The Latest Breaking News from Vladimir Putin

The Observer view on the global escalation of Russia’s war on Ukraine

Putin’s plague has put the entire postwar consensus on life support

The Guardian - UK · Oct 9, 2022

Russian divers to inspect damage to vital Crimea bridge link

The Kerch bridge was badly damaged after a truck exploded on its road section and a cargo train caught fire.

Al Jazeera · Oct 9, 2022

Russia-Ukraine war latest: what we know on day 228 of the invasion

Vladimir Putin orders extra security around Kerch bridge in Crimea as limited traffic starts to resume

The Guardian - UK · Oct 9, 2022

Crimea bridge blast deals major blow to Putin as he names new military chief

General Sergey Surovikin is taking over total command of Russia’s operations in Ukraine

Evening Standard · Oct 8, 2022

Mystery wave seen under Crimea bridge before blast amid speculation Ukraine used boat

Moscow furiously claimed a truck bomb caused the blast on the only bridge between Crimea and Russia, which killed at least three people - but a mysterious wave has observers speculating

Daily Mirror · Oct 8, 2022

Russia’s military call-up is having major repercussions almost everywhere but the Ukrainian battlefield

TBILISI, Georgia — Less than three weeks ago, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the call-up of 300,000 men to bolster army ranks decimated by battlefield routs in Ukraine. Now, in an extraordinary exodus, waves of fighting-age men have fled Russia in what appear to be roughly those same numbers.

Los Angeles Times · Oct 8, 2022

Putin dealt bitter blow as blast cripples key bridge to Crimea

Ukrainians relish show of Russian vulnerability after explosion on supposedly untouchable 18-mile prestige structure

The Guardian - UK · Oct 8, 2022

Russia races to reopen Crimea bridge damaged in fiery blast

President Vladimir Putin’s flagship bridge to Crimea was severely damaged in a blast that hit a fuel train and caused the partial collapse of the only road link running from the Russian mainland to the Black Sea peninsula that Moscow annexed in 2014.

Tribune News Service · Oct 8, 2022

Putin appoints ‘brutal’ new senior commander for Ukraine war as Russian struggles continue

Sergei Surovikin feared to be responsible for potential war crimes in Syria and attacks on civilians in Ukraine

The Independent UK · Oct 8, 2022

Putin Orders More Security for Crimea Bridge, Energy Supplies

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday ordered tighter security for the bridge from Russia to Crimea as well as the infrastructure supplying electricity and natural gas to the peninsula, Interfax said. In a decree issued hours after the bridge was damaged by a blast, Putin said the FSB security service…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Oct 8, 2022