The Latest Breaking News from Vladimir Putin

Russia launched 550 drones and missiles across Ukraine overnight in the largest aerial assaults since the war began

Air raid alerts sound through the night as Putin’s forces launch waves of attacks

Pope Leo XIV heads off on holiday on Sunday, having spent his first two months as Catholic leader rebuilding unity and bolstering tradition after his predecessor's unorthodox papacy.

Russia launches drone attack on Kyiv hours after presidents’ phone call; US company Techmet to bid in first pilot project of US-Ukraine minerals fund

Asked about his expectations from the call, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said "I'm not sure that they have a lot of common ideas, common topics to talk (about), because they are very different people."

Russian leader Vladimir Putin told US President Donald Trump by telephone on Thursday that Moscow will not "give up" on its aims in Ukraine, the Kremlin said.

The announcement came as the U.S. has paused military aid to Ukraine.

Estonia’s prime minister believes that Russia will continue to be a threat as long as Vladimir Putin remains in power. In an interview with Euronews, Kristen Michal explained that ending the war would oblige the Russian president to face difficult questions from his own people.

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Phone call comes after a top Pentagon official ordered a halt to any arms shipments bound for Kyiv’s defense