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Russian President Vladimir Putin and his forces have now lost a combined total of around 28,300 soldiers during the Ukraine invasion. Putin's original plans to take over Ukraine in just 72 hours failed miserably, and the war has now stretched to 85 days. And on day 84, he lost 400 soldiers, according to Ukraine's military spokesman. The same day also A coup to oust Russian leader Vladimir Putin from office is apparently "already under way" according to Ukraine's spy chief, who also claims that Russia would lose the war with Ukraine by the end of this year. In the most upbeat assessment from any Ukrainian official since the war began, Major General Kyrylo Budanov has said that he believes a Russia have sparked claims of "child abuse" after nursery school kids were dressed as soldiers and tanks with the infamous Z symbol to mark Victory Day. Footage broadcast on Russian TV shows smiling teachers guiding the youngsters, who appear confused, as the country celebrated victory over Nazi Germany on Monday (May 9). Some pupils wore Soviet-era soldier uniforms while others Russia's first female casualty in Ukraine has been named as mother-of-one Valentina Galatova. The 27-year-old was one of six reconnaissance and intelligence troops killed in separate incidents on the same day. She was also the 37th colonel killed since Russia first invaded Ukraine in February. According to local sources, Galatova was part of the storming of Mariupol by Russian forces As the Kremlin's war effort stumbles against a dogged Ukrainian resistance, generals and spy bosses are said to be growing more and more frustrated at cancer-stricken Vladimir Putin's leadership, sources say. A former US general has claimed that the Russian leader has "no future" if his invasion doesn't succeed, and that there is a possibility that the man who has Don’t miss a thing! Sign up to the Daily Star’s newsletter MI5 Senior Officers have informed the Home Office and Home Secretary Priti Patel about a high-level threat, sources have revealed. The Special Branch have been told to increase the monitoring of travellers to the country with Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his Chief of Staff, Steve Barclay, having been The Ukrainian Air Force has admitted that the legendary Ghost of Kyiv pilot was in fact not real. The Ghost of Kyiv was said to be a Ukrainian fighter pilot that reportedly fought against all odds and with outdated weapons managed to shoot down 40 Russian warplanes during the early stages of the war. The pilot's name was said to A Ukrainian soldier has been described as "the luckiest man alive" after pictures emerged of his body armour riddled in Russian bullets. The picture was shared on Twitter by researcher Arslon Xudosi and showed the body armour ravaged by bullets, penetrated at least four times. "A Ukrainian soldier survived several bullets. The armor is Turkish," Xudosi wrote alongside his picture. Germany has seized the world’s biggest superyacht from a Russian oligarch’s sister. Authorities in the country seized the massive vessel in the port city of Hamburg after determining that it belongs to Gulbakhor Ismailova, the sister of Russian oligarch Alisher Usmanov. The 512ft-long superyacht Dilbar is flagged in the Cayman Islands and registered to a holding company in Malta. It Vladimir Putin’s troops are planting bombs in children’s teddy bears in a sick strategy to torment ordinary Ukrainians, a surgeon treating the war-wounded in Kyiv has claimed. Oleksandr Yatsyna, a trained urologist, has claimed that Russians are determined to kill Ukrainian children. It is thought to be part of a strategy of psychological warfare, to ‘twist their minds’ by makingRussia loses 28,300 fighters in just 84 days in Ukraine as 400 die in 24 hours
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Russian children dress as soldiers and tanks with Z symbol for Victory Day
Pro-Putin forces lose first female sergeant in Ukraine as mother-of-one killed
‘Cancer-stricken’ Putin could be killed as spy bosses ‘plot with generals’
Putin saboteurs heading to Britain to ‘sow chaos and humiliate government’
Ukraine Air Force admits legendary ‘Ghost of Kyiv’ pilot wasn’t real
Ukrainian soldier ‘luckiest man alive’ after body armour is riddled in bullets
Germany seizes world’s biggest superyacht from Russian oligarch’s sister
Putin’s troops ‘booby trap teddy bears’ with explosives to kill children