The Latest Breaking News from Vladimir Putin

World reacts to Putin’s partial mobilisation plans in Ukraine war

Ukraine says Moscow’s move is ‘predictable’ as it is failing to achieve its objectives in the seven-month-old war.

Al Jazeera · Sep 21, 2022

Ukraine war: Putin calls up more troops and threatens nuclear option in a speech which ups the ante but shows Russia's weakness

Declaring a partial mobilisation and threatening the use of “lots of Russian weapons” in response to alleged western nuclear blackmail, Russia’s president Vladimir Putin has upped the ante once more in his war against Ukraine. Indeed, Putin nearly went so far as to say so: “When the territorial integrity of…

The Conversation · Sep 21, 2022

Flights out of Russia sell out after Putin orders partial call-up

One-way flights out of Russia were rocketing in price and selling out fast on Wednesday after President Vladimir Putin ordered the immediate call-up of 300,000 reservists.

Reuters · Sep 21, 2022

Germany says UN General Assembly will not accept ‘peace dictated by Russia’ in Ukraine

Scholz told UNGA that ‘if we want Putin’s war to end, then we cannot be indifferent to how it ends’

The Independent UK · Sep 21, 2022

Ex-Putin adviser warns UK cities could be hit with nuclear weapons if Britain ‘continues to be aggressor’

Sergey Markov says ‘a lot of people in Western countries’ could be killed in nuclear war on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme

The Independent UK · Sep 21, 2022

Ukraine war – live: Zelensky demands ‘just punishment’ for Putin as hundreds arrested at Moscow protest

EU leaders to slap more sanctions on Russia and send more weapons to Ukraine

The Independent UK · Sep 21, 2022

Ukraine-Russia war: What is the Nord Stream 2 pipeline and how might the crisis impact it?

Lucrative natural gas pipeline running to Germany under Baltic Sea blocked by chancellor Olaf Scholz in response to Vladimir Putin’s aggression

The Independent UK · Sep 21, 2022

Vladimir Putin 'had 13-hour coughing fit and chest pain' before delaying TV speech

The General SVR Telegram channel has claimed that 'several attempts to start recording an appeal were frustrated due to coughing' and doctors were called after four unsuccessful attempts to record the address

Daily Mirror · Sep 21, 2022

Vladimir Putin threatens nuclear retaliation amid fears of 'escalation' in Ukraine

Foreign Office minister Gillian Keegan urged calm following the threats made by Vladimir Putin.

Daily Record · Sep 21, 2022

Why does Russia want to block Ukraine from joining Nato?

Vladimir Putin vehemently opposed to neighbouring state signing up to western military alliance

The Independent UK · Sep 21, 2022