The Latest Breaking News from Vladimir Putin

Ukrainian president to attend G7 summit as allies seek to put pressure on Putin

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has warned Vladimir Putin ‘we’re not going away’.

The Independent UK · May 19, 2023

Britain says Russia will ‘pay the price’ for Ukraine invasion as fresh wave of sanctions unveiled

The prime minister launched a new wave of sanctions against Vladimir Putin as he warned that Western leaders are ‘not going away’

The Independent UK · May 19, 2023

‘We’re not going away’: Rishi Sunak warns Vladimir Putin on support for Ukraine

Prime Minister insists support remain ‘steadfast’ ahead of G7 summit in Hiroshima

Evening Standard · May 19, 2023

In Miami, NATO official says only Ukraine can decide what ‘just and lasting peace’ would look like

Even as several countries have offered to mediate in the search for a political solution to the war in Ukraine, including several in Latin America, a high-ranking North Atlantic Treaty Organization official insists that only the Ukrainian government can determine what it will consider “a just and lasting peace.”

Miami Herald · May 18, 2023

Putin's energy blackmail of Europe has failed, commissioner says

Russian President Vladimir Putin's attempt to blackmail Europe using energy resources has failed, but next year will still be challenging, the European Commissioner for Energy, Kadri Simson, said on Thursday.

Reuters · May 18, 2023

Pope hopes to send peace envoys to Kyiv, Moscow - report

Pope Francis hopes to send personal peace envoys to the Ukrainian and Russian presidents to try to broker a ceasefire in the war, a Catholic website reported on Thursday.

Reuters · May 18, 2023

Family who named son Putin in honour of Russian president regret it 10 years later

The Dzhurayev family moved to Russia from Tajikistan in the early 2010s and officially renamed their son when he was one-and-a-half years old to Rasul Putin

Daily Mirror · May 18, 2023

Armenian PM agrees to hold Moscow peace talks with Azeri leader and Putin - Ifax

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said on Thursday he had agreed to hold peace talks in Moscow on May 25 with Ilham Aliyev, the president of Azerbaijan, with Russian President Vladimir Putin mediating, the Interfax news agency reported.

Reuters · May 18, 2023

‘Pro-Russian neutrality’: How Ukraine sees China’s emerging role

Russia’s ally signals a desire for peace, but few are convinced that Beijing has either power or pure motivations.

Al Jazeera · May 18, 2023

‘It’s like the USSR’: residents on life in Mariupol a year since Russian occupation

People tell Guardian of ‘primitive’ living standards, propaganda in schools and constant risk of arrest

The Guardian - UK · May 18, 2023