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Russia ‘attacks Chinese ship’ & Ukraine hits Moscow in biggest strike of 2026

Day 1,544.Today, after Ukraine unleashes a sweeping wave of retaliatory strikes in response to last week’s Russian attacks – shutting down Moscow airports, damaging naval assets, and sending huge fireballs into the sky above Russian oil infrastructure – the Kremlin signals it may ...  Show more

Exclusive: ‘Putin won’t last’ – Russian agent who fled Moscow in a dead cow

Day 1,541.Today, after the two days of near continuous strikes against Ukraine with over 1,600 drones and missiles fired on the country – with at least 12 killed by a single projectile – we hear the latest round of American withdrawals of thousands of troops from Europe, and a so ...  Show more

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