The Latest Breaking News from Vladimir Putin

The Kremlin said Tuesday that a "significant part" of Ukraine "wants to be Russia," hours after US President Donald Trump floated the idea that Ukraine "may be Russian someday."

Here are the key developments on the 1,083rd day of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

In an unprecedented decision on December 6 2024, the Romanian constitutional court annulled the November 25 presidential elections after it received credible intelligence of large-scale external interference rigging the results of the first round in favour of a hardly-known far-right candidate, Calin Georgescu.

The Russian president is also trying to drag the UK into nuclear arms control talks

The president has made big statements. But securing real peace will involve a mix of global diplomacy, threats and sweeteners, says Christopher S Chivvis of the Carnegie Endowment’s American statecraft programme

Russia President Vladimir Putin sent a guarded message of congratulations to Donald Trump on inauguration day, but then held a long direct call with his “dear friend,” Chinese leader Xi Jinping.

Vladimir Putin offering refuge to ex-Syrian tyrant Bashar al-Assad in Moscow is undermining Russia’s talks to keep its forces in the wartorn country, according to British defence chiefs.

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