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Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un frigate Marshal Shaposhnikov, a Russian warship, as part of his ongoing visit to Russia.
Ukrainian intelligence officials say President Zelenskyy's military has destroyed Russia's 'Triuf' air defence system in what is reportedly the second strike on occupied Crimea in recent days.
Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu claims that all of the drones involved in the recent drone attack on Moscow were "destroyed". According to the ministry, eight drones were involved in the attack -- unprecedented since the beginning of the Kremlin's assault on Ukraine.
Russia's Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu salutes military officers on Red Square at the start of the military parade marking the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany. IMAGES
Russia on Thursday (April 21) claimed to have taken control of the strategic Ukrainian port of Mariupol after more than seven weeks of fighting that reduced most of the besieged city to rubble. But "the Ukrainians certainly are not admitting it. There has been no announcement from the Ukrainian armed forces or from the government of Mariupol having fallen", says FRANCE 24's Gulliver Cragg.