The Latest Breaking News from Kremlin

Putin vows 'weapons of unprecedented characteristics' after reported chemical attack

Bodyguards escorting Russian leader Vladimir Putin to official visits have been seen carrying a suspicious black briefcase - which is suspected to contain the means of launching the country's strategic nuclear missiles

Daily Mirror · Apr 12, 2022

A fifth of Russia’s war dead are ‘officers sent to command Putin’s troops in Ukraine’

Western officials say the Kremlin has suffered ‘extremely high casualties’ during its invasion of Ukraine

The Independent UK · Apr 12, 2022

Fog Of War: Huge Cloud Of Nitric Acid Blows Back On Russian Troops

Images of the brown cloud of noxious gas appeared, reportedly near under-fire Luhansk Oblast.

Zenger · Apr 12, 2022

Mariupol teeters as Russia readies eastern Ukraine onslaught

MYKOLAIV, Ukraine — With Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy telling compatriots to brace for a fateful week, Western military officials warned Monday that Russian forces will likely resort to even more brutal tactics against civilians in a looming offensive in the country’s south and east.

Los Angeles Times · Apr 11, 2022

Russian 'chemical weapon' dropped on city causing respiratory problems, Ukraine claims

Ukrainian MP Ivanna Klympush claims Russia has used a suspected chemical weapon on troops defending the besieged city of Mariupol, with separatist rebels previously raising the prospect of such an attack

Daily Mirror · Apr 11, 2022

Prominent Russian opposition activist jailed in Moscow

Vladimir Kara-Murza is a critic of the invasion of Ukraine and described the Kremlin as a ‘regime of murderers’

The Guardian - UK · Apr 11, 2022

Peril to civilians seen as Russia readies eastern Ukraine onslaught; Mariupol teeters

MYKOLAIV, Ukraine — With Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy telling compatriots to brace for a fateful week, Western military officials warned Monday that Russian forces will likely resort to even more brutal tactics against civilians in a looming offensive in the country’s south and east.

Los Angeles Times · Apr 11, 2022

Kremlin will take legal action if Russia pushed into default, minister threatens

Sanctions are designed to make it difficult for Russia to make sovereign debt payments to foreign investors

The Guardian - UK · Apr 11, 2022

Support for Putin among western celebrities drains away over Ukraine

Steven Seagal is isolated voice in backing Russian president as Gérard Depardieu, Silvio Berlusconi and others condemn invasion

The Guardian - UK · Apr 11, 2022

Russians turn to homegrown social media amid crackdown over Ukraine

RuTube was downloaded about 1.4 million times on Russia’s App Store and Google Play in the 40 days after Russia invaded Ukraine

The Independent UK · Apr 11, 2022