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The Latest Breaking News from Vladimir Putin

EU plans to put Putin’s rumoured girlfriend on sanctions list

Alina Kabaeva likely to join Patriarch Kirill, who supports war in Ukraine, on draft document of travel bans and asset freezes

The Guardian - UK

Suspicious deaths of six Russian oligarchs look like Kremlin murders, experts say

Experts believe the murder-suicides of six prominent Russian businessmen are the work of Vladimir Putin and the Kremlin as they try to send a message to oligarchs and civilians

Daily Mirror

Mariupol offensive to help Putin mark May 9 Victory Day

He’ll boast of land corridor on Russian national holiday predicts former top UK general

Evening Standard

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Pope Francis uses wheelchair in public for the first time

Pontiff, 85, revealed on Tuesday he was soon to undergo minor operation to treat knee pain

The Guardian - UK

Months into the Ukraine war, has Germany’s position changed?

Berlin has eased its restrictive arms export policy to supply Kyiv with lethal weapons, but frictions remain.

Al Jazeera

Lukashenko says ‘West can sleep peacefully’ from fear of Belarusian attack amid mounting Nato tensions

President Lukashenko also credited himself for starting peace talks between Russia and Ukraine

The Independent UK

EU leaders announce sixth package of sanctions targeting Russia as oil imports to be phased out entirely

“This sends another important signal to all perpetrators of the Kremlin's war: We know who you are, and you will be held accountable"

Irish Mirror

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Belarus doing ‘everything’ to end Ukraine war: Lukashenko

Belarusian president says Minsk is pushing for a peace agreement but accuses Kyiv of being disinterested in talks.

Al Jazeera

Ukraine war: Pressured Vladimir Putin may declare a fresh mobilisation

The war in Ukraine is now entering its 11th week. Neither side, the Ukrainian nation in arms nor Vladimir Putin’s battered legions, is admitting defeat or declaring convincing victory.

Evening Standard

Vladimir Putin may launch nukes but it would end Russian civilisation, expert says

It is estimated that Vladimir Putin has 2,000 tactical nuclear weapons and some have the power to kill 10s of thousands of people with one strike - as there are fears Moscow may resort to this

Daily Mirror

Belarus ‘doing everything to stop war in Ukraine’, says President Alexander Lukashenko

Belarus’ authoritarian president Alexander Lukashenko has claimed he is doing “everything” to stop Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine.

Evening Standard

Russia denies troops storming Azovstal, says Putin order still stands

The Kremlin denied that Russian troops were storming the Azovstal steel plant in Ukraine's southern port city of Mariupol, where Ukrainian fighters and civilians are trapped, and said humanitarian corridors were operating there on Thursday.

Reuters

William Ruger on Russia's Invasion of Ukraine

Instituting a "no-fly" zone would be the U.S. "essentially going to war with Russia."

Reason

EU countries are ‘almost there’ in agreeing to bloc’s proposed new package of sanctions against Russia – as it happened

This blog has now closed. You can find our latest coverage of the Russia-Ukraine war in our new live blog

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Salon

Can we defeat democracy's enemies?

Confronting Putin isn't about sanctions or military strategy. It's about facing what we did to make him possible

Salon

Honoring free speech: But do we have it?

Joe Biden says the right things. But outrage around the SCOTUS leak makes clear how fragile press freedom really is

Daily Mirror

Russian missile blitz kills 20 and turns Ukraine region into raging fireball

Russia is claimed to be intensifying its attacks on Ukraine, targeting key transport hubs in the country sending urgent supplies from Nato allies around the war-torn nation

Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin tests Russian nuclear-capable missiles in major threat to West

Russian troops practised the simulated "electronic launches" of nuclear-capable Iskander mobile ballistic missile systems in the western enclave of Kaliningrad, in the Baltic Sea between Poland and Lithuania, the defence ministry said in a statement

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The Guardian - UK

Ukraine is already winning: victory can be achieved without risking nuclear war

A mooted US proxy conflict over Russian-occupied territories by the US would be dangerous, says Anatol Lieven of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft

Irish Mirror

Vladimir Putin 'plans to hand over power as cancer rumours grow' after Russia nuclear Ireland threat

Russian President Vladimir Putin's recent public appearances - as his troops continue his barbaric invasion of Ukraine - show him looking shaky and puffy-faced

Daily Record

Putin 'bracing for coup' as army officials and FSB 'look to oust Russian leader'

Rumours are swirling in the Kremlin that several former generals and KGB officials want to oust the Russian President and bring an end to the war.

The Independent UK

The AP Interview: Belarus doing 'everything' to end war

Belarus’ authoritarian leader has defended Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and says he's doing “everything” to stop the war

Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin in 'impossible position' to win Ukraine war after heavy Russian losses

The former UK ambassador to Russia, Sir Andrew Wood, said he believes Vladimir Putin has suffered more troop losses in Ukraine than Afghanistan and is now in an "impossible position"

Al Jazeera

‘A second Afghanistan’: Doubts over Russia’s war prosecution

Russia’s lack of progress in its war against Ukraine has been noted by analysts since it launched a second phase.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Why Victory Day in Russia Is Different This Year

The invasion of Ukraine means that fewer Russian tanks and other military hardware will rumble through Moscow’s Red Square on Monday, when the country marks its victory over Nazi Germany in World War II. The patriotic fervor associated with the sacred holiday, however, could be as strong as ever. This…

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