Oligarch ‘reveals Putin is very ill with blood cancer in secret recording’

"A Russian oligarch with close ties to the Kremlin confessed to a Western colleague that
Vladimir Putin is ‘very ill with blood cancer’, it has been claimed.

The billionaire, whose name has been withheld for his safety, was allegedly secretly taped in mid-March expressing his contempt for the ‘crazy’ Russian president’s invasion of Ukraine.

In the recording, obtained by New Lines Magazine, he said: ‘[Putin] absolutely ruined Russia’s economy, Ukraine’s economy and many other economies — ruined [them] absolutely.

‘The problem is with his head. … One crazy guy can turn the world upside down.’" Metro

 

Jaw-dropping video game-style footage shows Ukrainian tanks and troops blitzing Russian invaders

"HARROWING video game-like footage captures the moment a Ukrainian tank wipes out a Russian vehicle as it repels Putin's advance.

The gruesome clip, which could be straight out of a grim first-person shooter, gives an insight into the lives of Ukraine's brave defenders, as they face down the Russian invaders.

The footage starts with a tank powering its way through wrecked and burnt-out vehicles, its turret wheeling around to locate its next target.

Suddenly, a shell is fired at a vehicle in the distance and the video cuts to a burned-out tank, apparently destroyed in the Ukrainian strike.

In the next scene - taken from a shoulder's body camera - troops fire machine guns into the tree cover before the clip shifts to showing the bodies of at least two dead Russian soldiers in a trench.

The action-packed clip then shows a gunner firing from a mounted machine gun on a jeep before several torched vehicles are seen flaming by the side of the road.

Next, the patrol finds a hoard of missiles and ammo before the Ukrainian troops return to base following a hard day on the battlefield." Sun

Russia ‘loses ANOTHER ship in Black Sea as mystery blaze guts navy vessel’ after Putin’s two flagships are destroyed

"ANOTHER Russian warship has reportedly been destroyed after the naval vessel was caught
in a mysterious fire.

Ukrainian military sources claim that one of Russia's Navy logistic ships was struck by a Neptune missile while supplying Putin's forces on Snake Island."
 Sun

Finns Call Putin After Russia Cuts Electricity Supplies Amid NATO Spat

"Finland sought to allay Moscow’s fears about its bid to join NATO, as fierce fighting raged in
Ukraine’s east, slowing down a hoped-for Russian advance.

Hours after Finland’s grid operator said Russia had pulled the plug on electricity supplies overnight, President Sauli Niinisto spoke to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.

“The conversation was direct and straight-forward and it was conducted without aggravations,” Niinisto’s office said.

“Avoiding tensions was considered important. The phone call was initiated by Finland.”

Putin, however, told him that Finland joining NATO would be a “mistake”, insisting that Russia posed “no threat to Finland’s security”, the Kremlin said." Breitbart

21-year-old Russian soldier to stand trial in Kyiv for murdering Ukrainian civilian

"The first case against a member of the Russian military is set to go to trial on May 18. 21-
year-old Russian serviceman Vadim Shishimarin is accused of killing an unarmed Ukrainian civilian in the Sumy region on Feb. 28, according to Iryna Venediktova, Ukraine's prosecutor general.

The civilian was a resident of Chupakhivka who was riding a bike on the roadside when he was shot, Venediktova alleged." ABC

Putin rumored to have fired another top Russian general as Ukraine invasion flounders

"Speculation is swirling that Russian President Vladimir Putin has sacked his top commander
in what is the latest rumored dismissal amid his floundering invasion into Ukraine.

Oleksiy Arestovych, a presidential adviser, said in an interview with Russian dissident lawyer Mark Feygin on Wednesday that “preliminary information” indicated that Valery Gerasimov, chief of the Russian General Staff, had been fired.

The rumors come after reports over the past month that other leaders of the failed invasion have also been sidelined, including the Commander of the Black Sea Fleet, Admiral Igor Osipov.

Several Russian Army commanders are also rumored to have been dismissed including Lieutenant General Vladislav Ershov, Lieutenant General Sergei Kisel, and Major General Arkady Marzoev." NYP