'We carried our beloved dog from Ukraine to Poland - we couldn't leave her behind'

villa and favourite spot of Russian President Vladimir Putin's daughter has had Ukrainian flags painted all over it.Katerina Tikhonova's luxury bolthole is located in Biarritz, in the sunny south of France, and boasts eight bedrooms and three bathrooms.The property is actually currently owned by Kirill Shamalov, Tikhonova's ex-husband. The image of the villa's front gate having been vandalised was posted on Reddit to the r/ukraine thread where internet users have been sharing updates about the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine. The image shows 10 blue and yellow Ukrainian flags painted across a locked entrance, with the luxury gaff's tall spire visible in the background.Tikhonova, 35 and Putin's second daughter, is thought to be a billionaire, so she could quite easily cover the cleaning up bill.

Russia will spark a nuclear war following the invasion against Ukraine. The Boeing 747 Nightwatch aircraft is currently circling an area north of Cambridge following its take off from Washington, according to Flight Radar 24.The plane, which is worth £150 million, has been made to hold out against the electromagnetic pulse from a catastrophic blast and can stay in the air for days.Since the 70s, Washington has preserved a fleet of Nightwatch command-and-control Boeing 747 E4-B, with the sole aim of supplying an airborne base during a nuclear war.The aircraft, which was designed in the cold war, is also known as the "Flying Pentagon".

Vladimir Putin is conducting a witch-hunt inside his inner circle to root out the `guilty men’ behind his bungled Ukraine invasion. Sources claim the Russian president is `incandescent’ the US and UK discovered details of his military plans which were passed onto Ukrainians.That is seen as the reason why five leading Russian generals and a top naval officer have been killed in fighting.Mr Putin is said to have grown wary of his defence minister Sergei Shoigu - a close ally and holiday pal - who is in overall charge of the invasion.His public appearances have been curtailed in the past week while his daughter Ksenia, 31, was seen posing in the blue and yellow colours of the Ukrainian flag.Putin has been dismissive in private of long-time ally Alexander Bortnikov - FSB security service head - and snapped in meetings at Valery Gerasimov, chief of the Russian general staff.Bortnikov has been spoken of as a stand-in leader should Putin fall in a coup.Another reported target of presidential rage is Igor Kostyukov, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed forces, who faces imminent removal.Putin has also publicly humiliated SVR foreign intelligence chief Sergey Naryshkin.

Chelsea fans can now buy tickets for their away clash with Manchester United in May after the British government updated sanctions put upon owner Roman Abramovich.

forces continue to attack Ukraine, spared no expense on his alleged $700 million superyacht, which comes complete with its own dance floor — and even golden toilet paper holders. Rumors that the boat belonged to him have been swirling since its construction; however, anti-Kremlin activists recently claimed that it is indeed Putin’s.“It’s like a mini city,” an unnamed worker reportedly involved in its construction told the Sun of the 495-foot luxury vessel, which is moored in Marina di Carrara in Italy.

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Vladimir Putin’s Russian thugs have reportedly destroyed a lab at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant which processed radioactive waste.Russian troops seized Chernobyl – the site where the world’s worst nuclear disaster took place in 1986 – in the early days of the war. Now the State Agency of Ukraine for Exclusion Zone Management says the occupiers have damaged the Central Analytical Laboratory which processed radioactive waste, the Daily Mirror reports.

Russian President Vladimir Putin faces a war crime investigation similar to the Nazi Nuremberg trial. Since Putin’s bloody invasion of Ukraine last month, international condemnation of the tyrannical despot has been rife with 1.3 million people from around the world now making their voice heard.

Vladimir Putin’s forces and whisked away to Russia. According to Ukraine's foreign ministry, nearly 2,400 children have been forcibly transported over the border from the disputed eastern territories of Donetsk and Luhansk in what it called a “gross violation of international law”.

Vladimir Putin's troops a "bully" and said they are "worse than Nazis" as he claimed the soldiers were killing civilians in his hometown.Viktor, from Posad-Pokrovske, Kherson Oblast in southern Ukraine, sat with other villagers on the final bus out of the town as they headed towards the city of Mykolaiv.The group has been shielding in the bunkers as Russian forces invades the city with heavy shellings and bombardments.The village of Posad-Pokrovske was littered with cluster munitions and the village's gas main burst when rockets rained down on their roofs.The place is no longer fit for people to live after two weeks of intense bombardments.Viktor told CNN from inside the van: "I remember how the Germans attacked us. They didn't mess with us like this."They didn't bully people."Another pensioner, Vitali, who also lives in the town, weeps and says: "Civilians...they [the Russians] killed all the civilians."These are bastards, reptiles, parasites."They don't fight troops, they fight people - worse than the fascists."This came after Putin's pal made a chilling warning to Europe that Russia will use nuclear missiles – if NATO exerts its influence in Ukraine.Sergey Mikheev appeared on state-owned TV channel Russia-1 and said how NATO's support to Ukraine could lead to an unstoppable nuclear war."Brave Poles, there will be nothing left from your Warsaw in 30 seconds," he said.“It seems to me that countries, as we call them, Lithuania and Poland, behave too boldly.

Russia's president Vladimir Putin.Measuring a staggering 459ft, and containing more luxuries than most five star hotels, the yacht has been seized by Italian officials.But it's the name of the yacht which has raised a few eyebrows.Called Scheherazade, the origin can be traced by to a a collection of stories penned in Asia known as One Thousand and One Nights, with hints of the classic Brothers Grimm tales. According to the stories, Scheherazade was the daughter of a powerful leader centuries ago – strap in, because this story has more turns than an EastEnders Christmas special..

Elon Musk has claimed he is ready to fight Vladimir Putin in a sumo wrestling match to stop the invasion of Ukraine. The Tesla CEO bizarrely called out the Russian President for a fight earlier this month following his brutal attacks and invasion of the eastern European country.Musk took to Twitter to announce his challenge to Putin writing: "I hereby challenge Владимир Путин [Vladimir Putin] to single combat."Adding: "Stakes are Україна [Ukraine]."One user asked Musk, in Russian, if he would be "surprised" if the Russian leader accepted the challenge, to which he replied: "It would be an honour".But now Elon has raised his bizarre violent offering and shared a photo of him sumo wrestling.

Russian officer to lose his life in Ukraine as the country suffers its biggest loss of military leaders since the end of the Second World War. According to an as-yet unconfirmed report from the Ukrainian armed forces, Colonel Sharov died outside Mariupol – where some of the bloodiest fighting of the war has taken place.Sharov, commander of the the 810th Guards Separate Order of Zhukov Brigade in the Russian Marines, is the fifth colonel and the fifteenth senior Russian officer to lose his life since fighting began 27 days ago.Russia has not updated its casualty figures since March 2, when an official statement said that 498 servicemen had been killed and 1,597 wounded.

Poland are ready to rest star man Robert Lewandowski for Thursday's friendly against Scotland.

Russian leader Vladimir Putin is reportedly the secret owner of a £532million 'superyacht' — but its toilet roll holders might leave some feeling a bit seasick.The Scheherazade yacht is 140 metres (153 yards) long and consists of six-deck floors, with these described as resembling two blocks of luxury flats on top of each other.Elsewhere on the boat are two helipads, a swimming pool, a spa complex, a beauty salon, huge living rooms and royal cabins.It even has a set of gold toilet roll holders reminiscent of the interior decor of Trump Towers, and an alleged 'judo gym' for the black belt enthusiast Russian leader. A worker who was involved in the construction of the vessel told The Sun: “Every surface is marble or gold.

Russian troops are planting child-killing landmines that look like toys across Ukraine in a bid to keep control of seized territory. Military experts say Ukrainian armed forces have not just repelled Vladimir Putin’s invaders but are pushing them back.

Vladimir Putin’s glam daughter’s marriage has reportedly collapsed as the Russo-Ukrainian war rumbles on. Dr Maria Vorontsova, 36, is an expert in rare genetic diseases in children and was married up until recently to Dutch businessman Jorrit Faassen. However, according to exiled Russian editor of The Insider, Roman Dobrokhotov, the couple have now split up.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has survived yet another assassination attempt after police apprehended a Russian death squad sent by Vladimir Putin.

President Vladimir Putin may be having a hard time in his invasion of Ukraine, but could yet call on some of the most fearsome shock troops in the world to turn the tide in his favour - Russia's elite and bloodthirsty Spetsnaz units. The Spetnaz are Russia's special forces and are currently numbered at around 15,000 split between army and naval units.

Vladimir Putin is attempting to flex his military power in Ukraine, and despite tough resistance from Russia's neighbours, people around the world have their eyes fixed on the invading country's plans of domination.Nowhere else in the world symbolises Putin's might quite like the Kremlin – an immense citadel in the heart of Moscow.And built in 1495, the Kremlin has for half a millennia been inextricably linked to power in Russia.The central Grand Kremlin Palace is the former residence of the Tsars who used to rule the country before the communist Soviet regime. Now occupying 70 hectares, the Kremlin is packed with five opulent palaces, four sumptuous cathedrals, an impressive armoury and the President’s private chambers.The meaning of the word “Kremlin” is "a fortress, a citadel inside a city", and its name corresponds to its appearance.

Staind‘s Aaron Lewis shared right wing conspiracy theories about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine during an onstage rant last week (March 17).While playing a solo show, Lewis seemingly backed a baseless argument that Russian President Vladimir Putin is invading Ukraine in order to dismantle the so-called ‘Deep State’ – a clandestine government sect formed to undermine former President Donald Trump.“So, I’m not gonna go into some big get-myself-in-trouble dissertation. All I’m gonna say is this: question everything. Everything that they’re telling you right now is a lie.