The Latest Breaking News from Vladimir Putin

Russia ‘forced to merge depleted units from failed advances in Ukraine’, UK says

Western officials believe Moscow’s offensive in eastern Ukraine is going much slower than planned

The Independent UK · Apr 30, 2022

A new Iron Curtain is eroding Norway's hard-won ties with Russia on Arctic issues

The countries share a border. Along the frontier, residents say a new barrier has disrupted everything from Arctic climate action and nuclear waste control to trade and cross-border sports leagues.

WEKU · Apr 30, 2022

Alarmed by Russia’s aggression, Europe rethinks its China ties

Russia’s war on Ukraine has triggered a profound reassessment in European capitals of their individual and collective relations with China.

Tribune News Service · Apr 30, 2022

Who rules the waves? In my part of Scotland that’s far from clear

The sale of a Clyde estate might once have been seen as making a positive case for globalisation. But it’s no longer so simple, says journalist Ian Jack

The Guardian - UK · Apr 30, 2022

Russia shows off missile weapons ahead of Victory Parade after WW3 declaration fears

Russia has been ramping up preparations for the Victory Day parade on May 9 with a display of weaponry in rehearsals. There are fears Putin may use the event to declare war on the West

Daily Mirror · Apr 30, 2022

Russia strikes Ukraine's east, south; Civilians evacuated from Mariupol plant

Russia carried out missile strikes across southern and eastern Ukraine on Saturday, Ukrainian officials said, and some women and children were evacuated from a steel plant in the besieged city of Mariupol after sheltering there for over a week.

Reuters · Apr 30, 2022

Vladimir Putin about to 'declare all-out war on Ukraine as payback for botched invasion'

Vladimir Putin is poised to declare an all-out war on Ukraine, according to Russian sources and Western officials, months after barring media from referring to his nation's invasion as a "war"

Daily Mirror · Apr 30, 2022

Biden seeks to rob Putin of his top scientists with visa lure

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration has a plan to rob Russian President Vladimir Putin of some of his best innovators by waiving some visa requirements for highly educated Russians who want to come to the U.S., according to people familiar with the strategy.

Tribune News Service · Apr 30, 2022

Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 66 of the invasion

Ukraine claims Russia has suffered ‘colossal’ losses as Pentagon press secretary condemns Putin’s ‘cruelty and depravity’

The Guardian - AU · Apr 30, 2022

Ukraine’s Kyiv reels from attack during UN chief’s visit, as NATO beefs up forces

LVIV, Ukraine — Far from the war’s front lines, central and western Ukraine were on high alert Friday after Russian missiles rained down on the capital, Kyiv, killing at least one person and shattering a relative return to calm that had seen the United Nations chief visiting mass graves on…

Los Angeles Times · Apr 30, 2022