The Latest Breaking News from Vladimir Putin

US Vice President gives shock speech to European leaders ahead of meeting with Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky

French President Emmanuel Macron said that only Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky could negotiate on behalf of his country, warning in a newspaper interview on Friday against a peace deal with the Russian President Vladimir Putin that could have repercussions for the world.

DAVID Lammy is set to meet G7 allies in Munich today as the West reels from Donald Trump’s telephone conversations with Vladimir Putin.

Russian drone attack on Chernobyl nuclear power plant raises concerns of escalating hostilities. Zelensky condemns Putin's aggressive tactics.

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A superpower that once built alliances across the west is dramatically reorienting itself – and so too must its former allies, writes Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

French president says yielding to Vladimir Putin would be ‘bad news for everyone’ amid fears of US and Russia deciding continent’s future security

Here are the key developments on the 1,086th day of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

President Volodymyr Zelensky is set to meet US Vice President JD Vance in Germany on Friday with a warning against trusting Russia's Vladimir Putin, as concerns mount in Kyiv and among its European allies that the Ukraine war will be settled over their heads.

The Indian prime minister praised Trump while angling to avoid the steep ‘reciprocal’ tariffs the US president plans.