All news on the topic: Vladimir Putin

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Rebuilding Ukraine's railways 'will be critical in war' as UK pledges £10million
Transport Secretary Mark Harper said that fixing Ukraine's battered railway network will be vital in the battle against Vladimir Putin and said it would also help with grain supplies - which will keep food prices down
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Liz Truss calls for West to send fighter jets to Ukraine on her backbench return
The former Prime Minister made her first address to the Commons from the backbenches in more than a decade after she was forced to quit No10 in October following her disastrous 49-day reign
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Putin suffers relapse in health as Joe Biden visits Kyiv, Kremlin insiders claim
The claim, which cannot be verified, comes from the Russian telegram channel General SVR which has repeatedly made claims that Vladimir Putin is suffering serious medical problems
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Russia says Western country gave Ukraine radioactive materials, without evidence
The Kremlin claims Ukraine planned to stage a false flag nuclear incident on its own territory to blame Russia and a European country supplied radioactive materials. But Vladimir Putin's regime supplied no evidence
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'Brits may be freezing but let's be happy as Centrica announced £3.3bn profits'
Mark Steel jokes that anyone who knows how economics works understands that the most important rule for a healthy financial system is to give Centrica all the money in the country
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Worker at the Russian foreign ministry found dead in suspicious circumstances
The IT specialist was named Mikhail Ukrainets and a Telegram channel suggested that he fell from his own height and died at the Russian foreign ministry in Moscow
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Russian troops desperate for the loo as toilet exports banned to 'punish' Putin
Sinking to grimy lows, Russian troops are well-known for thieving lavatories out of Ukrainian homes to send back to their families as Western sanctions of "bidets, lavatory pans, [and] flushing cisterns" bite
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'Greedy oil giants pocket benefits of Ukraine war as British families freeze'
'While Centrica made £100 a second, British Gas hired debt collectors who force-fitted pre-payment meters - it's clear we need a windfall tax to put people before greed'
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Cops foiled 8 'terror plots' with extremist threats seen in kids as young as 13
The UK's Head of Counter Terrorism Policing, Matt Jukes, said his unit had 800 live investigations ongoing as they bid to thwart jihadist attacks
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Keir Starmer meets President Zelensky in Ukraine to pledge 'unwavering support'
The Labour leader met with the Ukrainian leader in the capital ahead of next week’s first anniversary of the war - earlier in the day Keir Starmer travelled to Bucha and Irpin to see the sites of Russian war crimes
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Ukraine war 'hitting Russian birth rate' as invasion's first anniversary looms
Western officials gave a revealing insight into how the conflict is having an impact on Russia, almost 12 months since Vladimir Putin ordered Russian troops across the border
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Putin's defence official plunges to death from window leaving documents behind
Marina Yankina was the head of the financial support department of the Ministry of Defense for the Western Military District, which is closely involved in Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine
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Vladimir Putin has already lost war with Ukraine, top US general claims
Joint Chiefs Chairman General Mark Milley has slammed Russia for launching an unprovoked attack on Ukraine and admitted they’ve "lost strategically, operationally, and tactically"
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Ukraine invasion exposed Europe’s ’vulnerabilities’, admits UK defence chief
But Ben Wallace branded fears the UK would not be able to take over a key NATO responsibility as ’just b*******’ when he was tackled about the claim on live television
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Ukraine invasion exposed Europe's 'vulnerabilities', admits UK defence chief
But Ben Wallace branded fears the UK would not be able to take over a key NATO responsibility as 'just b*******' when he was tackled about the claim on live television
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Putin deploys supersonic nuclear bombers over sea just north of UK in threat
It is the second time this week that Russian President Vladimir Putin has deployed his strategic aircraft in the Norwegian Sea in what has been interpreted as a warning to the West
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'Those who neglect, attack and undermine our NHS are no friends of ours'
'Without our NHS, the only way children like Teddi Shaw would get the lifesaving treatment she's had would be if her parents were millionaires - we must keep fighting for public healthcare'
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'Paranoid' Putin fears poisoning over Kremlin power struggle
The latest claims were made by Yury Shvets, 71, a former colleague of Putin's who studied with the despot at the KGB Institute. Shvets is now a US citizen leaving Russia after publishing a book describing his exploits
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Fight breaks out between footballers from Russia and Ukraine at Turkish resort
Police were called after the fight broke out involving players from the Russian First League team Shinnik Yaroslavl and Ukrainian Premier League outfit FC Minaj
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British Army chiefs say troops are 'up for a scrap' if they're needed in Ukraine
The Royal Anglian Regiment will next year command NATO’s Very High Readiness Joint Task Force - and the Mirror joined troops from the regiment as they trained in the Omani desert
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Russia dramatically classifies data 'proving Putin was treated for cancer'
The proof of Vladimir Putin’s treatment by cancer doctors was deduced from the existence of contracts with the hospital - which were listed on a Russian public procurement website
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Brit Embassy spy 'was disgusted with himself' for selling secrets to Russians
David Smith, 58, hoarded documents and was caught filming a man he thought was a Russian "traitor" where he worked at the British embassy in Berlin
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‘Face of war’ Ukrainian woman pictured one year on as she wants to help homeland
The image of Olena Kurylo after a bombing attack on her home defined the early stages of Russia's brutal invasion of Ukraine, but almost one year on the teacher has spoken out
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National one-minute silence will mark a year since Russia's invasion of Ukraine
The Prime Minister will lead the moment of reflection from Downing Street at 11am next Friday to show the UK’s unwavering solidarity with Ukraine as it continues its courageous fight against Putin
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Vladimir Putin preparing for 'more war' in Ukraine with new attacks planned
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg was forced to deny the coalition is at war with Moscow despite NATO's backing for Kyiv as the first anniversary of the invasion approaches