The Russian onslaught employed 400 drones.

The German chancellor has warned Putin poses a long term threat to the whole of Europe and not just Ukraine.

Vladimir Putin’s soldiers on the frontline in Ukraine have been ‘poisoned by bottled water’ in a suspected ‘sabotage operation’, it has been alleged.

Russian troops suffered ‘seizures and loss of consciousness,’ reports on pro-war Telegram channels claim.

At least four men died after drinking bottled water delivered as part of a humanitarian aid parcel.

Multiple others are reported to be in a serious condition and fighting for their lives.

Footage circulating on social media shows soldiers writhing in pain after drinking from the ‘spiked’ bottles, as a military medic sought to assist the moaning victims.

In one video a voice is heard saying: ‘He is so unwell.’

The soldier is asked, ‘Have you taken some water on the way?’, but he is not able to respond.

The alleged poisoning happened in the settlement of Panteleimonivka, in the Donetsk region, where Russian forces have been pressing with their advances.

The brand was called ‘Our Water’, and it reportedly came from Simferopol, capital of Russia-occupied Crimea. 

An investigation is underway into the reported poisoning as war channels have flashed warnings to other troops not to touch the suspect water.

Pro-Kremlin Tsargrad media reported: ‘The situation requires a thorough investigation – who supplied the water, how it got to the front line, and who could have poisoned it? 

‘One thing is clear – soldiers should be extremely careful with any drinks.’

Military-linked channels suspected a ‘Ukrainian sabotage operation’, but there was no clear evidence of this.

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Two young British men were onboard the jet when it was shot down by Russian-backed rebels over Ukraine.

US President Donald Trump defended the 50-day deadline he gave to Russia to agree to a ceasefire deal.

The superstar had a defiant message on the road to Wembley.

‘I quickly jumped out of there. My husband picked him up – but he was already dead.’

President Donald Trump said he is very unhappy with Russian President Vladimir Putin

The revelation came just before Starmer and Macron signed a historic new defence relationship.

Two women, a 68-year-old and a 22-year-old police corporal, were killed during Putin’s latest onslaught against Ukraine.

‘He thought I was crazy… we never had a problem.’

‘Polish and allied aviation has begun operating in Polish airspace.’

‘Polish and allied aviation has begun operating in Polish airspace.’

President Donald Trump said his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin’s ‘nice’ persona is ‘meaningless’

Five men have been convicted for their involvement in a Russian-ordered arson attack on a London warehouse full of supplies destined for Ukraine.

‘But they are getting hit very very hard. So many people are dying in that mess.’

A gun previously presented to Roman Starovoit as an official gift was reportedly found next to his body.

Ben ‘Budgie’ Burgess had spent three years fighting for Ukraine.

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The attack targete dregions across Ukraine.

Vladimir Putin has lost four warplanes worth £37 million each despite stepping up their defences after Ukraine’s Operation Spiderweb.

A pair of Su-34 fighters were destroyed and two more damaged after an attack on on Marinovka military airfield in Volgograd.

Ukraine used long range drones to fly more than 200 miles to inflict the latest £148 million blow to Putin’s aerial firepower.

It came less than a month after Russia supposedly tightened its military air base security after 40-plus strategic bombers and spy planes were hit in Ukraine’s Operation Spiderweb.

Russia responded by hitting Ukrainian civilians with a strike on a 21-storey residential block in Odesa, killing a married couple and leaving at least 14 others wounded including children aged three and seven.

Furious Russian military analysts confirmed the damage to the Su-34 multi-role fighters used on the frontline for bombing missions against Ukraine, including dropping guided aerial bombs.

The latest attack was admitted by  pro-war Russian Telegram channel Fighterbomber which raged that the hit ‘could and should have been prevented’.

‘There is no point in commenting on Marinovka….and it would be nice if not only the [Ukrainians] were held accountable….otherwise, it will continue like this.’

The channel expressed fury at the ‘multi-billion dollar’ losses Putin’s forces are suffering.

Ukraine’s SBU security service said: ‘The Ukrainian Special Operations Forces and the SBU used long-range drones to attack Russian fighter jets.

‘The attack also caused a fire in the technical and operational part of the enemy airfield, which is a critical infrastructure for a military facility.

‘This is where the enemy prepares aircraft for flights, carries out their routine maintenance and repair work.’

Ukraine staged the successful strike despite Russia reportedly boosting security around its key air bases.

The Su-34s are the backbone of Russia’s tactical strike aviation.

In Operation Spiderweb drones were launched from trucks positioned close to at least four Russian airfields.

In Odessa, fire swept through a residential building after the Russia strike.

The bodies of a  married couple – sleeping when Putin’s forces struck – were pulled from the rubble.

At least 14 were wounded in the strike, with dozens evacuated.

Putin has repeatedly targeted civilians in a sign that he has no intention of seeking peace and intends to carry on with his bid to invade and subjugate Ukraine.

‘A couple was killed – their bodies were pulled from the rubble of a damaged apartment building,’ said Ukraine’s national police.

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Russia has mocked Nato’s jump in defence spending, branding it ‘political masochism’.

As foreign minister Sergey Lavrov put it, the 5% rise – which Donald Trump hailed a ‘big win for Europe and… Western civilisation’ – is the ‘talk of the town’.

But the Russian official did not seem impressed, instead telling reporters: ‘The growth of military spending in Nato to 5% will not have consequences for Russian policy.’

He added: ‘You see, this is political masochism. At its core lies the frenzied attitude of some leaders that Russia wants and will always pursue its own interests…

‘They want to push us to the backwaters of world politics and surround it with Nato bases, but this will not happen.’

The Kremlin has previously accused Nato of being on a path of rampant militarisation and portraying Russia as a ‘fiend of hell’ to justify its major increase in defence spending.

Allies agreed to raise their collective spending goal over the next decade, citing what they called the long-term threat posed by Russia and the need to strengthen the civil and military resilience.

The commitment to raise defence spending involves at least 3.5% of each member state’s GDP on core defence expenditure by 2035, plus up to 1.5% on a broadly defined series of investments loosely connected to security infrastructure.

It represents hundreds of billions of pounds a year from the current goal of 2% of GDP.

The additional spending will be a tall order for European nations, many of which have strained finances.

Leaders also reaffirmed the ‘ironclad commitment’ to the principle that a strike on one Nato member would lead to a response from the full alliance.

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