The Latest Breaking News from Vladimir Putin

Labour condemns Johnson over attendance at party fundraiser ‘on eve of war’

The Prime Minister reportedly spoke at a fundraising dinner just hours before the invasion of Ukraine.

The Independent UK · Mar 19, 2022

As Russia pushes into the heart of Mariupol, Ukraine's Zelenskyy urges direct talks with Putin

LVIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called for direct talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday as Russian forces pushed deeper into the beleaguered southern port city of Mariupol, with heavy street battles shutting down a major steel plant and hampering rescue efforts.

Los Angeles Times · Mar 19, 2022

'War in Ukraine began eight years ago but the world is only just noticing'

Volodymyr Prasiuk first fought for Ukraine in the Maidan Uprising and is on a Russian kill list, but now he is back on the front line and says that the Ukrainians "will win"

Daily Mirror · Mar 19, 2022

Putin 'panicking' over revolution in Moscow as he battles to control Ukraine, PM says

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said failure to support Ukraine now would result in a "new age of intimidation across eastern Europe from the Baltic to the Black Sea"

Daily Mirror · Mar 19, 2022

Those on the right who loudly praised Putin have now fallen strangely silent

Most collaborators in the west are at least coming up with excuses after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. That’s not the case in Britain

The Guardian - UK · Mar 19, 2022

Zelensky warns war will cost Russia for "generations"

Zelensky said Putin is deliberately creating "a humanitarian catastrophe."

Axios · Mar 19, 2022

The week in audio: the best podcasts on the conflict in Ukraine

There’s no shortage of excellent analysis of the Ukraine crisis, but there’s nothing to match the contributions of people at the sharp end of it

The Guardian - UK · Mar 19, 2022

Zelenskyy urges direct talks with Putin as war in Ukraine continues to rage

LVIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called for direct talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday as Russian forces kept up attacks on the besieged suburbs of Kyiv and the southern city of Mariupol while announcing they had used hypersonic missiles for the first time to destroy an…

Los Angeles Times · Mar 19, 2022

Horror video shows 'invisible' Russian hypersonic missile destroying buildings in Ukraine

A clip filmed from a drone shows people fleeing a military base in the Ivano-Frankivsk region

Manchester Evening News · Mar 19, 2022

Vladimir Putin 'asks Kremlin staff to perform doomsday nuclear attack drill'

Vladimir Putin is said to be a 'depressed' loner and 'often pours his anger out on those close to him', a source had claimed

Daily Mirror · Mar 19, 2022