VLADIMIR Putin has ordered his biggest autumn military draft in nearly a decade – as fears mount that warmongering Russia could attack Europe. The Kremlin tyrant has called up 135,000 men as

Without firing a shot, Putin has over the past week managed to bring the war in Ukraine to NATO’s European borders.

The Russian state itself will be held accountable. Torture remains part of, in my view, Russian war tactics and war policy.”

Vladimir Putin has insisted Russia will ‘prevail’ in Ukraine after the White House announced they may send the country Tomahawk missiles with a range long enough to hit Moscow. US Vice President JD Vance has revealed Donald Trump is looking into offering Kyiv the weaponry as Russia continues to gain ground along the frontline.

Russia might be able to turn its defense industry into a viable source of revenue by selling weapons to allies like China, but the glut of tanks and missiles Russian factories are churning out also risk becoming a liability for an economy already grappling with sanctions and flagging growth.

Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered 135,000 men to be conscripted into the army, the largest autumn draft the Kremlin has ordered in nine years.

The attack took place on Saturday near the settlement of Tambukan in the Stavropol region. The ambush was executed with the help of a group calling itself the Caucasus Liberation Movement. Two other Russian military personnel were killed in the ambush, which was filmed by the insurgents.

Moldova’s parliamentary elections have yielded a landslide victory for the pro-Europe Party of Action and Solidarity (Pas). With 99.5 per cent of the polling stations counted, the Pas has secured just over half the votes while the pro-Russian Patriotic Electoral Bloc (Bep) won just 24.

Vladimir Putin's ally, Dmitry Medvedev, issued a harsh rebuke of Donald Trump on Wednesday, saying on Telegram that the U.S. president has "slipped into an alternate reality" after Trump stated on Tuesday that Ukraine can reclaim all territory lost to Russia, marking a sharp shift from his earlier calls for Kyiv to make concessions.