The Latest Breaking News from Vladimir Putin

Russia warned NATO could intervene if chemical weapons launched, warns defence minister

Defence Minister James Heappey said previous use of chemical weapons had 'triggered an international response' in a warning to Russia's Vladimir Putin

Daily Mirror · Mar 10, 2022

Moscow blames U.S. for "economic war"

"Blanket sanctions against the Russian economy are having an effect"

Salon · Mar 10, 2022

Commentary: The false promise of autocracy

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine shocked the world. It should not have. Vladimir Putin has been threatening Ukraine for years. To support those threats, Russian media has dutifully featured ludicrous, fabricated tales of Ukrainian misdeeds and even atrocities against beleaguered Russians, and he has asserted that a nation with a Jewish…

Tribune News Service · Mar 10, 2022

UK politics: Boris Johnson says he fears Putin may use chemical weapons in Ukraine – as it happened

PM says Russian claims about enemies getting ready to use chemical weapons echoes what happened before the use of chemical weapons in Syria

The Guardian - UK · Mar 10, 2022

Putin ally Chemezov says Russia will be the victor

Sergei Chemezov, a close ally of President Vladimir Putin, said that the military operation in Ukraine had prevented an attack on Russia, which he said would emerge victorious from the sanctions imposed by the West.

Reuters · Mar 10, 2022

US inflation rises to new 40-year high of 7.9%; Abramovich sanctioned by UK – as it happened

ECB raises inflation forecasts, cuts growth outlook amid Ukraine conflict, as stock markets slide and Chelsea FC owner is sanctioned by Britain

The Guardian - UK · Mar 10, 2022

Ukraine War: Two Weeks that Changed the World

Russia invaded Ukraine in the early hours of February 24, setting off the worst conflict in Europe in decades. We look back on a fortnight which has shaken the world, AFP said. - Russia invades - Russian President Vladimir Putin announces a "special military operation" to "demilitarize and de-nazify" Ukraine…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 10, 2022

Russia’s shelling of Mariupol maternity hospital is war crime - UK

‘What you see on your TV screens is a war crime,’ said James Heappey

Evening Standard · Mar 10, 2022

World leaders are afraid to ban Russia’s oil. Ukraine’s only hope is ordinary people

Ministers in Germany, Italy and the UK fear that voters won’t accept rising prices. The public must force their hands, says Oleg Ustenko, an adviser to the president of Ukraine

The Guardian - UK · Mar 10, 2022

Ukraine Crisis to Dominate EU Leaders' Versailles Summit

EU leaders will scramble Thursday to find ways to urgently address the fallout of Russia's invasion of Ukraine that has imperiled the bloc's economy and exposed a dire need for a stronger defense. The meeting at the Versailles palace was set to be the high point of France's six-month EU…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 10, 2022