Anton Kuprin News Today

Just eight people got off the EU blacklist in the past two years, most of them in out-of-court deals involving friends in high places or EU passports.

It is often hard to know when battlefield reports are false or why they may have been disseminated.

Kyivs officials taunted their Russian counterparts over the footage which claims to show missiles launching and blasting into the sky on their way to sink the Moskva in the Black Sea.

The young naval sailors, many of whom are 19-years-old, are missing and presumed dead after being on board the stricken Moskva flagship when it was hit by two Ukrainian missiles.

Mikhail Nagamov, 41, the commander of a sapper regiment, died fighting in Ukraine on April 13, Russian media has reported, without saying where or how exactly he died.

His death is just the latest in a string of high-profile deaths for the Russian military, coming on the heels of seven generals already killed in action since the war began and staggering losses overall.

It appeared that Vladimir Solovyov was articulating the Kremlin leaders own anger when he launched a full-frontal attack on the Navy in a nationwide broadcast. Putin was said to be incensed by the loss.

A leading Russian TV host known as 'Putin's Voice' has expressed cold anger over the sinking of the Black Sea's flagship Moskva.

Family of the crew of the Moskva - Russias sunken warship - are demanding answers as their relatives remain missing despite Russia claiming almost all crew members on the ship survived.

Moscow gave Ukrainian soldiers an ultimatum to surrender or die by 3am GMT on Sunday, according to the Russian Defence Ministry.