KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed laws absorbing four Ukrainian regions into Russia, a move that finalizes the annexation carried out in defiance of international law.

It would also dissolve the organs of Putin’s police state, including the repressive Federal Security Service and Center for Combating Extremism, and repeal all repressive laws adopted during Putin’s ...

Russia President Vladimir Putin on Thursday allegedly called on Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu to order a ceasefire in Ukraine in observation of Orthodox Christmas. "Given the appeal of His Holiness ...

Russian leader Vladimir Putin was reported to have an exit plan for Venezuela, should he fall from grace in Moscow if his country does not succeed militarily in Ukraine. Argentina and China were ...

Halfway through the first winter of Europe’s energy war with Russia, only one side is winning. When Vladimir Putin warned in September that Europeans would “freeze” if the West stuck to its energy ...

RUSSIA is planning a new invasion of Ukraine in just a matter of weeks, a top Ukrainian defence official has warned. And speaking to Sky News, Oleksiy Danilov, Secretary of the National Security ...

By Matthew Mpoke Bigg and Thomas Gibbons-Neff The former British prime minister said the Russian leader made the remark during a phone call in the weeks before Putin’s forces invaded Ukraine.

In the video, a group of Vladimir Putin's soldiers are seen wandering through a field littered with detonated mines. According to Ukraine's armed forces, Russia have lost a further 850 troops ...

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And the request to our partners to strengthen our army was based on this information.” Putin made a chilling threat to Boris Johnson that he could kill him in a missile attack, the former PM ...