The Latest Breaking News from Vladimir Putin

Russian forces appear to shift to siege warfare in Ukraine - U.S. official

Russia, frustrated by early battlefield setbacks in Ukraine, could be shifting its strategy to siege warfare just as President Vladimir Putin raises the risk of a catastrophic miscalculation by putting nuclear forces on heightened alert, a senior U.S. defense official said on Sunday.

Reuters · Feb 27, 2022

World unites against Putin's invasion

Putin had calculated a divided America and Europe would make it hard to punish him for invading Ukraine.

Axios · Feb 27, 2022

Chelsea chief Petr Cech avoids condemning Russia amid Roman Abramovich criticism

Cech gave his thoughts on the situation in Ukraine ahead of the Carabao Cup final vs Liverpool and gave a diplomatic response but made no mention of Russia or Vladimir Putin amid increased scrutiny on Chelsea owner Abramovich

Daily Mirror · Feb 27, 2022

Sunday headlines: Body found in search for missing teen and Putin nuclear threat

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Daily Record · Feb 27, 2022

France joins score of European nations to close airspace to Russian aircraft

France on Sunday joined more than a dozen European countries to close its airspace to Russian aircraft.

Radio France Internationale · Feb 27, 2022

EU says needs to prepare for millions of refugees from Ukraine

The European Union needs to prepare for millions of Ukrainian refugees arriving in the bloc, EU Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson said on Sunday, as Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his nuclear-armed forces to be put on high alert.

Reuters · Feb 27, 2022

NATO chief calls Putin alert order irresponsible, cites 'dangerous rhetoric'

President Vladimir Putin's move to put Russian forces on high alert is dangerous and irresponsible and adds to the Russian leader's aggressive pattern involving Ukraine, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Sunday.

Reuters · Feb 27, 2022

Ukrainian and Russian diplomats to meet as Putin puts nuclear forces on alert

The move comes as tensions heighten between Russia and the west

Wales Online · Feb 27, 2022

Ukraine invasion spotlights the delicate state of democracy

Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine advances a global anti-democratic trend — one that has seen strongmen, some elected, nudge their nations toward dictatorship and ignore once-solid democratic norms

The Independent UK · Feb 27, 2022

Police detain more than 900 people at anti-war protests across Russia - monitoring group

Police detained more than 900 people at anti-war protests that occurred in 44 Russian cities on Sunday, raising the total since the start of Russia's invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24 to over 4,000, independent protest monitoring group OVD-Info said.

Reuters · Feb 27, 2022