Putin war dead at 70,000 as claims Moscow couldn’t stop Kursk raid despite warning - Leaked documents reveal Russia’s failure to repel Ukraine’s Kursk incursion after months of warnings

Vladimir Putin's military command was preparing for a potential incursion into Russia's Kursk region months in advance, according to seized army documents.

The Russian president earlier this year rebuffed Defense Ministry officials who had tried to convince him they needed more soldiers.

As the independent portal Meduza reported, Vladimir Putin ordered an increase in the Russian army by 180,000 people. What does the Russian President’s decision mean? The Russians are alarmed because mass mobilization into the military could start again.

Exclusive: Key British-Russian activist tells Tom Watling that even if he and other opposition leaders are killed, others will come in their place to challenge Putin, as he thanked The Independent for

Murza, one of the faces of Russian opposition to Vladimir Putin alongside Evan Gershkovich, sits down with The Independent for the first time since being freed in a historic prisoner swap

Vladimir Kara-Murza was freed along with journalists and other Russian dissidents on August 1 in the most extensive prisoner swap with Russia since the Cold War