The Latest Breaking News from Vladimir Putin

Russia’s invasion has had a major impact on the bloc’s security and energy policies – and even its very raison d’être

As the war enters its 584th day, these are the main developments.

‘You yourself have been fighting in such a unit for more than a year’, Putin tells Troshev

Visiting South Sudan President Salva Kiir has agreed in a meeting with Russia’s president to expand their relationship in energy, trade and other areas, notably oil

Putin reportedly said in July that Mr Troshev was his preferred candidate to replace previous boss Yevgeny Prigozhin

As the war enters its 583rd day, these are the main developments.

Two day hearing for data protection claim set to take place next month in London’s High Court

At a press conference after talks with the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, this afternoon, Nato secretary general Jens Stoltenberg sounded like a man determined to take a “glass half full” attitude when he said that “every metre that Ukrainian forces regain is a metre that Russia loses”.

When Vladimir Putin called for a partial mobilisation in September 2022 it was a sign to ordinary Russians that – despite all the Kremlin’s denials – this was no longer a “special military operation” but a real war.