Russia 'fighting blind' as all military satellites have been hacked and taken offline

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.

The White House on Friday said it has seen no indication Russia is preparing to use nuclear weapons despite comments made by President Biden warning the U.S. has not "faced the prospect of Armageddon" in 60 years.  "We have not seen any reason to adjust our own strategic nuclear posture, nor do we have indications that Russia is preparing to imminently use nuclear weapons," White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters aboard Air Force One.  Jean-Pierre defended comments made by the president earlier Friday, saying, "The kind of irresponsible rhetoric we have seen is no way for the leader of a nuclear-armed state to speak, and that’s what the president was making very clear." White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre speaks during a daily briefing at the White House in Washington Sept.

When the Russians invaded Ukraine, one of their first priorities was to bomb police stations and to empty prisons. When I visited Ukraine August with Stephen Komorek and other members of the ULET Working Group, which supports humanitarian aid and helping law enforcement in Ukraine, I found myself wondering why.  We asked General Andriy Nebytov of the Kyiv Regional Police about this tactic while visiting his Kyiv headquarters, and he explained, "A demoralized population is easier for the invader to control.

HBO debuted the trailer for Year One: A Political Odyssey, which examines President Joe Biden’s first year in office, with what the premium network calls a “rare glimpse into the inner working of the White House.”

Ukrainian forces have reported that Elon Musk's Starlink communication devices are currently out, causing communication disruption to key parts of the frontline. Soldiers from the Ukrainian military are pushing back against Russia, whose invasion has continued under despot Vladimir Putin.

Russian soldiers “appear stranded” and are likely to “be forced into a surrender” because they have no means of crossing into safe territory, a military expert says.Former British Army and NATO officer Ed Arnold warned tyrant Vladimir Putin that his mass of fighters have “no good options” and are stranded in the south without a clear way to get back to safety on the eastern side of the Dnipro river.Brave Ukrainian forces have unleashed multiple rapid counter-attacks aimed at driving their invaders away from the country and have re-seized a notable amount of land.READ MORE: EXCLUSIVE 'Frightened' Putin 'getting closer to launching nuclear strike' warns ex-RAF chiefRussian commanders have faced criticism internally over their handling of the crisis, with top officials fighting each other amid allegations of nepotism.Arnold told Sky News: “The issue that the Russians have is that when militaries have to withdraw under this type of pressure, they need good commanders to rally, which they do not have. “And also the ground has no natural barriers to reset their front lines as it were.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's recent threats to use nuclear weapons over the war in Ukraine could put the Doomsday Clock closer to midnight than ever before, an expert has warned. The Doomsday Clock, organised by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, is a representation of how close humanity is to self-destruction. The closer the minute hand is to midnight, the closer we are to a World War Three-style global catastrophe.

Russian known for her fierce criticism of Vladimir Putin was brutally murdered in a lift as she clutched at her groceries on the way back from going to the shop – and 16 years after the brutal killing, mystery still surrounds her death. Anna Politkovskaya’s bloodied corpse was found slumped in the elevator after she was shot four times in the brutal close-range attack on October 7, 2006.The journalist had made several powerful enemies throughout the Russian state through her stories writing about high-level corruption and atrocities committed during the war in Chechnya.READ MORE: Russian TV predicts nuclear 'Armageddon' as Putin ships more missiles from Siberia As well as criticising the tyrannical Russian dictator she also called out infamous warlord Ramzan Kadyrov, who recently declared himself “the West’s biggest bogey man” after calling on his pal Putin to “finish” Ukraine with nuclear weapons.

US President Joe Biden warned that the risk of a nuclear threat has reached its highest point since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, following harrowing threats from Vladimir Putin.