All news on the topic: Vladimir Putin

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Wagner Group 'nearly seized Putin's nukes - but were foiled by a closed door'
The head of Ukraine's military intelligence said Yevgeny Prigozhin's war-hardened mutineers couldn't reach the "backpack nukes" from the Voronezh-45 nuclear base because the facility's door was closed
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Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin 'likely to be dead' after meeting with Putin
Wagner mercenary group boss Yevgeny Prigozhin led what appeared to be a failed coup attempt that was called off less than 24 hours from it starting, angering Vladimir Putin
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Putin’s cops arrest half-naked ‘assassin' who 'shot captain on his morning jog'
Sergei Denisenko was seen cowering on a kitchen floor in his underwear after heavily armed Russian security forces stormed a house in Tuapse, Krasnodar region, smashing the windows
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'Mortgages are on a road to hell - someone must stand up for ordinary people'
The average 6.66 per cent rate is stinging in part because the Bank of England, with the backing of Rishi Sunak and Chancellor Jeremy Hunt, is hiking interest rates to curb inflation
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'Rishi is desperate to find a friend in Biden - but he's dreaming'
No matter how longingly the desperate PM looks into the President’s eyes in search of a friend, Labour and Keir Starmer are far closer in outlook to the pragmatic Democrat
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Inside Putin's secret meeting with Wagner boss 5 days after failed coup
It is an astonishing twist after Putin called Prigozhin a backstabbing traitor and exiled him to Belarus, and it has fuelled claims the Russian regime has been hugely weakened
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'I feared being shot while held captive by Russians then unlikely man saved me'
British soldier Aiden Aslin spent months on 'death row' waiting to be executed after being caught by Russian forces fighting for Ukraine - but was finally saved by an unlikely figure
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Brit saves more than 1,500 premature babies in Ukraine with student invention
James Roberts was just 22 when he developed the technology for his final year project at Loughborough University after seeing a documentary about Syria
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Rishi Sunak branded 'shameful' for no new defence plans since Putin invasion
As the Prime Minister prepares for the two-day NATO summit this week, he faces mounting criticism at home over the state of Britain’s armed forces and delays to a key Defence Command Paper
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Russia 'seizes Brit-supplied missile' as experts trying to 'learn its secrets'
Pro-Moscow sources claimed to have successfully "evacuated" one Storm Shadow missile from Ukraine as Russian weapons experts are set to dissect and analyse the weapon
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Russian exile warned of 'order to kill him with poison or a freak fall'
Since launching a High Court case and taking political asylum in Latvia, Igor Sychev says he has been the subject of several assassination attempts and numerous death threats
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Mystery over Wagner boss as Putin's pal admits he's NOT in Belarus after mutiny
Today Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko told reporters that Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin is still in Russia and his troops have also not left the camps they stayed in before the attempted coup
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Drone footage shows devastation from Russian missile attack that killed four
The attack was the largest on Lviv’s civilian infrastructure since Russia invaded Ukraine last year and it destroyed entire floors of the residential building that was struck
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Four dead and people trapped under rubble after deadly Russian missile strike
A Russian missile targeted an apartment block in the Ukrainian city of Lviv, destroying around 60 homes and leaving residents trapped under the rubble, according to authorities
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Europe set for 'a proxy war,' warns expert, as '8,000 soldiers' cross border
An expert on international relations has warned that the crossing of 8,000 Wagner troops into Belarus could start a proxy war in Poland, as border countries rush to secure themselves
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Desperate Putin sends tanks 'as ancient as woolly mammoth’s poo' into Ukraine
Vladimir Putin has raided museums and rusting storage depots to send Joseph Stalin’s old T-54s and T-55s to fight another day and videos show the rejuvenated Soviet tanks crossing territory
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Putin chuckles as he hugs girl, 8, during Kremlin tour weeks after coup
Vladimir Putin said he invited the youngster and her parents to the Kremlin after he saw her crying because she couldn't meet him during a public stunt to drum up support after the Wagner mutiny
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NATO must pledge long-term vow of support for Ukraine, urges Rishi Sunak
Speaking to the Commons Liaison Committee, the Prime Minister said negotiations were underway to develop a 'multilateral declaration of support for Ukraine into the long term' for next week's NATO summit
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Horror as Putin's war dead unloaded from helicopters onto beach as tourist swim
Russia has refused to provide accurate information as to the amount of its soldiers killed during the gruelling war in Ukraine - but war-watchers predict the number stands at around 200,000
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'Crumbling' Putin's reaction to Wagner rebellion shows he's 'weak' says Zelensky
Volodymyr Zelensky has called the Russian President "weak" and said the "power he used to have is just crumbling down" in scathing new comments about the Wagner rebellion
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Putin's warlord pal hits out at deathbed rumours and rants 'I'm still alive'
Ramzan Kadyrov has responded to rumours he is close to death as a result of kidney or liver problems - and says a peculiar new video is proof "he is still alive"
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Russia fears angry Wagner fighters are plotting to blow up Crimean Bridge
Following their short-lived mutiny, Wagner's squad of war-hardened mercenaries were exiled to neighbouring Belarus, but Russia thinks they may now mount a follow-up attack at the already-battered Crimea Kerch Bridge
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Vladimir Putin humiliated as Russia cancels air show over 'security concerns'
The British Ministry of Defence shared a statement detailing how the Kremlin has chosen to cancel its premier "MAKS" airshow, which is designed to show off the best of Russia's civil and military aircraft to drum up exports
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Fears Putin plans to blow up Europe's biggest nuke station as troops evacuated
Fears have been raised the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, held by the Russians since the second month of the invasion last year, could be exploded on orders from Putin