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The Sun
24-07-2025
- Politics
- The Sun
Battle of Black Sea erupts as Russia and Ukraine strike biggest resorts after peace talks fail to deliver ceasefire
A NEW front in Vladimir Putin's bloody war erupted as Ukraine and Russia traded deadly Black Sea strikes after peace talks collapsed. The tit-for-tat attacks were the fiercest in months and marked a chilling escalation in a war showing no signs of ending. 11 11 11 11 In the Russian resort city of Sochi - Putin's glittering showcase to the world and personal playground - massive Ukrainian drones tore through vital infrastructure. Explosions rocked oil depots, ignited railway warehouses, and tore apart road links in Sirius Federal Territory, where elite schools, luxury developments, and whispers of Putin's own children echo. In an embarrassing blow to the Kremlin, a Russian S-400 missile system misfired during the chaos, smashing into a residential block and killing at least two civilians. One woman was among the dead, and another 11 people were wounded. Tourists at Sochi's five-star beachside hotels were seen cowering in underground car parks as their luxury summer breaks were shattered by war. This was the first major Ukrainian strike on Sochi in almost two years - and the symbolism couldn't be clearer. The city is home to Russia's most elite gymnastics academy run by Alina Kabaeva, Putin's long-time secret lover. It's also just a stone's throw from the palace Mad Vlad is building after razing his last one - and only a mile from the Sirius school where he once held private talks with Donald Trump. Ukraine used Lyutyi‑196 long-range drones in the daring raid that lit up the night sky with fireballs. The Lukoil-Yugnefteprodukt oil depot exploded in flames as local officials scrambled to control the chaos. Warped Russian state TV parades 'drone death factory' packed with kamikaze killing machines after Ukraine blitzes Moscow Sochi airport was also shut down, delaying more than 100 flights. While Sochi burned, the heart of Odesa bled. The historic Ukrainian port city, often described as the soul of the nation, suffered yet another hellish night under a hail of Russian drones. A nine-storey residential building was torn apart from the fifth to eighth floors, and the city's beloved Privoz Market - a cultural landmark since 1827 - was engulfed in flames. Regional governor Oleh Kiper said: "There is damage to architectural monuments in the historic centre of Odesa, which is under UNESCO protection." Russia also launched drone strikes on Mykolaiv and a missile assault on Cherkasy, injuring seven people and a child. Fires raged across Ukrainian industrial sites as sirens screamed through the night. All this, just hours after peace talks in Istanbul collapsed into bitter recriminations. 11 11 Kremlin negotiator Vladimir Medinsky admitted the two sides were "quite far from each other". Ukraine's Rustem Umerov demanded an immediate ceasefire and face-to-face negotiations. He warned: "We emphasise that the ceasefire must be real. "It must include a complete halt to strikes on civilian and critically important infrastructure." 'Prepping for nuclear war' As the bloodshed on the ground escalates, Putin's propaganda machine turns even more apocalyptic. Leading Russian media outlets - or Kremlin mouthpieces - have begun preparing their citizens for nuclear war. Newspapers such as Komsomolskaya Pravda ran chilling features warning that war with the West could come before the end of the decade, fuelled by what they claim is Nato aggression. Accusing the West of wanting to "dismember" Russia to access its resources, Russian military analyst Andrei Klintsevich warned: "The aim is to provoke Russia… and launch direct confrontation." He called for a nuclear test in the Arctic - the first since the Cold War - in a move meant to terrify Western powers. The warnings coincided with threats from Putin's infamous crony Dmitry Medvedev, who claimed World War Three has already begun, and urged Russia to bomb the West. Medvedev, deputy chairman of Russia's Security Council, raged that Nato and the West are effectively already at war with Russia as he pushed the Kremlin's view that his country is the victim. That's despite it being Russia who invaded Ukraine and is continuing to wage a bloody war. 11 11 The Kremlin's fury was further stoked after US General Christopher Donahue declared Nato could capture Kalinigrad - the strategic fortress Russia clings to in the heart of Europe - "faster than we've ever done before." It comes after Trump threw his own firepower to the mix. He pledged to arm Ukraine with advanced defence systems and slap Russia with brutal 100 per cent tariffs - unless Putin strikes a peace deal within 50 days. Meanwhile, Volodymyr Zelensky has found himself facing a new kind of battle - not with Putin, but with his own people. The Ukrainian leader is under intense fire after signing a controversial anti-corruption bill that critics say hands him near-absolute power over previously independent watchdogs. Thousands poured into the streets of Kyiv in the biggest anti-government protest since the war began. "We chose Europe, not autocracy," read one handmade placard. Another one read: "My father did not die for this." Zelensky insisted the law was needed to purge Ukraine's anti-corruption agencies of Russian infiltration, claiming: "We all share a common enemy: the Russian occupiers… "Those who work against Ukraine must not feel comfortable or immune to the inevitability of punishment." But his assurances did little to calm protesters, which included Kyiv's mayor and former heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko, who said bluntly: 'Sapo and Nabu must remain independent institutions.' The protests have now spread to Lviv, Dnipro and even battle-hardened Odesa, adding political turmoil to an already exhausted nation. 11 11
Scottish Sun
15-07-2025
- Politics
- Scottish Sun
New pics show Putin's ‘secret son' Ivan, 10, looking identical to despot as he follows in glam gymnast mum's footsteps
NEW pictures show Vladimir Putin's "secret son" Ivan looking identical to his tyrant dad as he follows in his gymnast mum's footsteps. The young boy, now 10, was born to the Russian dictator's hidden glam lover Alina Kabaeva, 42, an Olympic gold medal-winning rhythmic gymnast. 11 Ivan Putin, the reported secret son of Russian president Vladimir Putin and his gymnast mother Alina Kabaeva Credit: East2West 11 Ivan Putin, front row and centre, the reported secret son of Russian president Vladimir Putin Credit: East2West 11 Ivan Putin, fourth from the left, resembles his tyrant dad Credit: East2West 11 His mum is a rhythmic gymnast Credit: East2West 11 New images appear to show Putin's son at a training session in June 2025 in Valdai, where the tyrant has his favourite palace. And pictures of Ivan in a public gymnastics performance have been revealed by anti-Kremlin Telegram channel VChK-OGPU, which in April published the first photos of a child they called 'the loneliest boy in Russia'. The channel wrote: "Ivan is in a team of boy-gymnasts with a separate number within a group performance, and the cameraman's attention is focused on his team. "He took part in a large [performance] called 'Lezginka' at a festival organised by his mother." Unbelievable footage shows him performing as part of the team at the ALINA 2023 event. His mum Alina Kabaeva - a highly decorated rhythmic gymnast - runs an elite gymnastics academy and is behind training sessions in Valdai. The channel added: "From the numerous photos [...] of the sports team for which Ivan competes, you can see that one of its members is not an ordinary boy. 'During performances, training, and other events that take place indoors, there are eight people in the team. 'Alina Kabaeva is often present in the photo of the eight, she is behind one of the boys." The channel said Ivan doesn't appear to have taken part in 'mass events' since 2023, but he still features in his team's pictures. Putin defies Trump's ultimatum and BOMBARDS Ukraine - as Kremlin mouthpiece warns Russia will 'turn Kyiv into Hiroshima' Swiss-born Ivan - who resembles mad Vlad in his Soviet childhood - has a younger brother Vladimir junior, now five, who is yet to be pictured. Ivan, just like his mum, appears to be accomplished as a young gymnast, and competed in the same festival where fellow contestants were from countries like China, Cuba, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Belarus. A message posted by his club stated their gymnasts showed an 'excellent level of training and the ability to work in a team". It added: "Hours of training and rehearsals were not in vain! We are proud!!" Putin has never confirmed the young family he has with Kabaeva - who is three decades younger than him. However, in a random moment last year, he confessed to watching Russian fairytale movies with '[his] little ones'. Putin told reporters: 'Our historic fairytales and epic tales are being revived. 'I myself sometimes watch these with pleasure with my little ones.' 11 The children are thought to be from the tyrant's relationship with glamorous gymnast partner Alina Kabaeva (pictured) Credit: East2West 11 Ivan Putin, fourth the left, takes part in gymnastic competitions Credit: East2West 11 Swiss-born Ivan has a younger brother called Vladimir Credit: East2West 11 Ivan Putin, third from the left in the front row is pictured alongside his mother, gymnast Alina Kabaeva Credit: East2West 11 Russian president Vladimir Putin seen as primary school pupil, left, and in his early teenage years Credit: East2West A flicker of a smile appeared on the tyrant's face as he mentioned them. Despite Putin and the Kremlin vehemently denying a relationship between him and glamorous Kabaeva, independent Russian journalists have established they have two sons together. Until now, the children have never been seen and live out of sight behind his high-security palace walls. Putin also has another secret daughter Ekaterina Krivonogikh, 22 - aka Luiza Rozova - born to his former mistress, cleaner-turned-multimillionaire Svetlana Krivonogikh, 50. She holds shares in a top bank and owns a prominent St Petersburg strip club. Luiza is known to have lived in the West - in Paris - during the war in Ukraine. Putin is highly secretive about his private life. "I do not permit interference. It must be respected,' divorced Putin barked in one interview. He deplored "those who with their snotty noses and erotic fantasies prowl into others' lives'. Kabaeva in 2004 posed almost nude - except for furs - for Maxim magazine in Russia and was described as 'full of sex' by a photographer. Earlier - after being temporarily banned in a doping scandal in 2001 - she was photographed naked but for strategically-placed lilacs as part of a Russian project 'Twelve Months' by Ekaterina Rozhdestvenskaya. Later, she appeared on a Russian show called One Hundred Questions for Adults when she was questioned about her private life by an audience of children. In one clip, was asked by a young boy if she had met her 'ideal man' to which she replied giggling: 'I have.' She was then asked who the mystery man in her life was but would only reveal 'he's a very good man, a great man," adding: "I love him very much". Last year Dossier Centre investigative news outlet confirmed the longstanding speculation that Kabaeva had two sons with Putin. Astonishingly, the boys secretly have had British and New Zealand citizens as governesses, but now due to Putin's war, the Russian ruler recruits South African citizens to teach English to his heirs. The children live under the permanent guard of FSO [Federal Protective Service] officers. 'The brothers have little contact with their peers and see little of their parents, but they appreciate the rare moments they manage to spend with their father,' said Dossier Centre. They don't attend schools and are taught in Putin's palaces like the royal children of the last Russian tsar. Putin's secret lover PUTIN and his alleged gymnast lover were first linked 15 years ago after a report in a Moscow newspaper run by media tycoon and former KGB spy Alexander Lebedev. The despot was still married to his first wife at the time, Lyudmila Putina, whom he later divorced in 2014. Kabaeva, who is 31 years younger than Putin, shot to fame as "Russia's most flexible woman" and went on to become one of Russia's most decorated gymnasts in history. Around the time they first met, Alina was asked on a kids' TV show whether she had found her "ideal man". And without naming the Russian leader, Alina replied giggling: 'I have met him" and added that she was 'so happy'. 'A man, a very good man, a great man," she said, adding: 'I love him very much.' Russian state media bans any mention of links between the two and Putin is said to be ferociously private about their relationship. "I have a private life in which I do not permit interference. It must be respected,' he barked in one interview. He deplored "those who with their snotty noses and erotic fantasies prowl into others' lives' A Moscow source previously told The Sun: 'Putin is an intensely private man - he has been hiding his two adult daughters under fake IDs for years. "Even now, though he talks about them occasionally, he never names them. 'If Alina gave birth to his children, her hiding away might be one of the strongest hints pointing to this. "He is obsessive about the security of his family.' In 2016, Kabaeva appeared in public wearing a ring on her ring finger, which she seemed to attempt to hide from the cameras. She was wearing the ring again during a rare TV interview, where she failed to shed any new light on her alleged relationship with the Kremlin leader, whose name wasn't mentioned. In February 2017, Kabaeva made another public appearance, apparently showing off the ring at a gymnastics tournament in Moscow. Months later, she teased Russians yet again by showing off what appeared to be a wedding ring on an outing in Italy.
Daily Mail
15-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
'Putin's secret ten-year-old son, he shares with gymnast lover', is seen following in his mother's footsteps on stage.
New pictures and videos have appeared of the boy who, it has been claimed, is Vladimir Putin 's secret son. The boy, now ten, called Ivan, is said to have been born to the Russian dictator's hidden partner, Alina Kabaeva, 42, an Olympic gold medal-winning rhythmic gymnast. Fresh images in a public gymnastics performance were highlighted by anti-Kremlin Telegram channel VChK-OGPU, which in April published the first photos of a child they called 'the loneliest boy in Russia '. Hidden from the public, Ivan is seen to be a member of a gymnastics team and is shown with his alleged mother in open-source pictures dating to 2023. There are also more recent images. 'Ivan is in a team of boy-gymnasts with a separate number within a group performance, and the cameraman's attention is focused on his team,' wrote the caption in the channel. 'He took part in a large [performance] called 'Lezginka' at a festival organised by his mother.' Footage shows him performing as part of the team at the ALINA 2023 event, and at one point, he is seen blowing a kiss on stage. Alina - a highly decorated rhythmic gymnast - runs an elite academy in Sochi, Russia's main Black Sea resort, and is behind training sessions in Valdai, north of Moscow. Putin has sprawling palaces in both locations. The caption accompanying the pictures added: 'From the numerous photos….of the sports team for which Ivan competes, you can see that one of its members is not an ordinary boy.' 'During performances, training, and other events that take place indoors, there are eight people in the team. 'Alina Kabaeva is often present in the photo of the eight, she is behind one of the boys. 'However, when the team flies, stays in regular hotels, goes to have fun at the zoo, the beach, a water park, or just fool around, the number of its members is reduced to seven people. 'The disappearing boy is Ivan Putin. And Alina Kabaeva, when the seven are photographed, is also missing.' The channel said the boy does not appear to have been in 'mass events' since 2023, although he still features in his team's images. Swiss-born Ivan is said to have a younger brother, Vladimir junior, now five, whose pictures have not been publicised. When the channel first showed the pictures of Putin's alleged son, it added: 'He hardly communicates with other children, spending all his time with guards, governesses, [and] teachers.' With the latest round of pictures, the channel wrote: 'For some reason, Ivan has a very sad face in almost all the photos.' He resembles Putin in his Soviet childhood. The boy appears to be accomplished as a young gymnast. There were contestants from China, Cuba, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, and Belarus in the same festival as him. A message posted by his club said their gymnasts showed an 'excellent level of training and the ability to work in a team! Hours of training and rehearsals were not in vain! We are proud!!'. Pictures appear to show the boy at a training session in June 2025 in Valdai, where Putin has his favourite northern palace. The Russian leader has never confirmed the young family he is said to have with Kabaeva, three decades his junior. But in an unguarded moment last year, he referred to watching Russian fairy tale films with 'my little ones'. State propaganda channel RT translated his words as 'my junior family members'. Putin told a marathon televised question and answer session: 'Our historic fairy tales and epic tales are being revived. I myself sometimes watch these with pleasure with my little ones.' A flicker of a smile appeared on his face as he mentioned them. While Putin and the Kremlin have always denied a relationship between him and glamorous Kabaeva, independent Russian journalists have claimed that they have two sons together. Until now, the children have never been seen and are alleged to live out of sight behind his high-security palace walls. Putin is also known to have grandchildren from his two eldest daughters - Maria Vorontsova, 40, and Katerina Tikhonova, 38, a scientist, manager and former high-kicking 'rock'n'roll' dancer. It has been claimed that Putin also has another secret daughter, Ekaterina Krivonogikh, 22 - aka Luiza Rozova. She is said to have been born to his former mistress, a cleaner turned multimillionaire Svetlana Krivonogikh, 50, who holds shares in a top bank and owns a prominent St Petersburg striptease club. Luiza is known to have lived in the West - in Paris - during the war in Ukraine. Putin is highly secretive about his private life. In one interview, the divorced president said: 'I do not permit interference. It must be respected.' He deplored 'those who with their snotty noses and erotic fantasies prowl into others' lives'. Kabaeva in 2004 posed almost nude - except for furs - for Maxim magazine in Russia and was described as 'full of sex' by a photographer. After being temporarily banned in a doping scandal in 2001, she was photographed naked with strategically-placed lilacs as part of a Russian project 'Twelve Months' by Ekaterina Rozhdestvenskaya. Later, she appeared on a Russian show called One Hundred Questions for Adults when she was questioned about her private life by an audience made up of children. In one clip, she was asked by a young boy if she had met her 'ideal man', to which she replied, giggling: 'I have.' She was then asked who the mystery man in her life was, but would only reveal his identity. She said 'he's a very good man, a great man' and added: 'I love him very much.' Kabaeva said: 'Sometimes you feel so happy that you even feel scared.' Last year, Dossier Centre, an investigative news outlet, claimed that the longstanding speculation that Kabaeva had two sons with Putin was accurate. It has been said that the boys have secretly had British and New Zealand citizens as governesses, but now, as a result of Putin's war, the Russian ruler has allegedly recruited South African citizens to teach English to his heirs. The children are claimed to live under the permanent guard of FSO [Federal Protective Service] officers. 'The brothers have little contact with their peers and see little of their parents, but they appreciate the rare moments they manage to spend with their father,' said Dossier Centre. Reports claim that they do not attend schools and are taught in Putin's palaces like the royal children of the last Russian tsar.
New York Post
23-04-2025
- Politics
- New York Post
Putin's alleged son seen in leak
Photos have emerged online that claim to show the purported son of Russian President Vladimir Putin and his rumored ex-Olympian lover Alina Kabaeva, according to reports. The first images of 10-year-old Ivan Vladimirovich Putin were revealed to the public in allegedly leaked photos from anonymously run Russian Telegram channel VChk-OGPU, the Sun reported. NY Post reporter Georgia Worrell shares this story.
Sunday World
22-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Sunday World
Anti-Kremlin website publishes first photograph of Putin's secret son (10)
The Russian president reportedly has three secret children An anti-Kremlin website has published a photograph of Vladimir Putin's secret son for the first time. The Russian president fathered the 10-year-old boy, Ivan Vladimirovich Putin, with his mistress, gymnast Alina Kabaeva. 'VChK-OGPU has obtained a photo of the most secret and probably the loneliest boy in Russia', their Telegram channel reads. 'This is Ivan Vladimirovich Putin. He hardly communicates with other children, spending all his time with guards, governesses, and teachers.' It was previously reported that Putin is 'dismayed' by the pre-teens interest in Disney cartoons and characters. The Dossier Center reports that Putin is upset by his son's hobby because it means he "did not succeed in protecting his children from Western influence.' In January 2024 he said "your head will fall off" from watching "modern Western-made cartoons", adding that Soviet cartoons "are of a completely different quality.' Ivan also has a younger brother, Vladimir Jr. who is 4 years old. Putin has never publicly acknowledged his young sons, however, he did slip up on state propaganda channel RT when he referred to watching fairy tales with his 'little ones'. 'Our historic fairy tales and epic tales are being revived,' he said during a question-and-answer session. 'I myself sometimes watch these with pleasure with my little ones.' The brothers reportedly see little of their parents or their peers as they are home schooled. Putin's 41-year-old girlfriend Alina Kabaeva is one of Russia's most revered gymnasts. She has never addressed the rumours about her relationship and is rarely photographed in public. Vladimir Putin with Alina Kabaeva Russian investigative journalists had previously uncovered a web of property links between Putin's inner circle and Ms Kabaeva's family. In 2016, Russia's TV Rain reported that a childhood friend of Putin and his long-time associate both transferred the ownerships of three luxurious apartments in Moscow and St Petersburg's high-end neighbourhoods to Kabaeva's grandmother. Separately, Putin's judo sparring partner reportedly gifted more property to Ms Kabaeva's sister and grandmother. Putin has two older daughters with his ex-wife Lyudmila, and another secret daughter, Ekaterina Krivonogikh, with his former mistress Svetlana Krivonogikh.
