Ukrainians strengthen resolve against Russian invasion with small acts of resistance and beauty

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Ukraine is seemingly music to the ears of one sick Russian TV presenter who "danced on the balcony" celebrating the attacks.Anton Krasovsky, director of broadcasting for the state-funded RT channel, posted a video of himself dancing on his balcony while the strikes were taking place on Monday (Monday 10).Uploading the video on Telegram with Krasovksy still in his pyjamas, said he was beyond happy at the missile strikes targeting Ukraine.READ MORE: Kremlin 'normalising' use of nukes so Russians aren't shocked when they're unleashedAccording to Andrey Kartapolov, State Duma Defense Committee's Head, the explosion that rocked the Crimean bridge last week was a blatant attack against one of the symbols of “Russia’s pride".According to Kartapolov, another piece of national pride was the sunken warship Moskva as Russian President Vladimir Putin now stands alone as the last remnant of Russian pride throughout the war.Kartapolov has urged Russians to unite behind the 70-year-old despot while Konstantin Dolgov, the former Russian commissioner for human rights, called the retaliatory strikes justified.He added that he believed all of Ukraine’s infrastructure should now be considered military targets that the Russian forces should look to destroy.To stay up to date with all the latest news, make sure you sign up to one of our newsletters here.Andrey Isayev, member of Russia's State Duma, insisted that the recent strikes has lifted the mood of the Russian citizens following a series of strategic defeats.He said: “It’s absolutely clear that the citizens support the decisive actions of the president and the mood of many has improved.”Konstantin Zatulin, first deputy chairman of the committee of the State Duma for the CIS and relations

LGBTQ Nation.Addressing “all the citizens of Russia,” he said, “Do we want to have, here, in our country, in Russia, parent number one, number two, number three instead of mom and dad? Have they gone mad out there? Do we really want perversions that lead to degradation and extinction to be imposed on children in our schools from the primary grades? To be drummed into them that there are various supposed genders besides women and men, and to be offered a sex change operation? Do we want all this for our country and our children?”Putin’s remarks were a well-timed attempt to blunt criticism from the West of elections, held in Russian-sympathetic territories in eastern Ukraine, in which voters allegedly chose to secede from Ukraine and join Russia.

lion at a wildlife centre in Kyiv was injured during a recent round of Russian shelling in the Ukrainian capital. On Monday (October 10) Vladimir Putin unleashed another wave of attacks on Ukrainian cities - many of which hadn't been bombed in months - following the explosion on Kerch Bridge in Crimea over the weekend.

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.

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.

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.

Russia's despotic President Vladimir Putin turns 70 today (October 7), and the world is reflecting upon the madness unleashed by the murderous loon during his reign in charge of the country. So we've decided to have a look back at his seven most disgusting, horrendous and evil acts – starting with his current, ongoing war in Ukraine.

China still has much to gain from its current relationship with Russia even as the invasion of Ukraine drags on, turning Russia into an international pariah and threatening to rub off on China’s reputation as well.  "China has, in effect, doubled down on its support for the Putin war effort, and we saw this, for instance, last month when China's third rank leader went to Moscow, spoke to the State Duma, and in very clear terms, expressed Beijing's support for Russia," Gordon Change, author of "The Coming Collapse of China," told Fox News Digital.  "Then, [we] see Jinping himself when he was in Uzbekistan for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit, actually confirmed that endorsement," Chang added. "The only conclusion that we can come to is that Beijing is not backing away from Russia."  The China and Russia dynamic has remained a troubling one for the United States since even before the invasion of Ukraine started in March 2022.

Elon Musk's SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket carrying a crew of four astronauts to the International Space Station and included a Russian cosmonaut among its crew.The launch is the first mission of its kind to be commanded by a female astronaut.NASA astronaut Nicole Aunapu Mann, who is also the first Native American woman to travel into Earth orbit is the first woman to command one of Musk's SpaceX craft.Also in the capsule are Nicole’s NASA colleague Josh Cassada, Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata; and Anna Kikina, a Roscomos cosmonaut who joined this mission as part of a US-Russian ride-sharing agreement.READ MORE: Russia shows off model of new space station to replace its involvement in the ISSNASA webcast of the launch showed the two-stage, 230-foot Falcon 9 being lifted into orbit by its nine Merlin engines.Mission Control wished the crew "Godspeed, Endurance," and mission commander Mann replied, "Awesome, Falcon team.

Ukrainians are literally planning to go out with a bang in the event of a nuclear attack on their country.That is the number of people who have signed up to an online invitation on the Telegram messaging service to join in an orgy on a hill outside Kyiv if Vladimir Putin reaches for the red button.The mass sex party would take place at Shchekavystsa and those attending would be invited to decorate their hands with stripes to denote their nookie preferences - three stripes would be for anal sex enthusiasts and four stripes for oral sex fans.READ MORE: US and South Korea launch four missiles in response to North Korea but one failsOrganisers have also posted the following claim online: "They say that all the apartments with a view of Shchekavystsa have for some reason disappeared from real estate sites."Explaining how the plan epitomises the Ukrainian spirit, a local woman told Radio Free Europe: "It’s the opposite of despair. Even in the worst-case scenario, people will look for something good.

UFC fighter Khamzat Chimaev faces a tough challenge to leave Russia as the country recruits soldiers to join their war effort in the Ukraine. Chimaev was born in Russia but emigrated with his mother and brother to Sweden when he was aged 18.

Marina Ovsyannikova, the Russian TV news producer who staged an anti-war protest live on state TV last March, has escaped house arrest according to multiple reports. It’s unclear how Ovsyannikova slipped away or where she went, but she apparently has her 11-year-old daughter in tow.