The Latest Breaking News from Vladimir Putin

Viral video of Kim Jong-un meeting Vladimir Putin is actually from 2019

Twitter users have been sharing a video that they claim shows Russian President Vladimir Putin meeting North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Moscow on September 30. However, it turns out the video was filmed in Vladivostok in April 2019 during the only official meeting between these two heads of state.

France 24 · Oct 8, 2022

If Putin falls, is it really good news?

Putin faces multiple crises and his grip on power may be fading. None of that will solve the West's problems

Salon · Oct 8, 2022

Blast damages Russia's sole land link to Crimea

Moscow says a truck explosion ignited a huge fire and severely damaged the Kerch bridge — Russia’s sole land link with annexed Crimea — and has vowed to find the perpetrators, without immediately blaming Ukraine.

Bangkok Post · Oct 8, 2022

Trudy Rubin: Here’s why Ukraine is winning: It is fighting a modern war while Russia’s army is lost in WWII

As I was watching YouTube videos of Ukrainian forces advancing against Russian troops, my mind flashed back to a conversation I had in a pizza restaurant in Kharkiv in July with a 50-year-old Ukrainian military volunteer whose moniker was Sergo.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Oct 8, 2022

NATO once feared a Putin victory. Now it worries over his defeat

Russia’s latest wave of threats to use nuclear weapons and cut energy supplies even further so far haven’t scared off Ukraine’s allies in the U.S. and Europe, only hardening their will to see Kyiv win.

Tribune News Service · Oct 8, 2022

Terrifying footage shows Russian bridge to Crimea hit by huge 'truck bomb' explosion

The footage - which appears to show a truck exploding as it crossed the Crimean Bridge - increases the likelihood that Putin's key crossing was targeted by a Ukrainian attack in the hours after his 70th birthday

Daily Mirror · Oct 8, 2022

Huge fire on important bridge in Crimea as US says Ukraine could retake region

The Kerch bridge represens a hated symbol of the Kremlin’s occupation of the southern Ukrainian peninsular

Nottingham Post · Oct 8, 2022

Crimea: Bridge linked to Russia reopens after explosion kills three

Russia’s RIA state news agency reported that a fuel tank caught fire on the Kerch bridge at around 6am on Saturday morning

Evening Standard · Oct 8, 2022

Blatter to Beckham: who was in the room when Qatar got the World Cup

Vladimir Putin and Boris Johnson also feature as we select key people and look at what has happened to them since

The Guardian - UK · Oct 8, 2022

Football corruption and the remarkable road to Qatar’s World Cup

The most significant day in the history of modern football ended with the award of a tainted event that is now weeks away

The Guardian - UK · Oct 8, 2022