Russian rockets 'destroy airport' as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky pleads for no-fly zone

It is “not impossible” that Russia will launch an attack which could hit Nato territory, a Cabinet minister admitted as fears rise about an escalation of the conflict in Ukraine.

The Prime Minister has said that the UK will “continue to pursue more options for bolstering Ukraine’s self-defence” as the ongoing invasion by Russia continues.

Russian troops abducting a Ukrainian mayor after he "refused to cooperate with the enemy" which officials have since branded a war crime. The State Service of Special Communications and Information Protection of Ukraine uploaded the clip following the frightening kidnap on Friday (March 11).In the video, a person can be seen being escorted out of the city's crisis centre by a team of around ten Russian troops while his head is covered in a black bag.President Volodymyr Zelensky compared the soldiers to “ISIS terrorists” following the release of the footage, believed to show the abudction of the mayor of Melitopol, Ivan Fedorov.“They have transitioned into a new stage of terror, in which they try to physically liquidate representatives of Ukraine’s lawful local authorities," he said in a video on Friday.It has been reported that the prosecutor’s office of the Luhansk People’s Republic, a Moscow-supported rebel region in eastern Ukraine, alleged there was a criminal case against the mayor and accused him of “terrorist activities.” However Ukraine's Foreign ministry refuted the claims and said the abduction was a war crime before urging Ukraine's allies to add pressure on Russia in response to the ongoing attacks and the kidnap, reports New York Post.

Russian tank, and is now the proud owner of the vehicle that launches missiles. Throughout Russia's seemingly ill-fated insurgency into Ukraine they have faced many embarrassing losses and comical mishaps which included a farmer who stole one of their tanks.

Ukrainian family whose death sparked a global outcry has been identified as a devoted mum and her two young kids.Tatiana Perebeinis, 43, and her two children Alise, 9, and Nikita, 18, were fatally shelled by Russian forces along with an unknown male while they were being escaping out of the suburb of Irpin in Kyiv.The IT worker had reportedly refused to leave her home in the under-fire capital city because she wanted to look after her mother who has been suffering from Alzheimer's, according to the New York Post.An image of the family laid out over a road drain surrounded by luggage and pet carriers reached the front covers of newspapers around the world, and prompted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to issue an angry vow to kill “every b****d” who had caused their deaths.The tragic loss has left her husband Sergey Perebeinis — who was in Russian-hit Donetsk also tending to his own mother — as the sole surviving member of the family.The Perebeinis family, including Tatiana and the children, had moved from the area afterHe took to Facebook to share pictures and a tribute to his slain family, which read: "He took them all. Tatiana couldn’t make it.

Ukraine's heroic President Volodymyr Zelensky has managed to survive "more than a dozen" assassination attempts since the war began, one of his advisers has claimed.President Zelensky has remained in Ukraine's capital of Kyiv throughout the conflict and has used his time to rally the country's defence against the Russian invasion.However, due to the presence of covert Russian kill squads in the capital, not a day has gone by without the president being in mortal danger.Indeed, the head of the office for the president Mikhail Podolyak has gone on record stating that the president and his family have been the subject of more than a dozen assassination attempts.However, on each occasion, their wannabe killers were "liquidated" thanks to the efforts of a "very powerful network of intelligence and counterintelligence."Speaking to Pravda, he said: "Our foreign partners are talking about two or three attempts. I believe that there were more than a dozen such attempts."Of these attempts, two of which are thought to have been orchestrated by the infamous Wagner Group - a team of cutthroat mercenaries that have infiltrated Kyiv.

Vladimir Putin may be preparing the ground for using chemical and biological warfare in Ukraine after his invasion faltered.

Susanna Reid often gets viewers talking on Good Morning Britain about her latest opinions on events in the news.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky delivered a historic address to the House of Commons this evening, as he was beamed into the chamber via a live link from war-torn Kyiv.

In Ukraine’s darkest hour, Parliament has witnessed a speech that Churchill would have been proud of.

Elon Musk said that there could be 'slight delays' to his company's ambitious Starship project, as SpaceX will now prioritise 'cyber defence' after Russian hackers targeted its Starlink high-speed Internet service. Starlink, which uses low-orbit satellites to beam ultrafast broadband to Earth, was activated in Ukraine after the country's government sent Elon Musk a personal request on Twitter.

A Scots grandad has travelled to Ukraine to join its armed forces and fight against the Russian invasion.

Ukraine is asking NATO to "close the skies" in a bid to end Russia's air attacks.

Baring her nude back for the camera, she displayed the words "F U WAR", which was scrawled across her back in black writing.Plus, in another photo, she wrote the same message just beneath her collar bone, shielding her breasts with her arm to preserve her modesty.Branding the invasion of Ukraine by Russian forces "absolutely disgusting", she also shared photos of herself helping to give out donations to the needy, and implored her 417,000 followers to do the same.Though she is regularly referred to as "the most photographed woman in the world", having graced hundreds of magazine covers around the globe in her career as an international supermodel, her anti-war message has to be the most powerful and thought-provoking photo message she has ever delivered.The set of risqué pictures included Caprice standing beside a staircase, with her back to the camera and her two middle fingers raised defiantly in the air.She pixelated out the gesture, but her feelings were all too clear.Her tousled wet hair trailed down her back, but did not obscure the all important message written across her back - "F U War".The enraged former supermodel had previously taken to Twitter to lament: "Their [sic] is just no justification for the unprovoked attack on an independent state!"This is a reckless threat to world peace !!!"Flooding the post with crying emojis, she added: "My sad heart goes out to the people of Ukraine."Caprice, who used the hashtag #prayingforpeace, also reposted an informative photo of Ukranian president Volodymyr Zelensky, the country's first Jewish president, captioned: "His grandfather fought Nazis in WW2."Many of his relatives were killed in the Holocaust."Meanwhile, Caprice appeared in less glamorous poses - but with the

Ukraine. Russia began their invasion of Ukraine 11 days ago, and according to reports, it is unlikely to cease any time soon.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned that he considers Western sanctions to be akin to a declaration of war against Russia.

Ukrainian forces shooting down a reported Russian helicopter as it goes down into a ball of flames in a field.Ukraine's Armed Forces shared the video on their official account on Saturday (March 5) as they thanked their aerial surveillance team for taking down Vladimir Putin's troops.The 32-second clip shows the combat helicopter flying above the tree lines before a fast-travelling missile with a trail of smoke strikes the vehicle.The impact ends in a huge explosion in the sky as the helicopter being engulfed by plumes of black smokes before crashing onto a field."Glory to Ukraine!" the Facebook post added.Some online viewers speculated the helicopter is a Mi-24 helicopter gunship, which is often being referred as a "flying tank" by Soviet forces.Others said it could be Kamov Ka-50 "Black Shark", also known as "Werewolf" — a Russian single-seat attack helicopter, reported Mirror.Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky recently attacked Nato leaders over their refusal to implement a no-fly zone over the country.Want all the latest shocking news and views from all over the world straight into your inbox?We've got the best royal scoops, crime dramas and breaking stories - all delivered in that Daily Star style you love.Our great newsletters will give you all you need to know, from hard news to that bit of glamour you need every day. They'll drop straight into your inbox and you can unsubscribe whenever you like.You can sign up here - you won't regret it...He also said in a press conference on Friday to ask Vladimir Putin to "sit down" and talk to him "like a man": "Get off our land.

By How do we talk about Olena Zelenska, the comedy writer-turned reluctant president's wife, who has emerged as a figure of defiant patriotism ? “Today I will not have panic and tears. I will be calm and confident,” Zelenska, 44, wrote on Instagram the last Thursday of February, the day Russia launched an unprovoked, full-scale invasion of Ukraine. “My children are looking at me," she .

President Volodymyr Zelensky, Russia has unleashed a band of mercenaries renowned for war atrocities known as the Wagner Group into the conflict.While the world has marvelled at the brave Ukrainian resistance to the Russian invasion, Vladimir Putin has quietly slipped the elite group of killers into the country with President Zelensky their number one target.The shadowy organisation is believed to be owned by Putin's close friend Dmitry Utkin and has served as a private military in many of the world's bloodiest conflicts including Syria and the 2014 Donbas conflict. Perhaps in a bid to hammer home that they're the bad guys, the group's insignia bears a skull in the crosshairs of a gun - nice.

Vladimir Putin's horrifying war on Ukraine have left the world looking on with great concern.

Russia's attack on Ukraine is going 'according to plan' and the violence is set to 'get worse', Vladimir Putin has warned.