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Russia threatens military response after UK sends missiles to Ukraine Daniel Mcneil

Ukraine War: What is the Victory Day parade in Russia, what did Vladimir Putin say about the west?

What is Victory Day in Russia & what did Vladimir Putin say? Will Millar

17 Ukrainian children kidnapped by Russian authorities freed Beth Franklin

The International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin

International Criminal Court issue arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin Sam Johnson

A Ukrainian soldier fires during a training exercise in the Rivne region, amid reports of a new Russian offensive (Picture: Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP via Getty Images)

As Putin redoubles efforts to take Ukraine, we must not give in to war fatigue Steve Cardownie

A captured Russian tank is repaired by Ukrainian forces in the Kharkiv region (Picture: Anatolii Stepanov/AFP via Getty Images)

Boosted by US, German and Russian tanks, Ukrainian morale is high Steve Cardownie

Fireworks explode over Edinburgh Castle during the street party for Hogmanay New Year celebrations in Edinburgh. Picture : Andrew Milligan/PA Wire

All signs point to a continued Russian onslaught on civilian targets in Ukraine Steve Cardownie

Messi and Alvarez for Argentina at Lusail Stadium in semi-final

How to watch France v Argentina in the Fifa 2022 World Cup Final Patrick Hollis

People sit in a café without power in Lviv, Ukraine. Once a safe haven for refugees, Russian attacks have plunged the city into darkness and cold (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

As winter chills hits Scotland, Ukrainians face 'unliveable' conditions Steve Cardownie

A child rests in a cot beside a window protected by sandbags in an intensive care unit for newborns at Okhmatdyt Hospital, Kyiv, yesterday (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Ukrainian refugees who returned home are being forced to leave again Steve Cardownie

People in newly liberated Kherson crowd around volunteers to receive humanitarian food (Picture: Chris McGrath/Getty Images)

Ukrainians remain resolute in war against Putin and so must we – Steve Cardownie Steve Cardownie

Firefighters put out a fire in a port after a Russian missiles attack in Odesa, Ukraine, on Saturday. Picture: Odesa City Hall Press Office via AP

Russia claims missile attack on port of Odesa targeted military facilities Angus Howarth

A man jogs past a cloud of smoke from a fire in the background after a missile strike on a warehouse of an industrial and trading company in Odessa on July 16, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Oleksandr GIMANOV / AFP) (Photo by OLEKSANDR GIMANOV/AFP via Getty Images)

Russian missiles hit Odesa port hours after grain export deal agreed Stephen Mcilkenny

A woman walks past a shell crater in front of a damaged residential building in the town of Siversk, Donetsk region, on June 23, 2022, amid Russia's military invasion launched on Ukraine. - via Getty Images

Massive bombardment' of Ukraine continues as tensions mount over invasion Stephen Mcilkenny

Putin has spoken of his admiration of Peter the Grea and while it is not uncommon for world leaders to take inspiration from past presidents, prime ministers, kings and queens, context must always be given, writes Angus Robertson.

Putin's love for Peter the Great is a blind misjudgement - Angus Robertson Angus Robertson

New Profile Pic app: Is Russia collecting personal data from Facebook photos? Ginny Sanderson

Pussy Riot's Maria Alyokhina. Picture: Greg Macvean

Pussy Riot’s Maria Alyokhina escapes Russia Gary Flockhart

This satellite image taken by Planet Labs PBC shows smoke rising after Ukrainian strikes destroyed buildings housing Russian positions and a helicopter on Snake Island in the Black Sea Sunday, May 8, 2022. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)

Russia continues barrage in southern Ukraine Elena Becatoros and Jon Gambrell

The European Union’s leader has called on the 27-nation bloc to ban oil imports from Russia in a sixth package of sanctions targeting Moscow for its war in Ukraine.

EU unveils plan to ban Russian oil imports as new sanctions proposed Stephen Mcilkenny

Valentina Erastova, 34, has lived in Scotland since she was 16

‘It feels shameful to be Russian’, says woman hosting refugee in Edinburgh Jane Bradley

Ukrainian refugees weep after arriving at the Siret border crossing between Romania and Ukraine on Monday (Picture: Daniel Mihailescu/AFP via Getty Images)

As Putin launches fresh attacks, more Ukrainian refugees will be forced to flee Steve Cardownie

Korolenko Chernihiv Regional Universal Scientific Library is seen damaged by night shelling in Chernihiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 30, 2022. Ukrainian officials say Russian forces pounded areas around Kyiv and another Ukrainian city overnight. The attacks come hours after Moscow pledged to scale back military operations in those places. (AP Photo/Vladislav Savenok)

Missile strikes continue in Chernihiv despite Russian 'withdrawal' Stephen Mcilkenny

In this image from video provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks from Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday night, March 29, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)

Russia withdrawal pledge an attempt to 'mislead' - Zelensky Stephen Mcilkenny

California village, Falkirk.

7 Scottish place names derived from foreign shores David McLean

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny waits for a court hearing in a police station in Khimki, Moscow, following his arrest (Picture: @Kira_Yarmysh via AP)

Navalny's arrest speaks volumes about Putin's regime – Angus Robertson Angus Robertson

Drinking alcohol soon after receiving a Covid vaccine could stop it from working... Claire Schofield

Alexander Lukashenko retains an iron grip on power in Belarus (Picture: Servei Gapon/AFP via Getty Images)

Belarus election farce shows the age of dictatorship is not dead – Angus Roberts... Angus Robertson

Fast food chain KFC is testing a method of 3D printing chicken nuggets as part of its partnership with a Russian biotech research firm (Photo: Shutterstock)

KFC is making ‘bioprinted chicken nuggets’ Helen Johnson

Customers queue up for the Christmas and Boxing Day sales at RW Forsyth department store in Edinburgh's Princes Street December 1980.

17 photos taking you back to Edinburgh in 1980 (Part 3) David Mclean