The Latest Breaking News from Kremlin

Antony Blinken calls referendums plan a ‘sham’ and Moscow’s possible mobilisation of extra forces ‘a sign of Russian failure’ ahead of Biden speech

Olga Skabeyeva, known as the Russian leader's 'Iron Doll', claims the ceremony was a perfect target due to the presence of many world leaders

The planned votes come after Russia suffered one of its biggest setbacks of the war.

The Kremlin is moving hastily to stage sham votes on annexing the regions of Ukraine its forces still control, after Kyiv’s military drove Russian troops from large areas of territory taken in their seven-month-old invasion.

Votes in four regions will be held later this week

Russian-installed officials in the Kherson region of Ukraine said they have decided to hold a referendum later this week on joining Russia and have urged the Kremlin to give its permission as soon as possible, the separatist head of the region said on Tuesday.

Vladimir Putin's TV military pundit made a series of shocking claims yesterday - including that the tyrant should have nuked Britain during the Queen's funeral as all the 'best people were there'

It’s been a bad few weeks for Vladimir Putin.

Ukraine said its troops have marched farther east into territory recently abandoned by Russia, paving the way for a potential assault on Moscow's occupation forces in the Donbas region as Kyiv seeks more Western arms. "The occupiers are clearly in a panic," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in a televised…