Putin ‘will disappear to have cancer op’ as Moscow to seek ‘payback’ on Ukraine

Evacuation from other parts of Mariupol postponed

Earlier it was reported that Mariupol City Council had invited residents to gather at a mall at 1600 local time as an evacuation could be possible.

But now the council has said in a post on Telegram that this evacuation has been postponed for security reasons until 0800 local time tomorrow.

It’s alleged Putin is suffering from symptoms of Parkinson’s Disease

It is also alleged Putin is suffering from symptoms of Parkinson’s Disease.

Solovei said of Putin’s twin health traumas: “One is of psycho-neurological nature, the other is a cancer problem.

“If anyone is interested in the exact diagnosis, I’m not a doctor, and I have no ethical right to reveal these problems.

”The second diagnosis is a lot, lot more dangerous than the first named diagnosis, as Parkinson’s does not threaten physical state, but just limits public appearances.

“But there is a fatal diagnosis.

“Based on this information people will be able to make a conclusion about his life horizon, which wouldn’t even require specialist medical education.”

Observers who studied footage at the time noted his legs appeared to be in constant motion and he looked to be in pain while clutching the armrest of a chair.

His fingers are also seen to be twitching as he held a pen and gripped a cup rumoured to contain a cocktail of painkillers.

The Kremlin issued a firm denial after The Sun broke news of Solovei’s claims that Putin had Parkinson’s.

Spokesman Dmitry Peskov insisted there were no plans to quit, adding: “He is in excellent health.”

Russian soldier ‘blown up during live stream as he bragged about killing Ukrainians’

DRAMATIC footage shared online appears to show a Russian soldier being blown up during a live stream.

The young soldier can be seen filming himself walking through a warzone as he apparently bragged about killing Ukrainians.

The unverified clip that was shared by Ukraine’s Ministry of Defence, shows the man talking to the camera.

He appears to be saying: “The main task is done with an A+ mark. We have a total of three wounded.”

Moments later a massive explosion knocks him to the ground.

It is currently unknown whether the soldier survived the blast.

Does Vladimir Putin have cancer?

On April 30, it was reported that “Putin has discussed that he will be undergoing medical procedures.”

The Kremlin insider added: “We know very well that he has cancer, and Parkinson’s disease, as we have said many times.

“It was possible to contain it for some time, but now the course of the disease is progressing.”

In February 2020, Political analyst Valery Solovei claimed he has been told the president has been treated for cancer.

He claimed to have sources in the Kremlin who were “at the epicentre of decision making”.

Solovei claimed Putin underwent surgery and another Russian source went on to claim it was an abdominal cancer operation.

The claims that Putin has cancer and had undergone emergency surgery were not confirmed or denied by the Kremlin at the time.

Putin’s top military commander wounded in Ukraine

Putin’s top military commander has been wounded in Ukraine and was sent back to Russia just days after he arrived to take charge of the war.

The Chief of the Russian General Staff Valery Gerasimov had been sent by Putin to take personal control of his push to grab territory in Donbas and eastern Ukraine. 

The unconfirmed claim is that Gerasimov, 66,  was wounded in Izyum in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region, which is at the centre of intense fighting, and where Russia’s ninth general Maj-Gen Andrei Simonov, 55, was killed, according to reports today. 

An unofficial Russian source reported that Gerasimov sustained “a shrapnel wound in the upper third of the right leg without a bone fracture. 

“The shard was removed – there is no danger to life.”

UN confirm evacuation

A United Nations spokesperson has confirmed that the evacuation of civilians from the southern port city of Mariupol is taking place.

Ukrainian officials say there about 1,000 civilians and more than 500 wounded soldiers trapped at the industrial complex.

There are also an estimated 100,000 residents living without water, gas or communications in the wider city.

Putin has ‘two sons with secret gymnast lover says medic who delivered them’

Vladimir Putin has two sons with his secret gymnast lover, the doctor who delivered the boys has reportedly confirmed.

The 69-year-old Russian tyrant has long rumoured to be in a relationship with Alina Kabaeva, 38, but fresh details have now emerged about their two sons.

Alina is said to live the life of a First Lady of Russia, with a fleet of limousines at her disposal and a squad of machine gun-toting security guards for her protection.

But while Putin acknowledges his two daughters from his marriage which ended in 2013 he has kept his relationship with Kabaeva, as well as any other children, under wraps.

Now the Swiss newspaper Sonntagszeitung has revealed he has two sons by her, with one born in Switzerland in 2015 amid huge security and the other in 2019 in Russia.

The fresh detail contradicts rumours that Putin and the Olympic gold medal winner had twins in 2018.

Another 14 evacuated from Azovstal plant according to reports

According to a Reuters photographer a group of 14 more people have arrived at a temporary accommodation centre after leaving the area around the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol.

Earlier it was reported that a group of around 40 civilians, had come from the area near Azovstal and arrived at the facility in the village of Bezimenne in the Donetsk Region.

Ukrainian soldiers only said that 20 people have left the steelworks so far.

Ninth Russian general killed in devastating Ukrainian attack

VLADIMIR Putin has lost his ninth general while fighting in Ukraine following an attack on a military base.

The tyrant’s war has taken a toll on Russia’s army as Major General Andrei Simonov became the most recent top commander to die in battle.

Simonov, head of the 2nd Combined Arms Army, was reportedly killed near the city of Izyum in the northeastern region of Kharkiv, Kyiv Post reports.

Footage shared on social media appears to show the strike from a rocket salvo.

The attack also reportedly destroyed over 30 Russian armoured vehicles, including tanks.

Presidential adviser Oleksiy Arestovych said during an interview that about 100 Russians were killed in the attack, including Simonov.

Russia says around 50 civilians evacuated from Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol

The Russian defence ministry said Sunday that nearly 50 civilians have been evacuated from the besieged Azovstal steel plant in the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol.

“On April 30, following the implementation of a ceasefire and the opening of a humanitarian corridor, two groups of civilians have left the residential buildings adjacent to the site of the Azovstal steel plant,” the ministry said on Telegram.

“Twenty-five residents left in the afternoon. In the early evening, a second group of 21 people left and were taken to Bezimenne,” a village situated halfway between Mariupol and the Russian border.

“All of the civilians were given accommodation, food and necessary medical help,” the Russian authorities said, without specifying where the first group had been taken.

A defence ministry video showed a convoy of cars and buses travelling in the dark, marked with a “Z”, the letter used by the Russian forces in the conflict.

On Saturday, the Ukrainian forces guarding the Azovstal site had said that 20 civilians, including children, had been evacuated to the city of Zaporizhzhia.

Pope Francis slams Ukraine war as a ‘regression of humanity’

Pope Francis on Sunday described the war in Ukraine as a “macabre regression of humanity” that makes him “suffer and cry”, calling for humanitarian corridors to evacuate people trapped in the Mariupol steelworks.

Speaking to thousands of people in St. Peter’s Square for his noon blessing, Francis again implicitly criticised Russia.

In Roman Catholicism, the month of May is dedicated to Mary, the Mother of God. Francis asked for month-long prayers for peace in Ukraine.

“My thoughts go immediately to the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, the city of Mary, barbarously bombarded and destroyed,” he said of the mostly Russian-controlled southeastern port city, which is named after Mary.

“I suffer and cry thinking of the suffering of the Ukrainian population, in particular the weakest, the elderly, the children,” he said

Putin faces disappearing for cancer surgery, insider claims

VLADIMIR Putin faces cancer surgery and will hand power to his shadowy spy chief, a Kremlin insider has claimed.

The tyrant’s health has been a source of speculation amid reports he is battling abdominal cancer and Parkinson’s Disease.

But now it has been reported Putin, 69, could go under the knife — with power switched to hardliner Nikolai Patrushev, 70.

He is seen as a key architect of the war strategy and the man who convinced Putin that Kyiv was awash with neo-Nazis.

The claim was reported on dissident Russianspeaking media outlet General SVR, which first raised issues of Putin’s health 18 months ago.

The outlet released a video of an anonymous former high-ranking Kremlin military figure saying: “Doctors insist Putin needs an operation but the date has not been determined.”

The source said the choice of Patrushev standing in even “for a short time” was “the worst option”. He added: “What if, all of a sudden, Putin manifests particularly severe health problems?”

Dramatic moment two Russian tanks blasted by bombs

This is the dramatic moment two Russian tanks were obliterated in a drone strike as Vladimir Putin loses more than 23,000 troops.

Striking footage showed the devastation caused by the strike from what was believed to be Ukraine’s 503rd Naval Infantry Battalion.

In the clip the drone hangs in the air as it appears to eye up its Russian targets – understood to be Kurganets-25 tanks.

It then drops the bombs, plummeting towards the oblivious war machine before a strike rips apart the tank in a massive inferno.

It is unclear where the attack took place.

The shocking footage of the strike was shared online by the editor of the OSINT Bunker Podcast.

Dozens leave Mariupol plant as Pelosi backs ‘fight for freedom’

Dozens of civilians have left a besieged steel plant in the city of Mariupol, Russia said on Sunday, as US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi voiced support for Ukraine’s “fight for freedom” during a visit to Kyiv.

Russia’s defence ministry said a total of 46 civilians left in two groups on Saturday from the area around the Azovstal plant — the last holdout of Ukrainian forces in the city.

The development raised hopes of a larger, long-awaited evacuation from the battered plant, where local fighters say they and hundreds of civilians are still sheltering.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a video Saturday evening that Kyiv was “doing everything to ensure that the evacuation mission from Mariupol is carried out”.

Petro Andryushchenko, an adviser to Mariupol’s mayor, said on Telegram on Sunday that there would be “radio silence on the evacuation situation”.

Thousands have been killed and millions displaced since Russia began its invasion on February 24.

Western powers have rushed to send military aid to Ukraine and imposed heavy sanctions on Russia.

“We are visiting you to say thank you for your fight for freedom… Our commitment is to be there for you until the fight is done,” Pelosi said at a meeting with Zelensky.

Russia strikes destroy runway and hangar near Odesa – reports

Russia’s defence ministry said on Sunday its missiles had destroyed a runway and a hangar with foreign weapons at a military airfield near the Ukrainian city of Odesa.

The ministry also said its air defence systems had shot down two Ukrainian Su-24m bombers over the Kharkiv region.

UK Ambassador for Ukraine feels ‘comfortable’ upon return to Kyiv

The UK’s ambassador to Ukraine has said she feels “comfortable” returning to Kyiv despite Russian threats against diplomats in the Ukrainian capital.

Melinda Simmons arrived in Kyiv late on Friday, following the announcement last month that Britain would be reopening its embassy in the city in a show of support for Ukraine’s fight against the Russian invasion.

Her return comes after Moscow threatened a “proportional response” against Britain for backing Ukrainian strikes behind Russian lines, hinting at possible strikes at British sites in Kyiv.

In an interview with The Observer, Ms Simmons said that while she was well aware of the risk of returning to the capital, it “absolutely feels like the right place to be”.

She told the paper: “I’m not minimising (the risk). I’m not discounting it. You have to take it into account, but I’m still here.

“(There are 27 ambassadors here) so that’s quite a lot of diplomats to target.

“I am here with a heightened level of security protection and bearing in mind that potential risk, but for now I feel comfortable working under those circumstances.”

US speaker Nancy Pelosi meets President Zelenskyy in Ukraine

US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Sunday said she had met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensktt in Kyiv to send the message that the United States stands firmly with Ukraine as it battles “Putin’s diabolic invasion.”

Zelenskyy, flanked by an armed escort, greeted Pelosi outside his presidential office, dressed in the khaki military garb he has worn for public appearances since the start of Russia’s invasion on Feb 24.

“Our delegation traveled to Kyiv to send an unmistakable and resounding message to the entire world: America stands firmly with Ukraine,” Pelosi said in a statement.

She was accompanied by several lawmakers on a congressional trip that followed a visit last weekend to Ukraine by Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin.

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Vladimir Putin set ‘to declare all-out war’

Putin’s furious army chiefs have urged him to launch an all-out war on Ukraine as “payback” over the shambolic invasion, officials have warned.

Russia had expected it could march across Ukraine without much of a fight when troops invaded for a “special operation” in February – but they have faced a valiant resistance and weeks of fighting.

Putin’s army chiefs have become increasingly frustrated with the scaled-down offensive in eastern Ukraine and his handling of the deadly war – with a vicious “blame game” exploding in Moscow.

Military bosses have now urged Putin to drop the term “special operation” used for the invasion and instead declare war on Ukraine – which would enable the mass mobilisation of Russian troops.

An all-out war would allow Moscow to draft in more conscripts, impose martial law and also bid for support from its international allies – such as Belarus.

A source close to Russian military chiefs told The Telegraph: “The military are outraged that the blitz on Kyiv failed.

“People in the army are seeking payback for failures of the past, and they want to go further in Ukraine.”

Bodies of three men found in Bucha pit, say police

Near Bucha, the town near Kyiv that has become synonymous with allegations of Russian war crimes, Ukrainian police on Saturday reported finding three bodies shot in the head with their hands tied.

The three bodies found in a pit were “brutally killed” by Russian soldiers — each shot in the head, the police said in a statement.

“The victims’ hands were tied, cloths were covering their eyes and some were gagged.

“There are traces of torture on the corpses,” it said.

Russian assassins were just ‘minutes away’ from Zelensky

RUSSIAN assassins were just “minutes away” from killing President Zelenskyy and his family, the Ukrainian leader has revealed.

The hero president spoke in detail of the imminent danger he was in as war broke out in Ukraine during the early days of the Russian invasion.

Zelensky, 44, said kill teams of Russian special forces were parachuted into Kyiv on the day of the invasion.

Armed with Kremlin orders to assassinate or capture him and his family, he claims the mercenaries made two attempts to storm the presidential compound while he was still holed up inside with his wife and two children, aged 17 and nine.

In a video released just hours after the attempt on his life on February 25, Zelensky was filmed saying: “We’re all here. Our military is here. Citizens in society are here.

“We’re all here defending our independence, our country, and it will stay this way.”

Russian anti-tank mine capable of blasting 100ft into the air

RUSSIA’S lethal anti-tank mine which can blast 100ft in the air and fire explosives from above has been seen in Ukraine for the first time.

The so-called “smart-mine”, which is triggered when its target gets within 100m, has never been used on the battlefield before.

Russia’s PTKM-1R top-attack mine launches itself into the air, scanning the ground for its target, and then firing an explosive slug from above.

Armoured vehicle turrets have thinner plating, making them more vulnerable to attack.

The mine, which is believed to have been introduced into service by Vladimir Putin’s army in 2020, is similar to the US M-93 “Hornet” wide-area munition.

It was reportedly discovered in Ukraine on April 26, in the latest sign of further military escalation in the conflict there, according to The Telegraph.