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Russia claims Ukraine may detonate a radioactive bomb on its own soil.

Russia on Monday claimed that Ukraine was in the "final stages" of developing a so-called dirty bomb to use against Moscow's forces, allegations Kyiv said were "absurd" and could signal Russia's battlefield plans. The claim from Moscow comes after a string of unexpected and rare calls between Russian Defense Minister…

Ramzan Kadyrov, a Vladimir Putin ally and head of Russia's Chechnya region, said Moscow should consider using a low-yield nuclear weapon in Ukraine after the loss of Lyman

If the Russian president has finally started listening to his military chief, you can bet he’ll soon target all those poorly protected internet cables at the bottom of the sea

Professor Peter Duncan at the UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES) said that Putin was "isolated from reality" and if he attempted to pull the nuclear trigger he would probably be killed

In a televised address earlier this week, the Russian leader appeared to suggest that conflict in Ukraine could spiral into a nuclear crisis - he also announced a partial military mobilisation, with 300,000 reservists set to be called up

Russian military's chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov and his French counterpart, Thierry Burkhard, held a phone call on Thursday and discussed situation in Ukraine and West Africa's Sahel region.

The 'invader's manual' has reportedly been seized by Ukrainian forces and purports to be a how-to guide on what to tell residents of bombed-out communities when they ask about the war

Moscow expert and investigative journalist Christo Grozev says a coup against the Russian leader is now a realistic possibility.