Vladimir Putin

Turkey launches monitoring centre for shipping as Russia blames West for “so-called food crisis”

Spokesman for Ukrainian foreign ministry says Moscow is leaving corpses on battlefields to avoid paying their families war-death compensation sums of about €120,000

Russia says it struck Ukrainian warship and Harpoon missiles depot in Odesa - agencies

Zelenskiy says strike shows Russia will find ways not to implement grain deal

Turkey eyes deal to lift blockade of Ukrainian ports and allow millions of tonnes of grain to reach world markets

Russian leader has ‘combustible mix of grievance and ambition and insecurity’, Bill Burns says

Russian leader is left shifting his weight and pulling uncomfortable faces in front of cameras for nearly a minute

Kyiv says US arms helping ‘stabilise’ front line as Putin and Erdogan meet in Iran

Ukrainian city’s deputy mayor says public sentiment has permanently moved against Russia

Prospect of Dbeibeh and Haftar burying differences may be welcomed by UN as it struggles to maintain ceasefire that ended six-year civil war in 2020

Ukraine president sacks security chief, cites hundreds of treason cases

Ukraine says attack on Thursday hit cultural centre, killing 23 people and wounding 66

Analysts say Kyiv has six months to drive out the invading forces from the country before fatigue sets in and it faces prolonged military gridlock

The musician and activist has escaped her homeland — but its repression still torments her

Three dozen people could be trapped in rubble. Rescuers make contact with two people under wreckage

Neither side held back in meeting says official as Blinken raises concerns over China’s alignment with Moscow and Wang warns of dangers in US-China relations