It was an eventful year, with high-profile deaths, court cases, and stage slaps. But even as that all flew by, and a war raged on, a simple game came out tops.
Zelenskyy TIME’s Person of the Year. Energy expert on Eskom – ‘only God can save us’. Jooste’s fine slashed. Madonna’s raunchy snaps.
An anti-Kremlin Telegram channel with apparent links to his security team claims to have the inside scoop on a rather embarrassing accident.
Another of Russia’s Ka-52 ‘Alligator’ helicopters, one of the best attack choppers in the world, went down in a fiery ball after being shot mid-air by Ukraine forces.
The anonymous artist confirmed an artwork as his by posting Instagram pictures of a gymnast on a destroyed building.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his citizens won’t back down and the tide has turned dramatically over the past month or so.
First-person footage of a fighter pilot ejection is pretty tough to come by. That’s what makes the video, coming out of Ukraine, such a find.
Perhaps military generals will do their best to shield the Russian president from seeing another embarrassing video doing the rounds.
The past 24 or so hours have seen wave after wave of explosions in Kyiv and across the country. Civilian targets included a major road junction next to a university and a children’s playground in a park.
Putin’s private army falling apart. How to get divorced. ‘My Octopus Teacher’ home burns. Did Mick get it on with Stones band members?
Marina Ovsyannikova went on live TV to protest against Russia with a poster that read “no war”, risking the wrath of Putin.
Elon vs Volodymyr Twitter war. The EFF could govern SA. Trump sues CNN. Chess groupies and drunken brawls. Staff scared of Prince Andrew.
During a televised national address yesterday, Putin stated that hostilities in Ukraine now threaten the very existence of Russia and said talk of using nuclear weapons “is not a bluff”.
Putin threatens nuclear war. Why Queen’s coffin was so heavy. Mkhize vs Ramaphosa. Meghan and Kate ignored each other. Olivia Wilde on ‘Spitgate’.
As Ukrainian forces continue to consolidate their control of newly liberated areas of Kharkiv, we are getting a look at some of the frontline battles.
Russia’s ‘messy retreat’. Billionaire wants to buy SA airports. Jantjies scandal handled in ‘professional manner’. Steve Irwin’s best mate on that tape.
Decoys, which resemble advanced US rocket systems, have been used to trick the Russian military into wasting expensive cruise missiles.
On February 24, Russia invaded Ukraine and footage showed explosions and fighter jets in and around major cities. Sadly, those are scenes we have become all too familiar with.
On Tuesday, the Saky air base in Crimea was rocked by at least 12 explosions. Footage of people fleeing the beach was too much for the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence to pass up.
Hundreds of landmines have been left behind by retreating Russian soldiers, which has led to some unique takes on detonating them.
If you thought classical music was elitist and inaccessible, you clearly haven’t heard anything by Ukrainian composers.
CCTV footage shows residents of Kremenchuk enjoying a day at a park when they’re suddenly forced to flee for their lives.
A Lithuanian actress has been deported from South Africa, after masquerading as an asylum-seeker in order to enter the country without a visa.
The footage took place in southwest Polohy in Ukraine, an area frighteningly close to where the Russian Armed Forces have taken control.
A body language expert who broke down Putin’s movements during Russia’s Victory Day commemorations on May 9 says there may be cause for concern.
While under house arrest for an activism stunt for more than a year, complete with an ankle bracelet and round-the-clock police patrolling outside her flat in central Moscow, Lucy Shtein plotted her escape.
Sergey Andreev, Russia’s ambassador to Poland, wasn’t a very popular man during yesterday’s ceremony at the Soviet Soldiers Cemetery in Warsaw.
Bono and U2 bandmate The Edge were invited to perform in Kyiv by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy himself.
Aside from showing how bombed out the town is, you can also see Russian soldiers tossing grenades before opposition forces are taken down.
A recent video of a chat between Putin and his Defence Minister shows him gripping the table, which some have speculated could be due to ill health.