The Latest Breaking News from Vladimir Putin

The world must convince autocrats that if they attack their neighbours they will ultimately foot the bill for everything, says Denys Shmyhal, prime minister of Ukraine

Kyiv’s forces achieved ‘partial success’ in southern operations on Tuesday, deputy defence minister claims

Elizabeth Gilbert, the celebrated author of Eat, Pray, Love, has cancelled her latest novel, The Snow Forest. Planned for publication in February 2024, there is now no release date.

Use of US- and UK-supplied missiles would mark west’s ‘full involvement’, Russian defence minister says

James Cleverly said the message to Russia was ‘you break it, you bought it’, as he suggested Moscow’s elite may shoulder much of the cost burden.

Ukraine claims to have shot down 32 of 35 drones in overnight Russian attack; both sides said to be enduring heavy casualties in frontline fighting

BEIJING: Chinese imports of Russian oil last month hit their highest level since Moscow's February 2022 invasion of Ukraine, customs data showed Tuesday, as Beijing offers an economic lifeline to an increasingly isolated Kremlin.

Whether or not the Ukraine counteroffensive that began in early June 2023 succeeds in dislodging Russian troops from occupied territory, there are growing signs that the push has prompted anxiety back in Moscow.

Moscow would, if necessary, be prepared to deploy its vast nuclear arsenal - it has been said

Vladimir Putin poses a “real" threat of using tactical nuclear weapons, Joe Biden has said.

The destruction of the Kakhovka dam has caused €1.2 billion of damage, Ukraine's environment minister said on Tuesday, warning that mines unearthed by flooding could wash up in other European countries. Early Tuesday morning, Russia launched a widespread overnight air attack on Ukraine targeting the capital, Kyiv, and cities from…