The Russian onslaught employed 400 drones.

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

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 Russian boxer has sparked anger after she gave her vape to an orangutan at a safari park.

Anastasia Luchkina, a 24-year-old who has represented Russia at international level before turning professional last month, filmed herself giving her e-cigarette to Dana, a 10-year-old female orangutan who lives at Taigan safari park in Crimea.

In the video, Luchkina can be seen puffing on a pink vape and blowing out vapor before holding it to Dana’s lips through one of the holes in the enclosure.

The orangutan puffed on the vape before blowing out a plume of vapor. Luchkina then repeated this on multiple occasions before Dana could be seen swallowing the tip of the vape.

The safari park’s veterinarian, Vasily Piskovoy, has since revealed that Dana has become ill from the vape.

‘While smoking, Dana took the cap off the vape and put it in her mouth,’ Piskovoy said.

‘I’m worried that Dana might swallow the cap, because this plastic can cause intestinal blockage and vomiting.

‘Today, she’s already eating poorly, feeling unwell, and sleeping all day.

‘If there is an intestinal blockage, then all responsibility will fall on the shoulders of this girl. Danochka is like a child. She will put everything in her mouth, and God forbid, she might swallow it.

‘This is very dangerous. It is not so dangerous that she smoked, although this is also very bad, as it is dangerous if she swallowed this cap, then, God forbid, Dana will have to be operated on.’

The safari park’s press secretary, Tatyana Aleksagina, revealed that Dana lives alone in her enclosure.

‘This is clearly intentional cruelty to an animal. She knew exactly what she was doing and definitely harmed the animal. This is a crime,’ Aleksagina said.

‘Moreover, there are only a few orangutans in Russia now. Because of the sanctions, no one can bring them, and they practically do not reproduce in captivity, unlike chimpanzees. Orangutans live alone.

‘Rarely in a zoo, except perhaps in Moscow, is there both a male and a female. We have been looking for a mate for Dana for five years now.’

Luchinka’s coach, Vladimir Akatov, told TASS that she is now facing ‘expulsion’ from the sport over the incident.

‘She doesn’t smoke, and this is such a foolish thing,’ Akatov said.

‘An adult, 24 years old, a member of the national team. It’s clear that we will discuss this episode.’

A statement from the Russian Boxing Federation read: ‘The Russian Boxing Federation is against smoking and calls for careful treatment of animals. This incident will be taken under control of the disciplinary and ethical commission, which will apply sanctions provided for by the code of ethics.

‘By committing such acts, an athlete not only desecrates their own honor, but also undermines the authority of other athletes, the coaching staff and everyone who puts their efforts into the champion’s path every day.

‘Being an athlete is not only about medals and honors, but also about decent behavior in any life situations and being an example to follow.’

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

The attack targete dregions across Ukraine.

The attack targete dregions across Ukraine.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky praised US President Donald Trump for airstrikes on Iran’s nuclear sites.

The UK needs to ‘actively prepare’ for potential direct attacks on home soil, a major government security review warns.

Growing tensions in regions from the Middle East to the India-Pakistan and Ukraine-Russia borders require a ‘major cultural shift’ from the government, according to the National Security Strategy (NSS) published today.

It says: ‘Significant escalation in any of these theatres would have a profoundly negative impact on our energy security, the cost of living and our ability to grow our economy.’

Written by John Bew, a historian who served as chief Foreign Policy Advisor to several British Prime Ministers, the report sets out plans for facing the challenges posed by an increasingly unstable world.

At its heart is the decision announced by Sir Keir Starmer today, to further boost the UK’s spending on national security over the next ten years until it hits 5% of GDP.

His announcement came on the first full day of a Nato conference in the Netherlands, which focused on a renewed commitment to greater spending.

The PM described the move as a response to an ‘era of radical uncertainty’, saying: ‘This is an opportunity to deepen our commitment to Nato and drive greater investment in the nation’s wider security and resilience.’

That era of uncertainty is outlined in sobering detail in the strategy report.

It explains that some of the UK’s adversaries are ‘laying the foundations for future conflict’ by putting themselves in a position to ’cause major disruption to our energy and/or supply chains.’

The report says: ‘For the first time in many years, we have to actively prepare for the possibility of the UK homeland coming under direct threat, potentially in a wartime scenario.’

Additionally, it describes the potential challenges posed by the effects of climate change, including ‘potential ecosystem collapse’, ‘threats to human health’, and ‘competition for basic resources, including food and water’.

The UK may need to become more selfish in a world where there is a ‘more transactional approach on migration, defence, trade, energy, technology and raw materials’, the strategy adds.

It reads: ‘NSS 2025 therefore signals the need for a major cultural shift in government to help us navigate the new era in which we find ourselves.

‘We will need to be more unapologetic and systematic in pursuit of our national interests. These interests will be defined as the long-term security and social and economic wellbeing of the British people.’

The report was published shortly after a statement from Cabinet Office minister Pat McFadden in the House of Commons, where he said the government needed to ‘face the facts as they are’.

He said: ‘Nato’s member countries meet at a time when the security situation is more in flux than at any time in a generation.

‘A time when Ukraine is in its fourth year of resisting Russia’s invasion, a time when we in Europe are being asked to do more to secure our own defences, a time when security can no longer be thought of just as the traditional realms of air, sea and land, but also of technology, of cyber, of the strength of our democratic society.

‘And as we’ve seen in recent days, it’s been a time of renewed military action in the Middle East, with Israel and the United States acting to try to stop Iran developing a nuclear bomb.’

Questions remain about the funding of Starmer’s commitment to boost national security spending to 5% of GDP.

The government said that would be made up of 1.5% going towards general ‘resilience and security’ and 3.5% towards specific defence, an increase of 0.5% from a commitment the PM made in February.

Achieving that ambition could require heavy cuts to other areas of government spending, and Starmer today said his government would not need to increase taxes to fund it.

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‘Where the foot of a Russian soldier steps, that is ours.’

‘Where the foot of a Russian soldier steps, that is ours.’

This is the extraordinary moment a wing fell off a Russian Su-25 during a frontline mission.

War footage captured the second the £15 million attack jet crashed after flying in a pair over Ukraine’s Donetsk region.

The pilot miraculously cheated death by ejecting before his aircraft fell to the ground.

His doomed warplane is seen banking sharply before falling out of the sky and crash diving into a field.

At first it appeared the Su-25 had been shot down – possibly by ‘friendly fire’, an unguided missile, from its partner plane, a claim made by the Ukrainian media.

The footage shows heat trap flares and possible missiles from the Su-25s.

Ukraine’s Military media outlet ruled out both friendly fire and an exploding missile on the distressed aircraft.

Yet experts on both sides now believe the aircraft’s downing near Soledar could be related to Vladimir Putin’s use of ageing war planes, with some Russian jets 40 years old or more.

While flames and white smoke are seen rising from the aircraft, there is no giant explosion, which would be expected if there was a direct missile hit.

The right wing is seen falling from the stricken aircraft – and the pilot’s parachute is visible after ejecting.

The pilot was reportedly rescued by Russian ground forces while under fire from Ukrainian drones.

He was then evacuated from the crash site by a Mi-8 helicopter.

‘The pilot is in the hospital with a broken arm,’ reported Russian Telegram channel Fighterbomber.

‘A commission will investigate what went wrong and determine who is to blame.’

The same source said that ‘destruction of the wing’ was the cause.

Ukraine has neither officially claimed to have shot down the plane, nor taunted Russia over another friendly fire incident.

The visible ‘missiles’ may be unignited heat trap flares designed to distract heat-seeking missiles away from the aircraft’s engines, according to some sources.

‘The third possible reason is a defect in the aircraft’s power structure that arose due to prolonged intensive use of the aircraft in combat operations or a manufacturing defect,’ said the channel.

‘This hypothesis is supported by the fact that the wing broke off at the moment of the turn, when it is subjected to the greatest loads.

‘Another indirect confirmation may be that the operation of Russian attack aircraft, whose average age reaches 40 years, is associated with a significant number of emergency situations.’

The theory was backed by Ukrainian war analyst Yury Butusov, who said: ‘At first it seems that it was shot down by its own pilot, the pilot of another aircraft.

‘However, when viewed in slow motion, one can conclude that the Su-25’s wing failed due to excessive overload and exhaustion of the attack aircraft’s resources.’

The Su-25 is a Soviet-designed close-air support aircraft developed by Sukhoi in the late 1970s.

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Volodymyr Zelensky rejected Donald Trump’s remark that he and Vladimir Putin are like ‘two young children fighting like crazy’.

‘This kind of attack involves, of course, provision of very high technology, so-called geo-spatial data, which can only be done by those who have it in possession. And this is London and Washington.’

President Donald Trump admitted his call with Russian President Vladimir Putin ‘will not lead to immediate peace’ with Ukraine.