The Latest Breaking News from Vladimir Putin

Pro-Russian protesters in Germany outnumbered by Ukraine supporters

Around 600 pro-Russian protesters in a 350-car motorcade set off on a demonstration in Hanover in the north of Germany on Sunday, where there was also a counter-demonstration of around 700 people supporting Ukraine in the city centre, local police said.

Reuters · Apr 10, 2022

Russians express outrage online over Putin’s war and loss of young soldiers sent to die

It is the first time Russians have openly expressed their outrage over Vladimir Putin's war with people asking: “How many more will die before this war is over?"

Daily Mirror · Apr 10, 2022

Putin calls them ‘gnats.’ But war back home strengthens ties of a South Florida community

MIAMI — Ukrainian Olena Doronina and Russian Alexandra Ignatkina huddled over their cellphones to watch videos sent by Doronina’s son and siblings, who are trapped in Kherson, a Black Sea port city in the south of Ukraine occupied by Russian soldiers.

Miami Herald · Apr 10, 2022

Why does Russia want to block Ukraine from joining Nato?

Vladimir Putin vehemently opposed to neighbouring state signing up to western military alliance

The Independent UK · Apr 10, 2022

Syria Gas Attack Victim, Awaiting Justice, Say Impunity Fuels War Crimes

Abdel Hamid al-Youssef said 25 members of his family, including his wife and infant twins, were killed when poison gas was dropped on their town in Syria in 2017, in an attack a UN-backed inquiry concluded was launched by the Syrian state. “In seconds, everything was erased.

Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 10, 2022

Evangelicals loved Putin: And now?

Evangelicals have been developing a political and emotional alliance with Russia for almost 20 years. Will it last?

Salon · Apr 10, 2022

Russian solider arrested after vile video of baby being raped emerges online

Ukraine media reports the man sent vile images and videos to a fellow soldier and it disseminated from there.

Irish Mirror · Apr 10, 2022

How likely is it that Russia will launch a nuclear attack?

Vladimir Putin has placed the Kremlin’s strategic nuclear weapons forces on ‘high alert’, prompting fears over what could happen next

The Independent UK · Apr 10, 2022

In the dark shadow of Putin’s war: Murder, mass graves and torture mark a Russian retreat

Special Report: A man watches a Russian missile destroy his family’s home in front of his eyes. A teenager avoids a summary execution by seconds. In Borodyanka, Bucha, Hostomel and Makariv, Bel Trew finds a Russian retreat marked by a trail of murdered civilians, mass graves and devastation

The Independent UK · Apr 10, 2022

Why has Russia invaded Ukraine? The conflict explained

Vladimir Putin’s military assault continues in face of near-unanimous international condemnation

The Independent UK · Apr 10, 2022