The Latest Breaking News from Vladimir Putin

Guns or butter? To build up the military capacity vital for self-protection, European nations will have to make painful choices, says Paul Taylor of the Friends of Europe thinktank

The Kremlin says the Russian leader met Wagner head Yevgeny Prigozhin and nearly three dozen of his mercenary commanders for talks in Moscow late last month.

Russia appears to be trying to take control of the narrative around the Wagner Group, after last month’s mutiny.

It is the first known meeting between the Russian president and mercenary chief since the brief rebellion.

Vladimir Putin previously branded the attempted Wagner uprising a ‘treasonous mutiny’

As Ukrainian military chiefs claim Russian troops are now “trapped” inside the eastern town of Bakhmut

Russian president’s spokesperson says Yevgeny Prigozhin among 35 of group’s commanders invited to Moscow

Mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin pledged loyalty to the Russian government in a Kremlin meeting with President Vladimir Putin five days after the commander led a short-lived rebellion, a senior government spokesman said Monday, the latest twist in a baffling episode that has raised questions about the power and influence both…

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

Authorities say a Russian airstrike on a school in southern Ukraine killed four adults as people gathered to receive humanitarian aid

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