Modern battle tanks are weapons of shock and awe. They are best used manoeuvring around the battlefield at speeds of up to 50mph and delivering devastatingly accurate strikes with their 120mm cannons. But in Ukraine they have been deployed on the frontline more as mobile pillboxes or as 60-ton sniper rifles. This is why it...
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Entertainment News Roundup: ‘Sunset Boulevard’ and Scherzinger shine at UK’s Olivier awards; Russian ballet shows in South Korea cancelled for a second time and more | Entertainment
Following is a summary of current entertainment news briefs. Russian ballet shows in South Korea cancelled for a second time A ballet show in South Korea featuring principal dancers from Russia’s Bolshoi Ballet was cancelled a day before opening night, the organiser said on Monday, amid tensions between Seoul and Moscow over...
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Putin’s transformation into the new Stalin is now complete
Putin has always had an admiration for Stalin and under his rule, statues of the tyrant have been reappearing at a gathering pace. There are now more than a hundred of them across Russia. Although Stalingrad, now Volgograd, has yet to revert to its wartime name, last year a statue was erected to commemorate the...
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How Yulia Navalnaya could become Putin’s greatest critic
“Yulia is the rock on which Alexei stands,” Vladimir Ashurkov, one of Navalny’s closest aides, said at the time of his final arrest in 2021. “She’s got his back.” According to Yevgenia Albats, an old friend and political ally, “Navalny the politician is two people: Yulia and Alexei.” I saw the couple together on several...
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Ukraine’s greatest victory becomes another countless victim of Russia’s war
Anton Tatochenko, 24, told The Telegraph that living in Kherson was now “like a permanent lottery game, where the max prize is life”. “If you don’t accept the fact that tomorrow may not come, you just can’t get over it mentally.” Mr Tatochenko said that the moment he saw Ukrainian military vehicles rolling through the...
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Ukraine-Russia was latest: Ukraine sends in fresh forces to save Avdiivka
Ukraine is reinforcing the embattled eastern city of Avdiivka with “fresh forces”, a top commander has said. Brig Gen Oleksandr Tarnavskyi, the commander of the Tavriia army group, said: “We strengthen the blocking line, set up additional firing positions, and use fresh effective forces. Logistical delivery continues.” The commander added Russian forces were attempting to...
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Zelensky sacks army chief Valery Zaluzhny in major shake-up
Tensions spilled into public last November when the general described the war as a “stalemate” in an interview with The Economist – a statement instantly derided by Mr Zelensky and his camp. Around the same time, the president’s office removed one of Gen Zaluzhny’s deputies and sacked the head of Ukraine’s medical forces with little...
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Ukraine-Russia war latest: Tucker Carlson says Russia is doing ‘very well’ during Moscow visit
Tucker Carlson, the former Fox News host, said Russia is “doing very well” during a visit to Moscow but remained coy about whether he will interview Vladimir Putin. In a video captured during his visit, Mr Carlson said he wanted to “talk to people, look around, and see how it’s doing… and it’s doing very...
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