The Latest Breaking News from Vladimir Putin

FCDO ‘condemns exploitation’ as Britons charged with being mercenaries by Russia

Officials are in ‘constant contact’ with the government of Ukraine about the case.

The Independent UK · Jul 2, 2022

Bobby Ghosh: Erdogan missed a big opportunity with NATO

To judge by Turkey’s pro-government media, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan scored a major geopolitical victory for his country at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization summit in Madrid. “Turkey slammed its fist on the table, Europe came to its knees,” declared the conservative Yeni Akit daily.

Tribune News Service · Jul 2, 2022

Russia’s Messages with Missiles Tell West to Back Off

The latest in a litany of horrors in Ukraine came this week as Russian firepower rained down on civilians in a busy shopping mall far from the front lines of a war in its fifth month. The timing was not likely a coincidence. While much of the attritional war in…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jul 2, 2022

Fighting intensifies for Ukraine's last bastion in eastern Luhansk province

Fighting intensified on Saturday for Lysychansk, Ukraine's last bastion in the strategic eastern province of Luhansk, while blasts shook a southern city after the civilian toll from Russian strikes climbed in towns well behind the front lines.

Reuters · Jul 2, 2022

Four week warning issued to UK beer drinkers as grain supply threatened

Ukraine is one of the largest suppliers of the worlds grain

Nottingham Post · Jul 2, 2022

What happened in the Russia-Ukraine war this week? Catch up with the must-read news and analysis

The grim search for survivors of the Kremenchuk shopping centre airstrike; Ukraine repels Russian forces from Snake Island; war returns to Kyiv

The Guardian - AU · Jul 1, 2022

Sanna Marin has defied Vladimir Putin in joining NATO. It could be Finland's 'most important moment'

Russia's warnings to not join NATO have done little to dampen the resolve of Finland's Prime Minister, Sanna Marin. At just 36, the world's youngest leader has pulled off one of the "most important moments of Finnish history".

ABC News · Jul 1, 2022

Hamilton is right: it's about action for the future, not giving the past a platform

OPINION: The emergence of racist comments from Nelson Piquet has restarted the discussion about how Formula 1 tackles discrimination. Lewis Hamilton is therefore rightly demanding and providing action to ensure archaic views, which do not belong in modern society, are no longer part of motorsport's future

Autosport · Jul 1, 2022

The Guardian view on Biden’s risky gamble: betting on lowering oil prices

Editorial: The climate agenda risks being derailed by energy market disruptions caused by Russia’s war in Ukraine

The Guardian - UK · Jul 1, 2022

Troops Blast Russian HQ With British-Made M777 Howitzers

Ukrainian troops blitz a Russian base and reportedly destroy their headquarters, a warehouse and armored vehicles, as can be seen in this footage.

Zenger · Jul 1, 2022