Vladimir Putin

Putin vows to bring more ‘destruction’ to Ukraine after devastating drone attack on central Russian city of Kazan

Ukraine is still standing after more than 1,000 days of full-scale fighting with Russia, in the biggest war in Europe since 1945

As China and Russia weigh up their options in anticipation of Donald Trump’s second presidency, horrified countries in the Global South see Gaza as an emblem of US and European double standards

At least one dead in Kyiv and six killed in Russia’s Kursk region

MacBride asked ‘if those vested with authority and power practice injustice, resort to torture and killing, is it not inevitable that those who are victims will react with similar methods?’

Moscow ‘ready for negotiations and compromises’ to end the fighting, Russian president says during carefully controlled press conference

Worldview: Attacks include sabotage, assassinations, parcel bombs, cyber attacks, electoral interference, social media disinformation campaigns and the testing of military preparedness

Kyiv open to possible deployment of western troops ahead of Nato membership

Loss of Syrian vassal could cost Russia crucial military bases and influence in Middle East and beyond

Western officials believe Kyiv urgently needs more manpower to reverse Russian battlefield gain

Twenty more air defence systems needed to protect nation’s power grid, says Kyiv

Scholz’s trip comes weeks after he faced criticism from Volodymyr Zelenskiy for speaking to Vladimir Putin by phone

Constitutional court to decide on Friday whether to annul first round results following complaints poll subject to foreign interference

Russia expels British diplomat and bars government officials amid rising tension with London

Reluctance to elaborate on the personal and political was key to the chancellor’s political longevity. It is a trait she struggles to escape in her book Freedom

Nationalist Calin Georgescu’s unexpectedly strong showing was fuelled by a TikTok campaign aimed at young voters

Vladimir Putin signs law granting debt forgiveness to new army recruits who enlist to fight in Ukraine

Kyiv working with its western partners on systems to counter ‘new risks’ - Zelenskiy

The farther west in Europe you go, the easier it is to take the view that an aggressive Russia is somebody else’s problem. Those days could be coming to an end

How to Re-Assemble an Atomic Bomb features 10 tracks from the recording sessions that made some of the band wonder if they’d have anything to release

Moscow’s use of an experimental missile is ‘a clear and severe escalation’ in the war, says Volodymyr Zelenskiy

Russian president suggests missile similar to that used against Ukrainian city of Dnipro could be used to hit Kyiv allies that gave permission to use weapons they supplied against targets in Russia

In her new memoir the German former chancellor writes that Trump seemed to find Vladimir Putin ‘very fascinating’

Ukraine reportedly launches first strike on Russia with British Storm Shadow cruise missiles

Party said ‘all sides must cease the current unlimited supply of weapons’ into Ukraine, which was invaded in 2022 by Russia

Foreign ministers reject proposal for EU to suspend ‘political dialogue’ with Israel over war in Gaza

Kyiv fears US president-elect Donald Trump will press for quick and unfavourable peace deal with Moscow

Kyiv says air attack is a rebuke to western leaders who believe Kremlin is open to peace talks

Russians find it easier to understand president-elect than other US politicians. ‘Trump is a palace guy. And Russians like palaces’

President notes that US legislation prevents him from meeting president-elect Donald Trump before January inauguration

Elon Musk’s participation in Donald Trump’s post-election telephone call to Volodymyr Zelenskiy from Mar-a-Lago was chilling, because two years ago Musk tweeted a 'peace plan' for Ukraine that espoused Vladimir Putin’s demands

A trio of compelling reads which run from the Ukraine invasion through the personal and to the curiousity of true crime

Moscow courts dole out long jail terms for anti-war actions and comments

It has become an article of faith among many Republicans that the era of the US acting as the world’s policeman is over

Kyiv and Moscow have praised incoming US leader who claims he can end their war in one day

Kremlin responds more cautiously to victory of populist who has pledged to end war in one day

With the Doomsday Clock set at 90 seconds to midnight, the US and Russia’s Cold War stand-off seems quaint in retrospect

A careful and pointed portrait of sentiment in wartime Ukraine that shows the country is not quite as it is viewed in the West

Kazan Declaration reflects the grievances and aspirations shared by the disparate countries that are part of Brics

Country’s interior minister says two attackers killed in incident near Ankara where witnesses heard explosion and gunfire