The Latest Breaking News from Vladimir Putin

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is warning that his nation must win a drawn-out battle in a key eastern city

Under terms of the New START treaty, both countries should share data on deployed nuclear warheads on a biannual basis.

The United States and Russia have stopped sharing biannual nuclear weapons data under the faltering New START arms control treaty

The United States has not seen any indications that Vladimir Putin is getting closer to using tactical nuclear weapons in his war on Ukraine, just days after the Russian leader said he was moving such weapons into Belarus.

Electronic billboards in Moscow tell the public what to pack for a nuclear emergency, and President Vladimir Putin periodically warns darkly that Russia is ready to use its ultimate deterrent - but Muscovites seem to be taking it all in their stride.

Ex-Labour leader says he has ‘no intention of stopping the fight’ as Keir Starmer faces fierce criticism from left

The United States supports the establishment of a special tribunal on the crime of "aggression" against Ukraine, a top envoy at the State Department and a spokesperson said, laying out for the first time how Washington would back Ukraine's accountability push over Russian invasion.

Alongside the horrors of the war in Ukraine, many in the west have been confused by the insistence from Russian president Vladimir Putin that he is trying to free the country from “Nazi control”, accusing his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky, and his supporters of crimes against the people of Ukraine.

New Zealand is increasingly finding itself walking a tightrope between old mates and new friends.