The Latest Breaking News from Vladimir Putin

Newsletter: Europe braces for a more hostile economic order

Also in this newsletter: NATO military chiefs meet in Brussels amid concerns over weapons shortages.

Euronews · May 19

Russia to conduct three-day nuclear drills from May 19-21

Russia's armed forces will carry out exercises of its nuclear forces from May 19 to 21, the defence ministry said on Tuesday. The drills will include more than 65,000 troops and 7,800 types of equipment and weapons, the ministry said.

France 24 · May 19

Putin visits China after Trump trip fails to shift Xi on Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin was in China on Tuesday for a two-day state visit, just days after Donald Trump completed a closely watched trip to Beijing that produced headlines on trade but no clear breakthrough on Ukraine or Iran.

Radio France Internationale · May 19

Putin visits China to reaffirm Russia ties as Xi also seeks stable US relations after Trump summit

Vladimir Putin is visiting China this week for talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping, days after U.S. President Donald Trump concluded his trip to Beijing.

The Economic Times · May 19

From sanctioned cars to beauty clinics, Russian rubles have flowed into China’s border towns since Ukraine war

Suifenhe, a small city in China’s economically depressed rust belt, is a microcosm of an evolving Chinese-Russian trading relationship

The Guardian - AU · May 19

Ukraine war briefing: Chinese ship hit on way in to Odesa port, says Zelenskyy

Civilian vessels under Russian attack in Black Sea; Kyiv condemns Belarus nuclear drills as threat to Nato and global security. What we know on day 1,546

The Guardian - AU · May 19

Belarus stages nuclear drills with Russia as Kyiv warns of new offensive

Russia and Belarus conducted joint nuclear exercises on Monday as Kyiv warned Moscow was preparing a new offensive from Belarusian territory against Ukraine or NATO.

Euronews · May 18

Ex-Everton director loses High Court appeal against Russia sanctions

Mr Ismailov’s lawyers told a hearing earlier this month the decision was ‘outrageously unfair’

The Independent UK · May 18

Russians realise they aren’t safe as Ukrainian drone attacks on Moscow bring war close to home

The war no longer seems a distant conflict for many

The Independent UK · May 18

Joe Scarborough scoffs at Trump having ‘dementia’ but says president is growing more erratic

President Donald Trump has become more ‘exaggerated’ in his personal characteristics, Morning Joe host argues, in attack on commander-in-chief for abandoning U.S. allies in Europe

The Independent UK · May 18