Russian private army head claims his forces have control of Bakhmut
This claim was contradicted by Ukrainian officials.
This claim was contradicted by Ukrainian officials.
Tejay Fletcher, 35, founded the site which supplied criminals with tools to con victims out of £100 million.
Officials warned that some villages were still cut off because landslides had made roads impassable and phone lines had been severed.
Tejay Fletcher, 35, was revealed as the founder of the iSpoof.cc website when it was smashed last year in the UK’s biggest fraud sting.
It comes as farmers warn of ‘incalculable’ losses and authorities begin mapping out clean up and reconstruction plans.
It marks an escalation ahead of a much-anticipated counteroffensive.
The pontiff has previously offered his efforts to try to end the war that Russia began with its invasion of Ukraine a year ago.
Russia’s Defence Ministry, meanwhile, said Kyiv had stepped up attacks north of the region.
The country’s atomic energy company warned of a potentially ‘catastrophic lack of qualified personnel’ at the Zaporizhzhia facility.
Hours earlier, the Kremlin’s forces had unleashed a barrage of cruise missiles on Ukraine.
At least 21 Russian cities have cancelled annual May 9 military parades amid the war with Ukraine.
Moscow has enforced tight security on the eve of traditional Red Square commemorations marking the defeat of Nazi Germany in the Second World War.
The governor of the Russia-occupied area ordered the evacuation of Enerhodar, where most staff from the Zaporizhzhia plant live.
The Foreign Ministry in turn blamed not only Ukraine but the United States as well.
Zakhar Prilepin is a well-known nationalist writer and a supporter of what the Kremlin calls its ‘special military operation’ in Ukraine.