The Latest Breaking News from Vladimir Putin

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THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Britain was notably absent from the EU’s emergency defence summit – but Sir Keir Starmer has already assembled a ‘coalition of the willing’ to support Ukraine, and established himself as the nearest thing to a replacement leader of the free world

Since the infamous shouting match between the US president and Volodymyr Zelensky, the Ukrainian president has been scrambling to try and repair what looked initially like a near-total breakdown in the relationship between the US and Ukraine.

An AI-generated parody video portraying Trump as Putin's subservient "puppet" in war-torn Ukraine has gone viral on X.

Reports come after Trump publicly berated the Ukrainian leader in the White House, cut military aid and refused to share intelligence

ANALYSIS: Donald Trump’s sudden decision to withhold intelligence leaves Kyiv blind and puts America on Putin’s side, world affairs editor Sam Kiley writes

Tough questions coming for the England boss as US President rips up old world order

Former Army Col. Jonathan Sweet said Donald Trump and his team had a "week of bad decisions based more on emotion" than a "deliberate decision-making process'

Leaders endorse Ursula von der Leyen proposal as French president calls Vladimir Putin ‘an imperialist who seeks to rewrite history’