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Wagner Group co-founder Yevgeny Prigozhin congratulated troops on Russia's annual Defender of the Fatherland Day in footage released on Thursday (February 23) said to be taken on the edge of the strategic Ukrainian frontline city of Bakhmut.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky fought back tears as he talked about his family during a news conference on Friday (February 24), the one-year anniversary of Russian assault. Asked what he found most difficult during the past year, Zelensky said it was not spending enough time with his family. "I love them, my wife, with all my heart, my children are the most important people for me, I do not see them often. My parents, I do not see them at all," Zelensky said fighting back tears.

CIVILIANS scramble for shelter as explosions rock Ukraine's capital Kyiv as Russian drones bombard the city. Vladimir Putin unleashed a blitz on the Ukrainian capital with multiple explosions rocked the centre of Ukraine's capital for the second time in a week

INCREDIBLE drone footage shows the moment a massive Russian convoy was attacked by a single Ukrainian tank. Footage captured by a Ukrainian military drone shows a Ukrainian tank carrying out an ambush on a Russian column as it moved through Nova Basan, east of Kyiv, which was recaptured by Ukrainian forces on April 1. Much of the battle to retake the town took place on March 31 and involved members of the Dmytro Korchynsky Brotherhood Battalion, or the Bratstvo (Brotherhood) Battalion, which released this footage on Wednesday with Russian and Ukrainian flag images added over the vehicles. At least eight vehicles are marked Russian and just one is marked Ukrainian. Following the attack, images of damaged and burned-out Russian vehicles littering the town were posted online by residents, photographers travelling with the Bratstvo Battalion, and by Ukrainian reporters who visited Nova Basan after the Russian withdrawal. The Bratstvo Battalion was formed on February 24 by Dmytro Korchynsky, a fringe political figure and writer based in Kyiv. His Bratstvo political party has been described as an ultranationalist Orthodox Christian organization, according to a profile published by The Intercept in 2015. In a video announcing the formation of the battalion, Korchynsky said it was accepting recruits “to participate in the defense of Ukraine.” Travelling with Bratstvo Battalion was Oleksiy Seredyuk, an activist running Korchynsky’s online media arm, World Bratstvo TV, and who was documenting the battalion’s activities. On March 31, Seredyuk posted a video of troops being welcomed by residents of Nova Basan as they entered the town on foot. Walking alongside Seredyuk in that video, and several others he has posted on social media during the conflict, was Vita Zavirukha, an ultranationalist female soldier known in Ukraine for her high-profile involvement in neo-Nazi groups. Zavirukha gained notoriety in 2016 she was tried for involvement in the killing of three police officers. Subscribe For More

Protesters outside of the Russian embassy in Washington D.C. on Friday (February 24) waved Ukrainian flags, sang patriotic songs and chanted “Russia is a terrorist state” to mark the first anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Tens of thousands of Ukrainian civilians and soldiers on both sides are believed to have died since Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion, saying it was necessary to protect Russia's security. A giant Ukrainian flag was projected onto the Russian embassy, as protesters wrapped in flags and holding sunflowers, Ukraine’s national flower, held a vigil to commemorate the grim one-year milestone.

Washington announced on the first anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine on Friday (February 24) that it would provide $2 billion in security aid to Kyiv. Pentagon press secretary Air Force Brigadier General Patrick Ryder detailed the content of the package at a press briefing. Subscribe For More

MOMENT Ukrainian forces pick off Russian soldiers with airstrikes near Bakhmut. In this footage, Russian soldiers can be seen fleeing as aerial attacks bombard their positions. This footage has not yet been verified and the location is unconfirmed.

MOMENT Ukrainian forces bomb Russian trenches and capture soldiers near Bakhmut. This explosive footage allegedly shows the moment Ukrainian military forces shell the enemy before taking prisoners of war away with them in the contested region of Bakhmut. This footage has not yet been verified.

This footage released by the 22nd Motorised Infantry Battalion of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reportedly shows a weaponised drone targeting Russian forces hiding in trenches. One Russian can be seen crawling away injured after the explosive detonated next to his leg.

HARROWING moment Russian soldiers run through trenches as Ukrainian drones bombard them from the sky. In this dramatic footage, soldiers can be sen scrambling for cover as an aerial attack picks off Russian troops one by one. This footage has not yet been verified and the location is currently unconfirmed.

This drone footage reportedly shows Ukrainian troops storming Russian trenches as artillery explosives go off just meters away from them.

This footage released by Ukrainian volunteer unit, Third Force, shows Ukrainian forces firing a direct hit at elite Wagner mercenaries near Bakhmut. The direct strike targets fleeing Wagner mercenaries who are carrying an injured soldier. After the group is struck in a direct hit on Wagner troop crawls away from the seen.

This footage released by the 128th Battalion and the 112th Brigade of the Territorial Defence Forces of Ukraine destroys a Russian position with a direct strike near the Kharkiv-Svatove direction. This footage has not been verified by The Sub.

MOMENT Ukrainian drones drop bombs on Russian soldiers hidden in trenches on a frozen battlefield. This footage has not yet been verified and the location is currently unconfirmed. Subscribe For More

DRAMATIC moment Ukraine troops blow up Russian tanks one-by-one in Donbas region. The Battle Group K2 of the 54th Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Ground Forces, part of Operational Command East, said they came across the ‘uninvited tourists’ wandering the deserted streets of Marinka, a town in the eastern Ukrainian region of Donetsk Oblast. The military group said on 2nd June: “Another success: ‘tourists’ in the Donbas region are missing their armoured vehicles.

THIS is the shocking moment a Russian tank commander wiped out his OWN troops in a manoeuvre blunder. The tank swerved out of control before hitting comrades on another vehicle with its turret. Footage showed at least six men being struck off their tank but miraculously, they manage to get back up and run to safety. One man is knocked to the ground and stays down for some time before being able to get up and stagger away. It was shared by the Ukraine's Ministry of Defence through Twitter as they mocked their enemy's embarrassing error. Subscribe For More

This footage released by the 110th Separate Mechanised Brigade of Ukraine shows Ukrainian forces using a weaponised drone to drop grenades into Russian trenches. This footage shows one grenade drop into a trench and make a direct hit with a pro-Russian troop.

UKRAINIAN special forces take out Russian tanks in aerial bombardments over Donetsk. In this dramatic footage, several fleeing Russian tanks can be seen bursting into flames as Ukrainian forces land a number of deadly blows. This footage has yet been verified.

This footage reportedly shows troops from the 95th Separate Amphibious Assault Brigade firing artillery shells at Russian forces in a unknown location.

MOMENT Ukrainian soldiers train using deadly anti-tank recoilless guns. This footage was released by the Armed Forces of Ukraine and shows troops loading up guns and taking aim at enemy targets. This footage has not yet been verified and the location is currently unconfirmed.

RUSSIAN commanders are said to be slaughtering their own wounded soldiers rather than getting them off the battlefield for treatment. One lieutenant-colonel was accused by captured Russian soldiers of personally shooting dead several of his men as they lay injured. The commander asked one soldier if he could walk and when the man replied he could not, the officer killed him. The chilling account comes from army intelligence troops captured by the Ukrainians. They are shown speaking in a video clip made by Ukrainian journalist Volodymyr Zolkin. One soldier told how commanders had “finished off their wounded”. Asked by Zolkin what he meant, the captured Russian said: “Just like that . . . a wounded soldier is lying on the ground, and a battalion’s commander shoots him dead from a gun.” A second soldier added: “The Lieutenant-Colonel was walking around. “He shot four or five like this. They could have been rescued, given help, taken out of there. He simply shot them dead.” It was not clear where in Ukraine the alleged shootings took place. Subscribe For More

UKRAINIAN forces clash with Russian troops in war zone as pro-Russia soldiers advance on a strategic city in eastern Ukraine. The video opens with Luhansk People's Republic (LPR) soldiers crawling through a field before opening fire on damaged buildings in what looks like a residential area. An enemy soldier is seen returning fire from a smashed window in the building and the footage ends with the LPR troops advancing on his position. Subscribe For More

MOMENT Russian soldiers flee as Ukrainian forces obliterate row of armoured vehicles. This footage has not yet been verified and the location is currently unconfirmed.

DOZENS of people were detained by police in Russia on Friday (February 24) for actions to commemorate the first anniversary of Moscow's "special military operation" in Ukraine, in some cases just for placing flowers, a human rights group has said. The Russian authorities have remained largely silent during the anniversary, which Ukraine has observed with a ceremony to remember soldiers and civilians who have been killed. In Moscow, at least three people laying flowers on a monument to prominent Ukrainian poet Lesya Ukrainka were quickly detained by police officers, rights centre OVD-Info said. "One of them was laying flowers at the monument, but at the same moment she was grabbed by the security forces and the bouquet was taken away," it said. At least 15 people were detained laying flowers at a monument to Ukrainian writer Taras Shevchenko in St. Petersburg, it added.

Footage from a police helicopter shows a shootout between Texas State Troopers and a suspect in San Antonio, Texas, on Sunday, February 18. The footage released by the Texas Department of Public Safety shows a trooper being shot in the arm by Ernest Manuel Montelongo, who resisted arrest and fled after being stopped for a traffic violation. Montelongo was then fatally shot by another Trooper. The Texas State Troopers Association said that the suspect “emerged from his vehicle, produced a gun and forced the trooper to exchange gunfire with him.” Local media reported that authorities said Montelongo was brought to Brooke Army Medical Centre and was pronounced dead a day later. A spokesman for the DPS said the Trooper was “doing well.” Subscribe For More