Page 3 - Latest Updates on Vladimir Putin
Putin preparing for prolonged conflict in Ukraine, says US spy chief
'We assess Putin is preparing for a prolonged conflict in Ukraine during which he still intends to achieve goals beyond the Donbas,' US Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines told lawmakers
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Vladimir Putin marks Victory Day with little to show for 11-week war
Many Western analysts had expected Putin to use the holiday to trumpet some kind of victory in Ukraine or announce an escalation, but he did neither.
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Lithuania FM says only safe way for West, allies is regime change in Russia
Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis said Putin's annual Victory Day speech was underwhelming and that the gloomy faces of generals and others were signs of failing in the Ukraine war
Joe Biden signs Ukraine bill, seeks $40 billion aid in Putin rejoinder
Biden signed a bipartisan measure to reboot the World War II-era lend-lease programme to bolster Kyiv and Eastern European allies
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War response to unacceptable threat, fight inevitable: Vladimir Putin
At Victory Day speech, says troops fighting for motherland but makes no major announcement
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Putin seeks expert group on trade payments with allies, 'unfriendly' states
The group will look into payment terms in roubles and other national currencies with India and other Russian partners, although countries were not named.
Putin channels victory over Hitler to spur Russian army in Ukraine
He was addressing Russia on one of its most important annual holidays, when the nation honours the 27 million Soviet citizens who lost their lives in the struggle to defeat Adolf Hitler
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Putin to mark Victory Day as Russian attack on Ukraine's Mariupol continues
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has warned that worsening attacks could be linked to Victory Day, which marks Russia's greatest triumph, over Nazi Germany in 1945
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Russia-Ukraine war: All civilians evacuated from Mariupol steel mill
The shattered survivors spoke of constant shelling, dwindling food, ubiquitous mold and using hand sanitiser for cooking fuel
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Russia-Ukraine war placing global food security under severe strain: G7
Group of Seven (G7) urged Russia to end its blockade and all other activities that further impede Ukrainian food production and exports in line with its international commitments
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New UK sanctions against Russia, Belarus target $2 billion worth of trade
The British government specified that Russia is one of the leading platinum and palladium producing countries and that its related imports to the United Kingdom had been significant
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Evil has returned: Volodymyr Zelenskyy on World War II anniversary
"Decades after World War II, darkness has returned to Ukraine, and it has become black and white again," Zelenskyy said in a video address
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60 feared dead in Ukraine school bombed by Russia, says Luhansk governor
Ukraine and its Western allies have accused Russian forces of targeting civilians in the war, which Moscow denies.
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Russia marks Victory Day in WWII even as war in Ukraine casts shadow
A recent poll by the respected independent Levada Center found that 82% of Russians remain concerned by the military campaign in Ukraine
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UK to allocate additional $1.6 billion funding in aid to Ukraine: Reports
The funds will be taken from the Treasury's emergency reserves and will come in addition to the United Kingdom's existing 1.5 billion-pound support to Ukraine, The Sunday Timessaid on Sunday
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US to send another $150 mn in military assistance to Ukraine: Biden
A US official said the latest tranche of assistance includes 25,000 155mm artillery rounds, counter-artillery radars, jamming equipment, field equipment and spare parts
Russia-Ukraine war: UN races to rescue civilians from Mariupol plant
Some 2,000 Ukrainian fighters, by Russia's most recent estimate, are holed up in the vast maze of tunnels and bunkers beneath the Azovstal steelworks, and they have repeatedly refused to surrender
Putin, Israeli PM Naftali Bennett discuss Ukraine crisis over phone
The Russian military is ready to ensure the safe exit of civilians, Putin said, adding that the Kiev authorities should order the remaining militants at the Azovstal plant to lay down arms
End this senseless and ruthless war in Ukraine, urges UN Chief Guterres
In his meetings with Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Guterres said he also focused on the need for quick action to ensure a steady flow of food and energy in open markets
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Israel PM Bennett says Putin apologised over FM Lavrov's Holocaust remarks
Asked in an interview about Russian claims that it invaded Ukraine to denazify the country, Lavrov said that Ukraine could still have Nazi elements even though its president Zelenskyy is a Jewish
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