Putin claims Ukraine will lose western lands and "everyone in Ukraine has fallen out with each other"

Russian ruler Vladimir Putin has told his military that Ukraine will lose its western lands sooner or later, that left-bank ...

Moscow bombing exposes potential security gaps around Putin’s military elite, expert says

An analyst warns Putin’s effort to project normalcy may have left Moscow exposed after a fatal restaurant bombing reportedly ...

Putin Cancels Navy Day Parade, Repeats Ukraine Territorial Claims

Vladimir Putin scrapped Russia’s Navy Day parade over fears of Ukrainian strikes and then raged to a group of sailors about a ...

Ukraine responds as Kazakh president Tokayev urges Putin to freeze the war in Ukraine

Kazakh president Kassym-Jomart Tokayev urged Vladimir Putin in a face-to-face meeting to freeze the war in Ukraine and return ...

Putin under pressure but history tells us most Russian leaders die with their boots on

The Russian president presiding over a meeting of the security council, June 2026. EPA/Pavel Byrkin/Sputnik/Kremlin pool ...

Ukraine has found a new pressure point in Russia’s wartime economy

Ukraine's drone attacks on Russia's biggest online retailer, Wildberries, have ratcheted up the pressure on Moscow's wartime ...
Opinion

As NATO meets, Putin is weighing his options in Ukraine, and further afield

Russian President Vladimir Putin is likely in his most precarious position yet. But as NATO meets in Ankara this week, is this the moment he chooses truly to test the alliance?

Vladimir Putin mouthpiece issues grim threat to outspoken Donald Trump ally

Former critic of US military aid to Ukraine Laura Loomer underwent a dramatic reversal during a recent visit to Kyiv.

Russian missile and drone barrage in Ukrainian capital region kills at least 15

Russian missile and drone strikes on Kyiv and its surrounding region have killed at least 15 people and wounded 42 others ...