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Yulia Pyatova, who is married to goalkeeper Andriy Pyatov, posted a heart-wrenching message on her Instagram account where she begged for the war to end and told of her desperation to return.

Katerina Mozhna and her four-year-old son Maxim are now safe, having fled to Romania from Ukraine, funded with help from generous Mail on Sunday readers.

Thousands gathered in cities from the ex-Soviet Balkans to Tbilisi and further afield to Florence to protest the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and price hikes being blamed on the conflict.

Cabinet is at loggerheads over plans by Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove to seize Russian oligarchs mansions and use them to house fleeing Ukrainians displaced by Putin.

The bulk of Russian forces are now no more than 15 miles from the city centre, reports suggest. But will they be able to penetrate the capitals increasingly intricate defences?

Putins war on freedom of expression in Russia appeared to be fraying at the edges on Thursday after guests on Kremlin-backed TV defied Moscow and openly criticised the brutal war in Ukraine.

The seismic news that was confirmed by the Government effectively means Abramovich can no longer press ahead with his original plan to sell the club.

The soldiers held emotional goodbyes with their girlfriends and families at the railway station in Lviv, before heading east to join the fight against the invading Russian forces.

Kyivs Centre for Strategic Communications said it could not rule out the possibility following a meeting in Moscow between Russian President Putin and Belaruss Lukashenko.

On the pitch it was business as usual last night as the club beat the Premier Leagues worst team Norwich City 3-1 in front of away fans who chanted the oligarchs name through the match.