WW2 survivor says Russians are worse than Nazis – 'not even Germans did this to us'

Strictly Come Dancing professional Pasha Kovalev has said his friends are struggling to understand why Russia decided to invade Ukraine.

President Joe Biden, casting the support for Ukraine as the “task of our time,” also issued a message to Russian President Vladimir Putin, that his widely condemned attack on neighboring Ukraine also should spell the end of his grip on power.

Chulpan Khamatova, a leading Russian actress who has also made several international film appearances, has given an interview saying that she has gone into exile in Latvia, following her country’s invasion of Ukraine.

unfolding disaster in Ukraine puts Russian leader Vladimir Putin in very real danger of being deposed in a coup by the security services, according to a Moscow source. Dissident Vladimir Osechkin – who is on Russia’s most-wanted list for his work in exposing abuse in Russia’s prisons – says he has received letters from a source at the heart of the FSB security service, the modern equivalent of the KGB, revealing growing discontent within the agency.

Vladimir Putin has compared himself to Harry Potter author JK Rowling, saying that he was being “cancelled” just as she was, adding that "cancel culture" as the same as Nazis trying to burn books in the 1930s.In a bizarre rant, Putin said Ms Rowling was cancelled "just because she didn’t satisfy the demands of gender rights".Speaking in Russia to a video-call meeting with officials and cultural workers he said: "They are now trying to cancel our country. "I'm talking about the progressive discrimination of everything to do with Russia."There was also a campaign against Russian composers including Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich and Rachmaninov, he added.Comparing “culture warriors” to Nazis lining up to burn books in the 1930s, he said: ”We remember the footage when they were burning books."It is impossible to imagine such a thing in our country and we are insured against this thanks to our culture."And it's inseparable for us from our motherland, from Russia, where there is no place for ethnic intolerance, where for centuries representatives from dozens of ethnic groups have been living together."Stay in the loop with all the latest Daily Star news by signing up for one of our free newsletters here.J.K.

Ukraine has claimed that Russian soldiers have been leaving their dead where they fall to be eaten by dogs. American James Vasquez flew out to the war-torn country earlier this month after pledging his services to the resistance on February 26, two days after the war broke out.Speaking in a short video beneath an American flag, the patriot said it would be an "honour to fight the good fight" against the Russians.After arriving in Warsaw on March 14, Mr Vasquez joined up with the Foreign Legion and appears to have been in the thick of the fighting ever since.

veteran who volunteered to fight off Vladimir Putin's Russian forces in Ukraine has said his experience of war is "nothing like this".Tyler, 30, flew to the war torn country two weeks ago to serve with the International Legion of Defense of Ukraine reports Coffee or Die. Based in Kyiv, the frontline Afghanistan veteran has now seen a taste of what Russia has to offer and says his own experiences with the Taliban pale in comparison. He said: "What I experienced in Afghanistan was nothing like this.

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.

Vladimir Putin says his erratic behaviour during the Ukraine invasion has demonstrated how much he has derailed in the space of a mere few months. Allan Pease, who has been dubbed 'Mr Body Language', says he has known the Russian president for 30 years and described him as a "fast learner".

Russia’s Black Sea Fleet has been shot dead by Ukraine's forces the besieged nation has claimed in yet another significant blow to Vladimir Putin's military.While Kyiv claims to have killed five army generals, first rank captain Andrey Paliy, 51, is the only senior naval officer allegedly killed in the war in Ukraine.His death came as Russia claimed to have hit a training facility for foreign fighters killing more than 100 special forces personnel and non-Ukrainian mercenaries.Konstantin Tsarenko, secretary of the public council of the Sevastopol Nakhimov Naval School and friend to Paliy, has appeared to confirm the officer's death, although it has not been officially acknowledged by Moscow.However, the exact circumstances of his reported death are not known, but one account said that the naval officer had been involved with Russian marine attacks near Mariupol.Paliy was born in Kyiv and in 1993 refused to take the Ukrainian military oath, instead serving in the Russian Northern Fleet.He had earlier served on the Russian nuclear missile cruiser "Peter the Great”, and as the deputy head of the Russian naval academy in Sevastopol, in annexed Crimea.Ukrainian official Anton Gerashchenko claimed Paliy’s death early today without giving further details.Russia again today used hypersonic Kinzhal missiles on “military targets” in Ukraine, according to the defence ministry in Moscow.“A Kinzhal attack on a fuel and lubricants base from which fuel for Ukrainian armoured vehicles was supplied was launched from the airspace over Crimea,” said a statement.High-precision airborne missiles also struck a training centre for “foreign mercenaries” near the village of Ovruch, in Zhytomyr Region, claimed then Russians.The type of missile

Russia and Vladimir Putin hemorrhages Western friends, they may be forced to turn to China and sell off assets after being crippled by a series of sanctions by European nations. This would render Russia, in effect, “China’s colony," claims Harry Kazianis, an expert on US foreign policy and national security issues involving China.

Actor and former boxer Mickey Rourke is speaking out about the Russia-Ukraine war, calling it a "nightmare kind of scenario" in an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital, and noting he prays to God that Russian President Vladimir Putin puts an end to it.  "I had the time of my life," Rourke told Fox News Digital of visiting the country four years ago for a professional fight. "The people couldn't have been nicer, more polite, more respectful." While he was there, Rourke said he met with Putin. "He took us to a very famous museum in St.

Ukrainians have been praised for their impeccable sense of humour as they ask for 'red caviar' from Russian troops allegedly trying to bribe them with food.Bizarre footage of Russian troops trying to persuade Ukrainian people to switch sides with food rations to get them to turn over to their side was originally posted to TikTok before it began circulating on Reddit.The video shows Russian troops walking through the streets, trying to hand out bags of food to people who are standing mocking them with what has been described as "priceless humour".Reddit user u/Tupreoram wrote: "Humor of Ukrainians these days is priceless."In temporally occupied Kherson Russian military is trying to bribe people with their food handouts and turn them to their side."They got an answer: “If it’s red caviar, I will take. I do not agree with something else.”However, the video also angered other social media users as they claim Vladimir Putin is using a classic 'hearts and minds' tactic to win over Ukrainian civilians.One user said: "They try to make it look that they care about people they shoot at."Another added: "It's classic hearts and minds tactics to try and hold captured territory."A third said: "I wonder if it’s the same food they stole from the Ukrainians waiting in line who were shot unarmed?"A fourth wrote: "I would not be surprised if the food was looted from local grocery stores."To stay up to date with all the latest news, make sure you sign up for one of our newsletters here. The news comes after Russia proposed a local replacement for fast food giants McDonald's - and social media users have ruthlessly mocked its new logo.

An Arnold Schwarzenegger video message to the Russian people already has garnered more than 4.3 million views on Twitter, as the former California governor says that he is telling them the truth about Vladimir Putin’s “illegal war.”

Vladimir Putin are crumbling – but this time it's those INSIDE Russia who are pulling away from him. Top Russian separatist leader Bolaen Sires, who describes himself as the leader of the Erzyas people of Mordovia has issued a plea for Russians to turn on their home country and sabotage attempts to further the invasion into Ukraine.

cancelled a series of shows in Moscow and St. Petersburg in protest against the war last month – held a live-streamed concert in Istanbul on Tuesday (March 15) in a bid to raise money for Ukrainian refugees.At one point, Oxxxymiron – real name Miron Yanovich Fyodorov – paused the performance to make a plea to those Russian people who are in favour of the action being taken by President Vladimir Putin.Jonny Tickle, an English journalist who is based in Moscow, subsequently shared a clip of the moment along with an English language translation of the rapper’s speech.“It seems to me – rather, I’m sure – that the people who are for this war are in fact against this war,” Oxxxymiron began.

The first Ukrainian refugees fleeing Vladimir Putin's bloody war of aggression could arrive in Scotland as soon as this weekend, Nicola Sturgeon has announced.

WHEN the coronavirus pandemic first engulfed the world with its soul-crushing, life-ravaging force, I mistakenly assumed the world’s more self-obsessed celebrities would take a much-needed time out from their constant virtue-signalling, dumb antics and narcissistic me-me-me cravings for attention. Of course, I was labouring under a massive misapprehension.

Chelsea and claiming that the club "don't understand the seriousness" of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

A former British sniper who joined the fight in Ukraine against Russian invaders says President Volodymyr Zelenzky’s forces are defending their country like the “Taliban on steroids”.

Uri Geller has warned Vladimir Putin to beware the Ides of March in case he is bumped off by his own men like his lookalike Julius Caesar.On March 15 44BC the Roman emperor was stabbed to death in a plot involving 60 senators fearing he had become a tyrannical dictator.Spoon-bender Uri, 75, spotted how the modern-day Russian president - who intelligence sources believe could be suffering from a brain disorder - closely resembles ancient images of Caesar.He tweeted: "Friends - these 5 images show accurate depictions of the Roman ruler Julius Caesar. Do they remind you of anyone?"Tomorrow is March 15th - the date the Romans called the Ides of March.