Putin not welcome at D-Day event due to Ukraine war, French organisers say
PARIS (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin will not be invited to the 80th anniversary of the 1944 D-Day landings in June, the French organisers said, although some Russian representatives would be…
Zelenskyy Calls For Preemptive NATO Strikes Against Russia Before Putin Launches Nukes
Zelenskyy Calls For Preemptive NATO Strikes Against Russia Before Putin Launches Nukes Arjun Singh on October 6, 2022 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on NATO to launch preemptive strikes against Russia…
Putin ally compares Nord Stream sabotage to CIA-backed attacks of 1980s
MOSCOW (Reuters) – One of President Vladimir Putin’s top allies said on Wednesday that the sabotage of the Nord Stream offshore gas pipelines resembled the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency-backed attacks on oil…
Russia’s war machine faces ridicule from two Putin allies
By Guy Faulconbridge and Felix Light LONDON (Reuters) -The withdrawal of Russian forces from a strategically important town in eastern Ukraine has prompted two powerful allies of President Vladimir Putin to do…
Pope begs Putin to end ‘spiral of violence and death’, cites nuclear threat
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis made an impassioned appeal on Sunday to Russian President Vladimir Putin to stop “this spiral of violence and death” in Ukraine, saying the crisis…
‘Outright Satanism’: Putin Goes On Lengthy Rant Condemning The West Over ‘Apartheid’, Child Sex Changes
‘Outright Satanism’: Putin Goes On Lengthy Rant Condemning The West Over ‘Apartheid’, Child Sex Changes Micaela Burrow on September 30, 2022 Russian president Vladimir Putin said the West had fallen for…
U.S. lawmakers promise more money, weapons as Ukraine faces ‘Hurricane Putin’
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic and Republican U.S. lawmakers said on Thursday they wanted to continue the flow of money and weapons for Ukraine’s battle against Russia’s invasion, denouncing Moscow’s…
Exclusive-VTB urges Putin to curb Western grain traders’ Russian ops – letter
By Polina Devitt, Michael Hogan and Darya Korsunskaya MOSCOW/HAMBURG (Reuters) – Sanctions-hit VTB Bank has urged President Vladimir Putin to curb the activities of Western grain traders in Russia, citing the need…
U.S. warns Putin of ‘catastrophic’ consequences if nuclear weapons used in Ukraine
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States would respond decisively to any Russian use of nuclear weapons against Ukraine and has spelled out to Moscow the “catastrophic consequences” it would…
‘Send Putin To The Trenches’: Russia Arrests Over 1,200 At Anti-War Protests
‘Send Putin To The Trenches’: Russia Arrests Over 1,200 At Anti-War Protests Bronson Winslow on September 22, 2022 Russian authorities arrested over 1,200 protesters Wednesday for opposing a “partial mobilization” of reserve…
Putin allies express concern over mobilisation ‘excesses’
(Reuters) – Russia’s two most senior lawmakers on Sunday addressed a string of complaints about Russia’s mobilisation drive, ordering regional officials to get a handle on the situation and swiftly solve the…
White House: U.S. sees no reason to adjust nuclear posture after Putin comments
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House said on Friday the United States sees no reason to adjust its nuclear posture after Russian President Vladimiar Putin’s recent comments warning the West he was…
Australia, New Zealand condemn Putin threats as “unthinkable”
SYDNEY/WELLINGTON (Reuters) – Australia and New Zealand condemned Russian President Vladimir Putin’s escalation of the war in Ukraine, saying his threats to use nuclear weapons to defend Russia were “unthinkable” and exposed…
IAEA still working on Ukraine power plant plan despite Putin bluster
By John Irish NEW YORK (Reuters) -The head of the United Nations atomic agency said on Wednesday he would not abandon a plan to create a protection zone around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear…
Putin mobilises more troops for Ukraine
President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday ordered Russia’s first mobilisation since World War Two, warning the West that if it continued what he called its “nuclear blackmail”, Moscow would respond with the might…
Disdain and defiance among Kyiv residents after Putin order
KYIV (Reuters) – Residents of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv dismissed on Wednesday Russian President Vladimir Putin’s callup of military reservists as a mark of desperation and expressed confidence in their own armed…
Putin must recognize he cannot win Ukraine war -Scholz at U.N
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin will only give up his “imperial ambitions” that risk destroying Ukraine and Russia if he recognizes he cannot win the war, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz…
BRYEN: As Putin Loses His Grip On Ukraine, More Critics Mysteriously Die
BRYEN: As Putin Loses His Grip On Ukraine, More Critics Mysteriously Die Shoshana Bryen on September 18, 2022 The Ukrainian military has been making gains on the ground against Russian forces, prompting…
As Putin Loses His Grip On Ukraine, More Critics Mysteriously Die
BRYEN: As Putin Loses His Grip On Ukraine, More Critics Mysteriously Die Shoshana Bryen on September 18, 2022 The Ukrainian military has been making gains on the ground against Russian forces, prompting…
Biden urges Putin not to use tactical nuclear arms in Ukraine: CBS
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to not use tactical nuclear or chemical weapons in the wake of setbacks in Ukraine, in a CBS News interview…
With a grin, Putin warns Ukraine: the war can get more serious
SAMARKAND, Uzbekistan (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin on Friday brushed off a lightning Ukrainian counter-offensive with a smile but warned that Russia would respond more forcefully if its troops were put under…
India’s Modi assails Putin over Ukraine war
By Mukhammadsharif Mamatkulov SAMARKAND, Uzbekistan (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday that now was not the time for war, directly assailing the Kremlin chief…
U.N. chief spoke with Putin, pushes Russian fertilizer exports
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – U.N. chief Antonio Guterres said he spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday about Ukrainian Black Sea grain exports and that he was hopeful…
Russia’s Putin, Germany’s Scholz discuss Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in phone call
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in a phone call on Tuesday discussed the situation around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in Ukraine, the Kremlin said in…
Putin, Macron trade blame over Ukraine nuclear plant security
(Reuters) -The presidents of Russia and France held talks on Sunday regarding safety at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in Ukraine, with Vladimir Putin blaming Ukrainian forces while Emmanuel Macron pointed the finger…
UK dismisses Putin assertion on Ukraine grain exports to poor countries
(Reuters) – Britain dismissed as untrue on Sunday Russian President Vladimir Putin’s assertion that only a fraction of grain exported from Ukraine under an international deal was going to poor countries. Putin…
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