The Latest Breaking News from Vladimir Putin

The Guardian’s digital editor Claire Phipps reflects on a year of daily, round-the-clock reporting on Europe’s biggest war since 1945

The democracies have confounded the Russian tyrant with their resolve to support Ukraine. That must be sustained in 2023

Typically, Erdoğan and Assad have tried to blame others for a disaster that has exposed their corrupt and negligent regimes

Kyiv may need to rethink naval strategy after latest Russian attack on Odesa, say analysts

A Russian intelligence source close to the Kremlin has suggested Moscow will "intensify undercover work with secret informants" across the UK, it has been claimed

Keir Mudie says Rishi Sunak is supporting Ukraine as it continues to fight Russia, as well as Turkey and Syria after a devastating earthquake - but the economic situation in the UK is still not great

Yevgeny Prigozhin’s comments suggest Moscow is preparing for long conflict, as Zelenskiy renews appeal for fighter jets• Ukraine war live

The owner of the Russian Wagner Group private military contractor actively involved in the fighting in Ukraine has predicted that the war could drag on for years. Yevgeny Prigozhin said in a video interview released late Friday that it could take 18 months to two years for Russia to fully…

‘News of the harsh realities of Wagner service in Ukraine has probably filtered through to inmates and reduced the number of volunteers,’ the UK said

A former spy chief has insisted Vladimir Putin is not unwell or dead, but that he does often use body doubles when on visits, over assassination fears

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Seymour Hersh alleges that US Navy divers laid the bombs that destroyed the Nord Stream pipeline under the Baltic Sea last September, cutting Russian gas supplies to Europe. The Pentagon has denied the claim but Moscow, which Western countries suspect of involvement, says it should be taken…