The Latest Breaking News from Vladimir Putin

What did Putin say on tactical nuclear weapons and Belarus?

President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday that Russia has struck a deal with neighbouring Belarus to station tactical nuclear weapons on its territory. Here are his key remarks on the subject, made on state television and translated by Reuters.

Reuters · Mar 25, 2023

Evil Putin plotted 'total cleansing' of Ukraine with civilians taken to concentration camps

Russia's Federal Security Service had orders "from the very top" of Putin's government to take Ukrainian citizens and march them to their deaths in newly released emails

Daily Mirror · Mar 25, 2023

Russia to station nuclear arms in Belarus, says Putin

EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell on Sunday urged Belarus not to host Russian nuclear weapons, saying it could face further sanctions if it did.

France 24 · Mar 25, 2023

Man who couldnt get seen at NHS dentist travelled to Ukraine for treatment

Richard Howe got treatment at half the price quoted in the UK - including travel costs

Manchester Evening News · Mar 25, 2023

Vladimir Putin's daughter rules young Russians aren't patriotic enough on social media

Katerina Tikhonova, who heads the Innopraktika Institute in Moscow, says research shows “patriotism” is distinctly lacking among a generation losing its men to Putin’s bloody war in Ukraine

Daily Mirror · Mar 25, 2023

Putin and Erdogan held phone call, discussed grain deal

Russian President Vladimir Putin held a phone call with his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan, the Kremlin said on Saturday.

Reuters · Mar 25, 2023

Russia pardons 5,000 former criminals after fighting in Ukraine, Prigozhin says

More than 5,000 former criminals have been pardoned after finishing their contracts to fight in Russia's Wagner mercenary group against Ukraine, the founder of Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, said on Saturday.

Reuters · Mar 25, 2023

Editorial: Republicans need to get their story straight on Ukraine

Since describing the war in Ukraine as a “territorial dispute” that’s not a vital national interest, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has received criticism from leading Republicans — including some of his rivals for the 2024 presidential nomination — and rightly so. DeSantis’s comments echo a faction of the party eager…

Tribune News Service · Mar 25, 2023

Xi and Putin Meeting Signals the Return of the China-Russia Axis and the Start of a Second Cold War

China’s and Russia’s roles have been reversed, and their ambitions restored — not in the name of communist ideology, but in light of an aggressive, militarist nationalism that animates both regimes.

The News Lens · Mar 25, 2023

Moscow ‘has deal with Belarus to station nuclear weapons’, says Putin – as it happened

Russia’s president says deal struck to station weapons on ally’s territory, according to Tass news agencyWhat we know on day 395 of the invasion

The Guardian - AU · Mar 25, 2023