Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Vladimir Putin

Macron's call to Putin was justified given nuclear risks for Europe, Elysee says

French President Emmanuel Macron's phone call to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin was justified in view of the serious safety risk affecting the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in Ukraine which is subject to combat activity, an official at the French presidency told journalists in a briefing.

Reuters

Putin agreed to send IAEA mission to Ukraine plant, Macron's office says

French President Emmanuel Macron told his Russian counterpart on Friday that he is concerned about safety risks at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in Ukraine, the Elysee said, adding that Putin had agreed to send a mission of experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to the site.

Reuters

Crimea: Ukraine uses new tactics to attempt to take back strategic territory from Russia

Russian president Vladimir Putin has reportedly replaced the commander of his Black Sea fleet just three days after an attack on the Russian Saki airbase in Crimea, as Ukraine’s military strategy shifts towards regaining territory in the south, and especially Crimea.

The Conversation

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Russia says Putin and Macron hold call, discuss Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, Russian food exports

Russian President Vladimir Putin and French President Emmanuel Macron discussed the situation in Ukraine in a phone call on Friday, the Kremlin said.

Reuters

China's Xi plans visit to Central Asia to meet Putin next month - WSJ

Chinese leader Xi Jinping is planning to travel to Central Asia to meet with Russia's Vladimir Putin and other leaders at a regional summit next month, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.

Reuters

Blasts behind Russian lines had major psychological effect on Putin – officials

The explosions in Crimea last week put more than half of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet combat jets out of use.

The Independent UK

Ukraine: Vladimir Putin’s war now bogged down in ‘near operational standstill’, say Western officials

Neither the Russian or Ukrainian air forces are believed to be having a ‘decisive effect’, the officials say

Evening Standard

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Fears Vladimir Putin is preparing apocalyptic ‘false flag’ stunt at nuclear power plant

Russia still controls the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine. Fears of a false flag operation remain after comments made by a top Kremlin official said there would be consequences if a disaster occurred

Daily Mirror

Martin Schram: The Putinization of President Xi

In this broiling summer, when we are shaken by threats that could shatter our most globally revered national monument — America’s cherished democracy — a menacing development suddenly occurred half-a-world away.

Tribune News Service

Erdogan to discuss Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant with Putin

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said he will discuss the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant issue with Russian President Vladimir Putin, after talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, according to the text of an interview.

Reuters

UK PM candidate Sunak: Russia's Putin should be barred from G20

Rishi Sunak, one of the two candidates vying to replace Boris Johnson as British prime minister, has called on the G20 to bar Russian President Vladimir Putin from its meetings until Moscow halts the war in Ukraine, his spokesman said on Friday.

Reuters

Sunak calls on G20 to bar Putin from meetings until Russia halts war in Ukraine

Warns leaders can’t sit around a table with someone responsible for killing children ‘in their beds’

The Independent UK

Vladimir Putin is losing information war in Ukraine, says UK spy chief

But Russia’s propaganda could risk ‘blunting international outrage’ over the invasion, he warned

The Independent UK

Xi and Putin plan to attend G20 summit in Bali, Indonesian leader says

Xi "will come" and Putin "has also told me he will come," President Joko Widodo told Bloomberg News.

Axios

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Bangkok Post

NATO races to counter Russia’s threat in Europe’s weak spot

BUCHAREST: It didn’t take long after Russia attacked Ukraine for French Colonel Clement Torrent to get his orders: He had six months to build a base for 1,000 soldiers on NATO’s eastern frontier.

Evening Standard

Putin’s war fuelling ‘catastrophic’ crisis putting 50 million people ‘one step from famine’

Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has “put more people at risk of death” in dozens of developing countries where nearly 50 million people are now just “one step away from famine,” a minister warned on Friday.

Al Jazeera

Xi and Putin confirmed for November’s G20 summit in Bali

Indonesia’s president, who has cast himself as a mediator over Ukraine, says both leaders will travel to resort island.

The Guardian - AU

UN urges Moscow not to take nuclear power plant off grid – as it happened

Secretary general makes plea amid concerns from western officials over whether cooling of reactor can be maintained

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

France 24

Putin, Macron agree on need for IAEA inspection of Ukraine nuclear plant

Russian President Vladimir Putin and French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday agreed on the need to send a team from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in Ukraine, according to the French presidential office. In a phone conversation, the two leaders also agreed to…

The Times of India

Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin to attend G-20 summit in Indonesia, President Jokowi says

JAKARTA: Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian leader Vladimir Putin are both planning to attend a Group of 20 summit in the resort island of Bali later this year, Indonesian President Joko Widodo said.

Reuters

UK spy chief says Putin is losing information war in Ukraine -The Economist

Russia has failed to gain ground in cyberspace against Ukraine almost six months after its invasion of the country, the head of Britain's GCHQ intelligence service said on Friday.

Reuters

Xi, Putin to attend November G20 summit in Bali -sources

Chinese and Russian leaders Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin will attend November's G20 summit on the resort island of Bali, a longtime adviser to the Indonesian president said on Friday.

Tribune News Service

Erdogan says discussed ending war in latest bid to mediate

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he discussed avenues to end Russia’s war during talks with his Ukrainian counterpart, as well as conditions for a possible prisoners exchange.

Daily Mirror

Moscow covered in poisonous smog as officials fear telling Putin about forest fires

Authorities in the Russian capital advised residents to wear face masks to protect themselves from the smog and The Federal Forestry Agency (Rosleskhoz) blamed authorities in the Ryazan region for failing to keep the fires under control

The Independent UK

Kharkiv suffers ‘one of most tragic nights’ since war began after fresh Russian strikes

Volodymyr Zelensky attacks ‘devious and cynical’ strike as he hosts UN chief and Turkey’s Erdogan in Lviv

1 … 928 929 930 931

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

International Atomic Energy Agency

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.