The Latest Breaking News from Vladimir Putin

The US announces additional funding for Ukraine as Zelenskiy faces difficult reception in Washington; Children illegally taken from Ukraine arrive in Belarus

Liz Truss once branded her successor as Prime Minister “Russi Sunak” in a row over the government’s response to the invasion of Ukraine, according to a new book.

Poland's right-wing leaders have amplified their denunciations of a new feature film by Polish director Agnieszka Holland before its premiere in the country

Andrey Rublev (or Rublyov – nobody is sure how his name was pronounced) has been described as “the greatest Russian artist who ever lived”, whose work had “a clarity of composition and suave tranquillity of mood peculiarly his own”.

When Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with President Joe Biden, on Sept. 21, 2023, the topic of weapons supply was on the agenda. That same issue almost certainly came up between Russia’s Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un when the pair met earlier in September.

The Russian defence ministry says one person died in the strike

The Russian leader has attempted to shield the worst effects of the war from his countrymen, but prices for the fuels have been reaching record levels domestically.

Exclusive: Josep Borrell calls for European unity in face of Ukraine war, US-China competition and rise of global south

Amid requests for further aid, lawmakers are increasingly alarmed by the slow pace in arming Ukraine with the money appropriated so far.

Politicians, many of whom have been in the firing line of Rupert Murdoch's media empire, have given mixed reactions to news of his retirement.

But it is still not clear if they have fully broken through the extensive Russian defences