Page 21 - Latest Updates on Vladimir Putin
As war drags on, Putin will struggle to hide Russian mothers' grief
Russia's losses in Ukraine have already been staggering, even if the pace has slowed since the disastrous early days.
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LIVE: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson wins confidence vote
Catch the latest new on ousted BJP leaders controversial comments, the coronavirus, Ukraine war and other headlines.
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Russia hits Kyiv with missiles; Putin warns West on defence supplies
The cryptic threat of a military escalation from Russian leader didn't specify what the new targets might be, but it comes days after US announced plans to deliver $700 mn of security assistance
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Putin warns West: Russia will hit Ukraine harder if new missiles supplied
Russian President Vladimir Putin issues warnings to western countries for providing new and advanced weaponry to Ukrainian troops to. He threatened to strike back harder if new weaponry was provided
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Russian agent Dmitry Kovtun, accused in spy poisoning, dead at 57
Russian lawmaker Andrei Lugovoi, who also was accused by the UK in the spy's killing, announced Kovtun's death on his messaging app channel
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Russia-Ukraine crisis: As Kyiv loses troops, how long can it fight?
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said this week that Ukraine is now losing 60 to 100 soldiers each day in combat
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Russia does not hinder export of Ukrainian grain, says Vladimir Putin
Russia does not hinder the export of Ukrainian grain, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.
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Vladimir Putin blames West for food, energy crises amid Ukraine war
Russian President Vladimir Putin blamed the West for emerging global food and energy crises and repeated his government's offers of safe passage for ships exporting grain from Ukraine
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Deadly secret: Electronic warfare shapes Russia's war against Ukraine
Electronic warfare technology targets communications, navigation and guidance systems to locate, blind and deceive the enemy and direct lethal blows
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Four stages of war
At the end of the third stage of this war, the Russians will likely control a straightened and relatively defensible line in eastern Ukraine
Russian malls half-empty after Western firms exit over Ukraine war
Dozens of foreign and international companies have withdrawn from the country, leaving behind half-empty malls and closed doors in places that once buzzed with customers
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Putin-linked elites, yachts, firms targeted in fresh US sanctions
The US announced new sanctions on Russian oligarchs and elites, including some of the richest men in Europe and their families
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Russia controls 20% of Ukraine, says President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Ukraine also claimed a counteroffensive had made gains in the south, while Moscow tried to encircle a key city in the east
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Putin clings to semblance of normality as his war in Ukraine grinds on
Kremlin leader projects image of business as usual; no sign that Putin seeks exit from war he started; Russia builds momentum in Donbas but US steps up arms to Kyiv
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200,000 kids among Ukrainians forcefully taken to Russia, says Zelenskyy
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Wednesday that 200,000 children are among the Ukrainians who have been forcefully taken to Russia and dispersed across the vast country.
US President announces new $700-million weapons package for Ukraine
Biden announced the plan to give Ukraine precision HIMARS rocket systems after receiving assurances from Kyiv that it would not use them to hit targets inside of Russian territory
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US rocket systems for Ukraine not meant to strike Russia: WH official
US President has agreed to provide Ukraine with rocket systems that can strike with precision at long-range Russian targets as part of a $700-mn weapons package expected to be unveiled on Wednesday
Has sanctioning Russia worked? Oil, gas sales put $285 bn in Putin's pocket
For years, Russia has acted as a vast commodity supermarket selling what an insatiable world has needed: Not just energy, but wheat, nickel, aluminum and palladium too
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High energy prices, Asian markets could blunt EU ban on Russian oil
EU's decision to ban Russia oil over Ukraine invasion is a blow to Moscow's economy but its effects may be blunted by rising energy prices and other nations willing to buy petroleum, experts say
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Erdogan discusses Turkey's Syria incursion plans with Russian Prez Putin
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has discussed Ankara's planned military operation in northern Syria and the war in Ukraine with Russia's Vladimir Putin, Erdogan's office said
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