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Prince William has snuck away to the Ukraine border in a "personal mission" to thank Brits forming the last line of defence against Vladimir Putin's aggression. The Prince of Wales made the secret trip to a secure military base near Rzeszow in Poland, 50 miles from the Ukrainian border, to thank British and Polish troops helping in the defence against Vladimir Putin is using "at least three" body doubles to protect himself and because his health is failing, according to reports. Just days before Putin met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Moscow for a very friendly summit, he made a shock visit to the under-siege Mariupol in Ukraine. It was the Kremlin leader’s first trip to the Russian-occupied territories A Russian soldier has revealed he was paid just £42 for a month of active service on the front lines of Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. The serviceman, who calls himself “Alexander” in the video, told Omsk Civil Association, a civilian group that aims to protect Russian citizen's rights, he was only paid 3,900 Roubles (£42.60) in February for fighting Former World War 2 and Cold War army base Craigiehall holds a housing estate once home to military families. The site now looks like a moment paused in time, with every house empty, the playpark childless and streets deserted. In 2015 the base near Cramond stopped serving as a Headquarters for the British Army in Scotland. READ MORE: Surfer pulled Bookmark Don’t miss a thing! Sign up to the Daily Star’s newsletter We have more newsletters The mystery of a "sonic boom" that caused "ground shakes" across the country has finally been solved. Hundreds of people in the Midlands and the south of England, including Leicester, Oxford and Northampton, reported hearing the sound today (March 4), which some believed to Bookmark Don’t miss a thing! Sign up to the Daily Star’s newsletter We have more newsletters A former undercover KGB operative who was trained as a honeytrap spy says she can “make anyone fall in love with her,” and is now teaching the secret seduction techniques here in the West. Aliia Roza comes from a family with a strong military Vladimir Putin could be "close to his defeat" after the Russian military suffered more humiliating setbacks in its doomed invasion of Ukraine, a Russian journalist has claimed. Mikhail Zygar has said that there is growing discontent among close allies of the Russian dictator, particularly following the withdrawal of Russian forces from Kherson. Kherson was the only regional capital that Russia Bookmark Don’t miss a thing! Sign up to the Daily Star’s newsletter We have more newsletters Four-year-old children in Russia are being taught how to handle Kalashnikov machine guns and grenade launchers. Disturbing footage of the "war lessons" shows a "teacher" dressed in combat fatigues sharing his expertise with the tiny pupils. His name is Pavel Firsov – an officer The Russian army is headed for total disaster and Ukraine could drive them back before the New Year, an ex-NATO commander suggested. General Sir Richard Shirreff, who served as Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe until 2014 and claimed that Vladimir Putin could soon find himself at the helm of his country's biggest military disaster in 100 years. "The Russians are A huge number of dirty Mexican police officers are getting paid by Mexico's most dangerous cartel. An elite task force uncovered more than 150 corrupt police officers who were being paid both by the state's police department and bloodthirsty game the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG). The operation to weed out the bent coppers began more than a year agoWilliam makes hush Ukraine border trip to see Brits ‘in last line of defence’
Putin ‘using at least three body doubles’ as leader ‘very unwell’, says expert
Russian soldier paid just £42 for month of service during Ukraine invasion
Abandoned estate is eerie ghost village of smashed windows and deserted streets
‘Sonic boom’ mystery that felt like ‘explosion’ to people across country solved
‘I can make any man fall in love with me – and it cost one bloke his life’
Putin ‘close to defeat’ after series of humiliating setbacks, expert claims
Four-year-olds taught how to use AK-47s and grenades at Russian school
Russia on brink of ‘worst military disaster in 100 years’ as army faces collapse
Mexico’s most bloodthirsty cartel has more than 150 dirty cops on the payroll