カテゴリー: Vladimir Putin
Aid package includes weapons and economic assistance to pay for critical government services; Ukraine foreign minister visits Syria. What we know on day 1,042The US has unveiled almost $6bn in military and budget aid for Ukraine, as the Biden administr…
Ilham Aliyev said Russia should apologise and pay compensation to the state and the people in the crash which killed 38 people last week. “We can say with complete clarity that the plane was shot down by Russia. We are not saying that it was done inten…
President Aliyev says Moscow must ‘admit its guilt’ after downing plane, albeit unintentionally, with loss of 38 livesAzerbaijan’s president Ilham Aliyev said the Azerbaijani airliner that crashed last week was shot down by Russia, albeit unintentional…
Moscow has confirmed its air defences were repelling Ukrainian drones at the time of plane’s flight but has not admitted it shot it down. What we know on day 1,040Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has called on Russia to provide a clearer expla…
Kremlin says Russian president has spoken to Azerbaijan counterpart after crash in which 38 people diedRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesVladimir Putin has apologised for a “tragic incident” in which an Azerbaijan Airlines plane crashed on Christ…
This blog is now closed, you can read more of our Ukraine war coverage herePoland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk traveled Saturday to his country’s border with the Russian region of Kaliningrad to inspect progress in the construction of military fortific…
Diane Abbott MP, Jeremy Corbyn MP, Ayoub Khan MP, Shockat Adam MP, Iqbal Mohamed MP, Adnan Hussain MP, Brian Eno, Alex Gordon, Fran Heathcote, Sophie Bolt and Lindsey German say diplomacy is the only path to peace. Plus, Laurie Farnum on why Russia can…
Comments part of debate over whether Beijing backs Kim Jong-un’s decision to send troops to fight in UkraineChina is increasingly uncomfortable about North Korea’s engagement with Russia and finds the growing cooperation between Pyongyang and Moscow un…
Kremlin dispatched weapons as payment for 10,000 troops deployed to support war in Ukraine, says South Korean officialRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesRussia has sent air defence missiles and other military technology to North Korea in return fo…
Russian president transfers more than 70 animals from Moscow to Pyongyang amid strengthening ties with North Korea’s Kim Jong-un during Ukraine warRussia has transferred more than 70 animals, including an African lion, two brown bears and 45 pheasants …
Pyongyang’s envoy to the United Nations says buildup is to counter threat from ‘hostile nuclear weapons states’North Korea’s UN envoy has said Pyongyang will accelerate a buildup of its nuclear weapons programme just days after it test-fired an interco…
About 8,000 North Korean soldiers are stationed in Russia on the border with Ukraine, the US secretary of state has said, warning that Moscow is preparing to deploy those troops into combat ‘in the coming days’. The announcement was the clearest statem…
Vladimir Putin sidestepped a question on Thursday about whether North Korean troops were deployed to fight in Ukraine. The Russian president was addressing reporters at the Brics summit in Kazan, Russia, where he said: ‘We never doubted the leadership …
Vladimir Putin sidestepped a question on Thursday about whether North Korean troops were deployed to fight in Ukraine. The Russian president was addressing reporters at the Brics summit in Kazan, Russia, where he said: ‘We never doubted the leadership …
Vladimir Putin sidestepped a question on Thursday about whether North Korean troops were deployed to fight in Ukraine. The Russian president was addressing reporters at the Brics summit in Kazan, Russia, where he said: ‘We never doubted the leadership …