waiting for his tank to fill with fuel. But it went horribly wrong very quickly as just seconds later as he bursts into flames and starts running back and forth in a blind panic. READ MORE: Exact date Vladimir Putin could be toppled in Ukraine war failure exposed by expert A curious passerby just watched as the man's car also ignited, as the man rushed to get into the passenger side of the car to slide into the driver's side to move his vehicle.The man, dressed in a white T-shirt and dark shorts, floors the pedal but runs back moments later with a fire extinguisher to douse down the rest of the flames.Social media users on Nexta have since shared the clip online, with it gaining more than 265,000 views as the man became a laughing stock for the idiotic incident.One viewer wrote: "Intelligent, well-educated society, an example to the world."Another posted: "Brain lost, but saved his car.A third commented: "Unfortunately, it was not a Russian tank."A fourth said: "This is Russia.

Scots band The Ronains received a death threat from Russia after their new single artwork for Lunatics featured an image of Vladimir Putin.

Vladimir Putin and Russia, should a nuclear war break out.A commemoration event for the victims of nuclear bombs dropped on the Japanese cities Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 by the United States takes place this weekend.The event, hosted in the Scottish council area of Renfrewshire by the Renfrewshire Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) will also be used as a warning to the present and future use of nuclear warheads, the Daily Record reports.READ MORE: WW3 fears grow as Taiwan 'prepares for war' with China and puts army on 'high alert'A spokesman for Renfrewshire CND said: "The dangers of a nuclear apocalypse are greater today than ever.To stay up to date with all the latest news, make sure you sign up to one of our newsletters here.“Only last week nuclear warheads were transported over the Erskine Bridge and down the M8 on their way to the South of England, endangering communities all along the way.“It is only a matter of time before there is a serious accident with release of radio active material.”Duncan Macintosh, secretary of the Renfrewshire CND, believes the west coast of Scotland would be an obvious target in nuclear war due to the large nuclear presence on its west coast as Her Majesty's Naval Base, Clyde, the home of nuclear submarines armed with Trident missiles, which is situated at Faslane on the Gare Loch.He said: "There are dangers just in these convoys going up and down our roads, but if you consider that recently Putin and the Russians specifically mentioned Britain in terms of a nuclear war."It would be suicidal for the Russians [to attack Britain], it would be suicidal for the whole world. But if it were to happen, surely they’d be targeting Faslane.

Vladimir Putin's war by hijacking pirate movies in Russia with harrowing content. Showbiz journalist-turned war reporter Volodymyr Biriukov has linked up with censorship dodgers Torrents of Truth to wake propaganda-hit masses up to the realities of bloodshed in Ukraine. Writing for the Metro, Volodymyr revealed he had witnessed Russian soldiers setting Ukrainians on fire, tying them up, shooting them in the head and tearing nails off their fingers.

Vladimir Putin green lighted the invasion in Ukraine has suddenly become ill with a rare neurological disorder, according to reports. Anatoly Chubais, Former Chief of the Presidential Administration of Russia and was an influential member of Boris Yeltsin's administration in the early 1990s, fled Russia in March after Putin's "special operation" kicked off in February.

Vladimir Putin has issued a new threat to the West by announcing that a new fleet of hypersonic missiles will be added to the Russian navy's nuclear arsenal. Speaking to commemorate Russia's Navy Day in St Petersburg, Putin boasted about Russia's military might and touted the new missiles, which can travel at speeds of 7,000mph and carry a devastating nuclear payload. The embattled leader also praised 17th-century Russian Tsar, Peter the Great, crediting him for Russia's formidable military power at sea.READ MORE: True story of Brit 'arrested and thrown in gulag' by Russians at Soviet space stationWhile he did not directly mention his ongoing war with Ukraine, Putin revealed that he had signed a new navy doctrine which included the introduction of the hypersonic 'Zicron' missiles onto Russian warships."The delivery of these (missiles) to the Russian armed forces will start in the coming months," Putin said."The Admiral Gorshkov frigate will be the first to go on combat duty with these formidable weapons on board."The key thing here is the capability of the Russian navy...

President Vladimir Putin has issued a chilling threat as he claimed the Russian navy is set to receive 7,000mph nuclear missiles. Speaking on Russia’s Navy Day in the former imperial capital of St Petersburg, Putin praised Tsar Peter the Great for making Russia a great sea power.

Vladimir Putin's brutal invasion of Ukraine have been branded with a ret hot poker to create the 'Z' symbol on their bodies.Nexta, a Belarusian media outlet, shared a video on their official Twitter account showing the branding of one man in a dingy tool shed somewhere in Russia.The Z symbol has been sweeping social media after first appearing as an identifier on Russian tanks.READ MORE: First image of tragic Lilia, 9, stabbed as she played in street with sisterIt has become a mainstream propaganda symbol for the Kremlin, leading some commentators to describe it as “the new Swastika”.But that hasn't stopped people, mainly in Russia, flashing the symbol with pride.In the video shared by Nexta, a man who looks to be in his late thirties, lays back in a shed full of scrap metal as another man pushes the Z-shaped red hot iron prong into his chest.It makes a burning noise, and the man jumps up and begins shouting in Russian.The Z symbol first appeared in late February as Russian tanks rolled into Ukraine to begin Putin's "special operation".Just this week, men in Russian camouflage, which featured a "Z" patch, were seen in gruesome footage pinning down a man who appears to be a captured Ukrainian soldier, before castrating him. One of them use a box-cutting knife and appears to remove the victim's genitals in front of the camera.For more shocking stories from the Daily Star, make sure you sign up to one of our newsletters hereThe footage was shared on social media and Ukrainian MP Inna Sovsun tweeted her response: " Russia has to pay for it.