The Latest Breaking News from Vladimir Putin

Netflix confirm date Irish people using someone else's password will have to pay extra fee

Earlier this year, the streaming giant tried out new technology to crack down on people living at different addresses logging into the same account.

Irish Mirror · Oct 20, 2022

Andreas Kluth: If Putin orders a nuke, will his generals obey?

As military strategists in the West war-game a possible nuclear escalation by Russian President Vladimir Putin, they’re also pondering the role disobedience could play. What if Putin gives the order to nuke, but others in the chain of command refuse to execute? Should the U.S. and its allies try to…

Tribune News Service · Oct 20, 2022

Germany's Scholz blasts Putin's 'scorched earth' tactics, warns on gas price cap

Russian President Vladimir Putin is using energy and hunger as weapons but has failed to break the West's unity and will not achieve his war aims through scorched earth tactics, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Thursday.

Reuters · Oct 20, 2022

Russia-Ukraine war – live: Putin to step up power plant attacks amid blackout fears

Energy companies begin repairing damaged power facilities

The Independent UK · Oct 20, 2022

Russia-Ukraine war latest: what we know on day 239 of the invasion

Ukraine to restrict electricity use; Putin declares martial law in four Ukraine provinces; Kyiv describes Moscow’s plans to resettle civilians in Kherson as ‘propaganda show’

The Guardian - AU · Oct 19, 2022

U.S. says Iranians in Crimea helping Russia use drones against Ukraine

Washington said on Thursday it believed Iranian military staff had been deployed in Crimea to provide assistance to Russian forces using Iranian-made drones to attack Ukraine, as the West slapped sanctions on Tehran in response.

Reuters · Oct 19, 2022

Vladimir Putin introduces martial law in Russian-held parts of Ukraine

In a televised address to members of his security council, Putin instructed the government to set up a special coordinating council under Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin to work with Russia's regions to boost Moscow's war effort in Ukraine

Irish Mirror · Oct 19, 2022

Putin orders sweeping security powers in regions near Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered dramatically heightened security, including restrictions on movement, in regions along the border with Ukraine as attacks have spread into Russian territory.

Tribune News Service · Oct 19, 2022

Meloni rages as Berlusconi’s ‘vodka gifts’ from Putin hijack Italy’s coalition talks

If there was ever any doubt that Silvio Berlusconi would make an awkward “junior” partner in Italy’s next government, it was dispelled in sensational fashion this week as the octogenarian former premier was recorded boasting that he exchanged gifts of vodka, wine and “sweet” letters with Russia’s Vladimir Putin –…

France 24 · Oct 19, 2022

Morning mail: top Truss minister quits with scathing parting shot, Japanese encephalitis fears, car-proof cake

Thursday: The UK home secretary has been forced to resign after an email indiscretion, throwing Liz Truss’s government into fresh chaos. Plus: how to keep a cake intact on its maiden voyage

The Guardian - AU · Oct 19, 2022