The Latest Breaking News from Vladimir Putin

Putin’s ‘fascism and tyranny’ equal to Nazis, Ben Wallace says

Defence secretary says Russian commanders are complicit in hijacking Victory Day to justify war on Ukraine

The Guardian - UK · May 8, 2022

Rumours swirl Russia's Vladimir Putin 'upset' to learn mistress is pregnant again

Russia's tyrannical leader Vladimir Putin, 69, is said to already be the father of two of 38-year-old gymnast and 'Russia's most flexible woman' Alina Kabaeva's children

Daily Mirror · May 8, 2022

Putin’s Russia ‘mirroring the fascism and tyranny’ of the Nazis, Wallace claims

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace’s speech comes on the same day Vladimir Putin stages a military parade to mark the victory over Nazi Germany

The Independent UK · May 8, 2022

Russia and Belarus to face new sanctions targeting ‘£1.7 billion of trade’

The sanctions outlined by the International Trade Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan and Chancellor Rishi Sunak involve import tariffs and export bans.

The Independent UK · May 8, 2022

Group of Seven issues new sanctions against Russia over Ukraine invasion

WASHINGTON — The U.S., European Union and Group of Seven leaders on Sunday unveiled a fresh round of sanctions targeting Russia’s industrial sector, state-controlled media and Russian and Belarusian finance executives from major banks including Russia’s Gazprombank.

Los Angeles Times · May 8, 2022

Canada’s Trudeau says Putin responsible for ‘war crimes’

PM Justin Trudeau announces new weapons for Ukraine and imposes new sanctions against Russia during his visit to Kyiv.

Al Jazeera · May 8, 2022

Biden admin accelerates plans to reopen Kyiv embassy

Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said it's "a testament to Ukraine's success [and] Moscow's failure" in the war.

Axios · May 8, 2022

Ukraine-Russia war: Russian televisions hacked to read 'blood on your hands from thousands of Ukrainians' — as it happened

Televisions in Russia were hacked on Victory Day with messages reading "There is blood on your hands of thousands of Ukrainians and hundreds of murdered children".

ABC News · May 8, 2022

Mariupol steel plant’s ‘dead men’ defenders call for rescue plan

If Russia’s President Vladimir Putin hoped to mark Victory Day on Monday by celebrating the capture or surrender of Mariupol’s last Ukrainian defenders, a Zoom appearance by their commanders suggests he’ll have to wait.

Tribune News Service · May 8, 2022

In Ukraine's wheat fields, farmers have formed a quiet resistance against Vladimir Putin's occupation

As Vladimir Putin's army invaded, photos and videos of broken-down Russian tanks being stolen by farmers on tractors has delighted many Ukrainians. It's just one of the ways local farmers are fighting back against Russia's invasion.

ABC News · May 8, 2022