VLADIMIR Putin has ordered his biggest autumn military draft in nearly a decade – as fears mount that warmongering Russia could attack Europe. The Kremlin tyrant has called up 135,000 men as

Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered 135,000 men to be conscripted into the army, the largest autumn draft the Kremlin has ordered in nine years.

Without firing a shot, Putin has over the past week managed to bring the war in Ukraine to NATO’s European borders.

Moldova’s parliamentary elections have yielded a landslide victory for the pro-Europe Party of Action and Solidarity (Pas). With 99.5 per cent of the polling stations counted, the Pas has secured just over half the votes while the pro-Russian Patriotic Electoral Bloc (Bep) won just 24.

Russia might be able to turn its defense industry into a viable source of revenue by selling weapons to allies like China, but the glut of tanks and missiles Russian factories are churning out also risk becoming a liability for an economy already grappling with sanctions and flagging growth.

The Russian state itself will be held accountable. Torture remains part of, in my view, Russian war tactics and war policy.”

Estonia, Lithuania and Romania warn that Russian drone and air violations require sustained U.S. military presence on NATO's eastern flank for effective deterrence.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced that Moscow will adhere to nuclear arms limits for one more year after the last remaining nuclear pact with the U.S. expires.

A Russian propagandist has warned that the country is facing economic collapse as a result of systematic Ukrainian strikes on oil refineries.