The Latest Breaking News from Vladimir Putin

Controversy erupts as Canadian PM welcomes Ukrainian president and unwittingly honors Nazi collaborator

Discussion with Andrei Troshev shows Moscow’s efforts to demonstrate its control over mercenary group

Putin reportedly said in July that Mr Troshev was his preferred candidate to replace previous boss Yevgeny Prigozhin

As the war enters its 583rd day, these are the main developments.

Two day hearing for data protection claim set to take place next month in London’s High Court

At a press conference after talks with the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, this afternoon, Nato secretary general Jens Stoltenberg sounded like a man determined to take a “glass half full” attitude when he said that “every metre that Ukrainian forces regain is a metre that Russia loses”.

When Vladimir Putin called for a partial mobilisation in September 2022 it was a sign to ordinary Russians that – despite all the Kremlin’s denials – this was no longer a “special military operation” but a real war.

After two major wars and a recent lightning Azerbaijani offensive, the self-styled republic will be dissolved.

Russia is on a mission to grab a seat on the UN’s Human Rights Council - and to add insult to injury it’s using crops plundered from its illegal war to curry favour with potential backers, writes Arpan Rai