The Latest Breaking News from Vladimir Putin

Russians flock to Georgia, again, as Putin escalates war

New waves of Russians have arrived in Georgia, desperate to avoid joining troops in Ukraine.

Al Jazeera · Sep 27, 2022

Officials say 98,000 Russians enter Kazakhstan after call-up

Officials say about 98,000 Russians have crossed into Kazakhstan in the week since President Vladimir Putin announced a partial mobilization of reservists to fight in Ukraine

The Independent UK · Sep 27, 2022

First results from ‘sham’ Ukraine referendums show 96% want to join Russia

Russia warned it could resort to nuclear weapons to defend what it claimed as its own territory, including newly acquired lands

The Independent UK · Sep 27, 2022

Giorgia Meloni shares the Putin view of history

Giorgia Meloni, 45, has won the Italian general election by drive and sheer personality, but her victory was a huge step backwards for the country. Meloni’s politics has direct lineage to those of another leader of Italy, Benito Mussolini , Il Duce, the Fascist who ruled from 1921 to 1943.

Evening Standard · Sep 27, 2022

Russia's digital ministry scrambles to help key workers avoid mobilisation

Russia's digital ministry is scrambling to help key tech workers avoid being called up by the army after President Vladimir Putin ordered a partial mobilisation to bolster Russian forces in Ukraine.

Reuters · Sep 27, 2022

Silvio Berlusconi, 85, celebrates as girlfriend Marta Fascina, 32, wins parliamentary seat

Marta Fascina was elected in Sicily

The Independent UK · Sep 27, 2022

Russians flee being called up to Putin's army with 10 miles of queues at border

Last Wednesday Vladimir Putin ordered the mobilisation of an additional 300,000 military-aged men, sending them to fight on the frontlines of the war in Ukraine after his forces suffered devastating losses at Kyiv's hands

Daily Mirror · Sep 27, 2022

Vladimir Putin's troops ordered to pack tampons to plug bullet wounds on battlefields

The woman officer told the reservists in military fatigues: "Guys, don't laugh. Ask your wives, girlfriends, and mothers for feminine pads. The cheapest ones, plus the cheapest tampons"

Daily Mirror · Sep 27, 2022

How likely is it that Russia will launch a nuclear attack?

Vladimir Putin placed the Kremlin’s strategic nuclear weapons forces on ‘high alert’ at the start of the conflict and has continued his sabre-rattling ever since

The Independent UK · Sep 27, 2022

Mum stabs four-year-old daughter to death after husband called up to army by Putin

A heated row over her husband being mobilised by Vladimir Putin led to the mother stabbing her four-year-old daughter to death - and then attempting to take her own life

Daily Mirror · Sep 27, 2022