The Latest Breaking News from Vladimir Putin

‘This is a fossil fuel war’: Ukraine’s top climate scientist speaks out

As western governments untangle themselves from Russian oil and gas, Svitlana Krakovska notes that the roots of the climate crisis and invasion are in fossil fuels

The Guardian - US · Mar 9, 2022

Russian airstrike on Sumy ‘wipes out teenage sambo fighter and his family’

Artyom Priymenko, 16, was said to have been killed alongside his entire family when bombs hit residential homes in the battered city

Evening Standard · Mar 9, 2022

Brit landlady bars Putin from drinking at her pub - 'My punters would wreck him'

Landlady Sam Rice, who runs the Loaf and Cheese in Burton upon Trent, warned Vladimir Putin he would get "wrecked" if he popped into her pub for a pint after his brutal invasion of Ukraine

Daily Mirror · Mar 9, 2022

Putin is betting that the west is too decadent to defend its values. He is wrong

Carried to power and marinated in myths about themselves, dictators always underestimate the strength of democracies, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

The Guardian - UK · Mar 9, 2022

GOP candidate sparks outrage by saying ‘if rape is inevitable, you should just lie back and enjoy it’

Robert ‘RJ’ Regan also defends Russian president Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine

The Independent UK · Mar 9, 2022

Ukraine war at 2-week mark: Russians slowed but not stopped

Two weeks into its war in Ukraine, Russia has achieved less and struggled more than anticipated at the outset of the biggest land conflict in Europe since World War II

The Independent UK · Mar 9, 2022

Scots B&B owner takes fire at Russian army propaganda from guesthouse in Glencoe

Neil Campbell, who lived in Kyiv for ten years, has generated a stream of billboard messages now being blasted across Ukraine.

Daily Record · Mar 9, 2022

Biden’s Russian oil ban will be painful, but necessary

The ban means that U.S. oil dollars won’t fund Russia’s brutal violence in Ukraine.

Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 9, 2022

What India’s position on Russia-Ukraine war means for its EU ties

Will India’s strategy of bolstering ties with EU to ward off China while maintaining close relations with Russia work?

Al Jazeera · Mar 9, 2022

China pushes conspiracy theory about US labs in Ukraine

BEIJING: China accused the US military of operating “dangerous” biolabs in Ukraine, echoing a Russian conspiracy theory that Western officials warned could be part of an effort to justify President Vladimir Putin’s invasion after the fact.

The Times of India · Mar 9, 2022