Ukraine staged the death of Denis Kapustin, a Russian commander fighting for Ukraine, to trick Russia into paying a bounty of $500,000 and identify Russian agents plotting his assassination, the head of Ukrainian military intelligence agency has said.

VLADIMIR Putin paid half a million dollars for the assassination of Russian rebel Denis Kapustin – but the tyrant was tricked. The Kremlin celebrated when news broke that Kapustin, who defied the

Russian intelligence services had long hunted Kapustin, placing a $500,000 price on his head. After news broke of his supposed assassination, Moscow paid out the bounty, not realising the money

Ukrainian spies outwitted Russian security forces, pocketing a £370,000 bounty meant for the head of a prominent anti-Putin fighter. The operation, unveiled on New Year's Day 2026, saved the target's life and redirected Moscow's funds into Ukraine's defence coffers.

Viktor Pinkhasov can’t stop smiling. He has just managed to escape Ukraine after hiking alone for five days across the Carpathian Mountains.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky sparked controversy with a Christmas Eve message that appeared to allude to Vladimir Putin's death.

A steep rise in soldiers' obituaries is documented by the BBC as part of its work in counting Russian war losses.

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