Russian soldiers are put 'on a direct path to a body bag' with only FIVE DAYS' training for recruits and some sent to Ukraine without knowing how to use a machine gun

 Blown to pieces by a Javelin 'curveball': Footage shows US-supplied missile rise up before slamming down on to Russian tank's weak spot and completely destroying it

• Video shows Russian tank blown to pieces by Javelin anti-tank guided missile
• US-made missile can be seen flying from a height before hitting tank from above
• Missile is particularly deadly against tanks because armour is thinnest on top
• FULL ARTICLE AT: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11034675/Footage-shows-supplied-missile-rise-slamming-Russian-tank-destroying-it.html
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Russian soldiers are put 'on a direct path to a body bag' with only FIVE DAYS' training for recruits and some sent to Ukraine without knowing how to use a machine gun

• Russia's Defence Ministry website states that anyone who signs a contract with the Russian army must first undergo four weeks of combined arms training
• But one soldier has said he was given just five days, with some of his comrades reaching the front lines in Ukraine not knowing how to use a machine gun 
• The report is the latest sign of Russia's increasing desperation in its invasion
• Ukraine's fierce resistance has taken the Kremlin by surprise, with some estimates putting Russian losses above 30,000 - with morale reportedly low
• FULL ARTICLE AT: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11034705/Russian-soldiers-direct-path-body-bag-recruits-given-FIVE-DAYS-training.html
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Payback! 'Humiliated' Putin kept waiting for toe-curling 48 seconds by Turkey's Erdogan in first face-to-face talks since Ukraine - two years after Russian leader pulled a similar stunt

Putin's critics said he was left 'humiliated and insulted' by what they saw as a bare-faced snub, while others said it showed how far his standing had fallen since the war. It comes after Putin himself had left Erdogan waiting for almost two minutes in front of TV cameras ahead of a meeting in 2020. Anton Gerashchenko, a senior adviser to Ukraine's foreign ministry, said: 'Erdogan made Putin wait during the meeting in Tehran. The whole spectrum of emotions of the humiliated and insulted Führer is on his face. The bunker is indeed the best place to stay with such a face.'

FULL ARTICLE AT: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/galleries/article-11032175/Putin-kept-waiting-Erdogan-face-face-Ukraine.html