Video showed a fire purportedly on a vessel in Sevastopol’s Sukharnaya Bay after explosions were heard in the annexed Crimean naval port.

EXCLUSIVE: Ben Stimson, 48, (pictured) travelled to war-torn Donetsk to take up arms for Putin’s marauding forces.

Vladimir Putin has tried to spin Friday’s mass killing on the outskirts of Moscow, which left 139 people dead, in his favour by claiming Volodymyr Zelensky had orchestrated it.

MailOnline explores the dark reality of Russia’s prison system and recaps heinous torture methods used by guards and fellow inmates alike to physically and psychologically break their prey.

Navalny died in the IK-3 penal colony, also known as Polar Wolf, in the settlement of Kharp in the Yamal-Nenets Region of Russia , around 1,200 miles from Moscow

Germany’s leader said he wouldn’t deliver long-range missiles as it would require German troops to assist on the ground, arguing that following the UK’s lead would make Germany a ‘participant in the war’

He is the sixth person to be charged as part of an investigation into a suspected espionage plot, after five others were accused of carrying out surveillance for Vladimir Putin ‘s regime.

The royal, 46, looked solemn as she walked into the Royal Chapel in Stockholm with King Carl Gustav, Queen Silvia and her husband Prince Daniel.

The King has praised the “determination and strength” of the Ukrainian people in a message marking the second anniversary of Russia’s invasion.

Video posted by a Russian news agency shows 33-year-old Ksenia Karelina being led into a courtroom in handcuffs with her face blurred.