The Latest Breaking News from Vladimir Putin

A woman rumoured to be Vladimir Putin’s secret daughter was confronted by a Ukrainian journalist who said his brother was recently killed during the war.

Britain has sanctioned Russia’s GRU intelligence agency and summoned Moscow’s ambassador after an inquiry concluded that President Vladimir Putin was responsible for a nerve agent attack on British soil in 2018

Innocent people were caught up in an assassination attempt on a former Russian spy in Salisbury in March 2018. How did this happen?

Putin directed the botched assassination attempt as a show of ‘Russian power’, a judge has found

Foreign secretary Yvette Cooper said the government will ‘not tolerate’ Russian aggression as she confirmed sanctions

The EU has put forward a steady stream of defence packages it says will ensure Europe is ready to defend itself against Russia by 2030. Citizens don't seem to feel that confident with two-thirds of Europeans suggesting their armies cannot take on Russia militarily, according to a new poll.

German magazine Der Spiegel has reported the warning, quoting a leaked note from a recent call between the European leaders

Delhi visit gives Russian leader a chance to reduce Moscow’s isolation but both countries need each other to negotiate Trump’s US and a powerful China

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha urged Putin to “stop wasting the world’s time,” while the UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper called on the Russian leader to “end the bluster and the bloodshed and be ready to come to the table and to support a just and lasting peace”.