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The Latest Breaking News from Vladimir Putin

Putin boosts troop numbers as Russia launches airstrikes across Ukraine

Volodymyr Zelensky meanwhile renews calls for Western allies to lift restrictions on the use of long-range missiles

The Independent UK

Russia Announces Increase In Size Of Armed Forces

This is the second year in a row that Putin is growing the military.

International Business Times

Putin orders military to boost troop numbers by 180,000 to 1.5 million as Ukraine fighting continues

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the country’s military to increase its number of troops by 180,000 to a total of 1.5 million, as Moscow’s military action in Ukraine drags on for more than 2 ½ years

The Independent UK

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‘Putin, here I am’: man accused of targeting Trump had ‘delusional ideas’ about helping Ukraine

Ryan Wesley Routh spoke to the Guardian in April 2022 when he arrived in Kyiv with a plan to ‘stand with Ukrainians’

The Guardian - UK

Ed Davey joins calls to let Ukraine use Storm Shadow missiles in Russia

The Liberal Democrat leader joined a growing chorus calling for a shift in stance

The Independent UK

The inside story of how Putin torpedoed Starmer’s first big foreign policy ‘tough decision’ moment

News analysis: Starmer wants us to believe that he is the prime minister who ‘will make the tough decisions’ but his trip to Washington DC proved that he finds this much easier in regards to Britain’s pensioners than dealing with Putin

The Independent UK

Navalny ally calls on West to invest in Russia’s next generation to beat Putin

Exclusive: Leonid Volkov tells The Independent’s Tom Watling: ‘The vast majority of anti-Putin, anti-war, opposition-minded Russians are still inside the country, and they’re not changing their minds’

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Boris Johnson and five former defence secretaries urge PM to let Ukraine fire UK missiles on Russia

The former prime minister joined Grant Shapps, Ben Wallace, Gavin Williamson, Penny Mordaunt and Liam Fox are calling for Ukraine to be granted permission to use Storm Shadow missiles in Russia

The Independent UK

Lammy: West will not be bullied by Putin as talks continue on long-range strikes

The Foreign Secretary accused the Russian president of ‘bluster’ over the threat of war with Nato if Ukraine uses Western weapons to hit Russia.

Evening Standard

Russia 'trades nuclear weapon secrets with Iran in return for ballistic missiles to attack Ukraine'

Intelligence sources suggest Iran's nuclear programme may be nearing completion with Russian assistance

Evening Standard

Growing fears in UK and US of a secret nuclear deal between Iran and Russia

Intelligence suggesting new nuclear cooperation between Iran and Russia adds to concerns over Tehran’s rising uranium stockpile

The Independent UK

Putin Warns Of Potential NATO War Over Ukraine Conflict

President Putin's warning of potential NATO involvement in Ukraine conflict amid international concerns over weapon supply and prisoner exchange.

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US says preparing ‘substantial’ Ukraine aid package in coming weeks

Announcement comes as Ukraine pushes to be allowed to use Western-supplied, long-range missiles for strikes in Russia.

The Independent UK

Former Russian president threatens to turn Kyiv into ‘melted spot’ if long-range missiles approved

Ukraine says its ability to hit military targets deep inside Russia is integral to defending against Moscow’s bombing campaigns across the country

The Guardian - UK

More than 100 Ukrainians released in prisoner-of-war swap with Russia

Exchange of military personnel took place as Ukraine called again on west to allow use of long-range weapons

International Business Times

Russia, Ukraine Swap 206 POWs In UAE-brokered Deal

Moscow and Kyiv swapped 103 prisoners of war each on Saturday in a deal brokered by the United Arab Emirates, a rare moment of coordination between the two warring sides as Russia pushes ahead in east Ukraine.

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The Independent UK

Ukraine renews calls on the West to approve long-range strikes on Russian territory

Ukraine has made a new call on the West to allow it to strike deeper into Russia after a meeting between U.S. and British leaders on Friday produced no visible shift in their policy on the use of long-range weapons

The Independent UK

‘Tug of war’ talks over long-range missiles helping Putin’s war on Ukraine, warns former defence secretary

Starmer said the UK and US have come to a ‘strong position’ in their quest for a resolution in Ukraine - but it appears no final decision has been made on the use of Storm Shadow missiles by Ukraine

The Guardian - UK

Hundreds released in Russia-Ukraine prisoner swap deal – as it happened

Each side released 103 people, Russia’s defence ministry is reported as saying

Evening Standard

UK and US fail to agree deal on Ukraine missiles after Starmer-Biden Washington meeting

The Prime Minister met with US President Joe Biden in Washington.

International Business Times

N. Korea Pledges Deeper Ties With Russia As Security Chief Visits

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un pledged to deepen ties with Russia as he held talks with visiting security chief Sergei Shoigu, state media reported Saturday.

The Independent UK

In Belarus, the native language is vanishing as Russian takes prominence

Belarusians are experiencing a new wave of Russification as Moscow expands its economic, political and cultural dominance to overtake the identity of its neighbor

International Business Times

'Slave To Fear': Ghosts Of The Gulag Haunt Modern Russia

When Russians started being arrested for opposing the Ukraine offensive, Maria felt the same kind of fear she guessed her ancestors, victims of repression under Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, must have lived through.

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