All news on the topic: Vladimir Putin

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Vladimir Putin has already lost war with Ukraine, top US general claims
Joint Chiefs Chairman General Mark Milley has slammed Russia for launching an unprovoked attack on Ukraine and admitted they’ve "lost strategically, operationally, and tactically"
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Ukraine invasion exposed Europe’s ’vulnerabilities’, admits UK defence chief
But Ben Wallace branded fears the UK would not be able to take over a key NATO responsibility as ’just b*******’ when he was tackled about the claim on live television
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Ukraine invasion exposed Europe's 'vulnerabilities', admits UK defence chief
But Ben Wallace branded fears the UK would not be able to take over a key NATO responsibility as 'just b*******' when he was tackled about the claim on live television
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Putin deploys supersonic nuclear bombers over sea just north of UK in threat
It is the second time this week that Russian President Vladimir Putin has deployed his strategic aircraft in the Norwegian Sea in what has been interpreted as a warning to the West
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'Those who neglect, attack and undermine our NHS are no friends of ours'
'Without our NHS, the only way children like Teddi Shaw would get the lifesaving treatment she's had would be if her parents were millionaires - we must keep fighting for public healthcare'
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'Paranoid' Putin fears poisoning over Kremlin power struggle
The latest claims were made by Yury Shvets, 71, a former colleague of Putin's who studied with the despot at the KGB Institute. Shvets is now a US citizen leaving Russia after publishing a book describing his exploits
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Fight breaks out between footballers from Russia and Ukraine at Turkish resort
Police were called after the fight broke out involving players from the Russian First League team Shinnik Yaroslavl and Ukrainian Premier League outfit FC Minaj
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British Army chiefs say troops are 'up for a scrap' if they're needed in Ukraine
The Royal Anglian Regiment will next year command NATO’s Very High Readiness Joint Task Force - and the Mirror joined troops from the regiment as they trained in the Omani desert
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Russia dramatically classifies data 'proving Putin was treated for cancer'
The proof of Vladimir Putin’s treatment by cancer doctors was deduced from the existence of contracts with the hospital - which were listed on a Russian public procurement website
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Brit Embassy spy 'was disgusted with himself' for selling secrets to Russians
David Smith, 58, hoarded documents and was caught filming a man he thought was a Russian "traitor" where he worked at the British embassy in Berlin
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‘Face of war’ Ukrainian woman pictured one year on as she wants to help homeland
The image of Olena Kurylo after a bombing attack on her home defined the early stages of Russia's brutal invasion of Ukraine, but almost one year on the teacher has spoken out
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National one-minute silence will mark a year since Russia's invasion of Ukraine
The Prime Minister will lead the moment of reflection from Downing Street at 11am next Friday to show the UK’s unwavering solidarity with Ukraine as it continues its courageous fight against Putin
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Vladimir Putin preparing for 'more war' in Ukraine with new attacks planned
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg was forced to deny the coalition is at war with Moscow despite NATO's backing for Kyiv as the first anniversary of the invasion approaches
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Vladimir Putin's marine brigade of 5,000 men 'wiped out' in battle for Vuhledar
A unit of 5,000 Russian fighters were practically destroyed in the latest attempt to forcefully take the area of Vuhledar, Donetsk, in another humiliating defeat for Putin
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NATO fighter jets scrambled to intercept Russian warplanes
It comes ahead of an important meeting of NATO defence ministers today and tomorrow in Brussels as officials work to co-ordinate supplying more weapons to Ukraine, and to discuss the threat posed by spy balloons
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'Fatcats should not benefit from war profits while Brits struggle to pay bills'
'War profits should not be channelled into the wage packets of bosses already on huge money when householders and businesses are being fleeced in a broken energy market'
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Vladimir Putin pulls Wagner Group troops from Ukraine as he 'fears coup'
It is believed Wagner Group mercenaries - many of them convicted criminals - will be replaced by regular soldiers among as many as 300,000 new troops heading to war
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Putin war commander survives assassination bid after being sent poison in post
Major-General Apti Alaudinov, 50, a pal of Chechnyan warlord Ramzan Kadyrov and commander of the region's soldiers in Ukraine, received a letter saturated with an unknown deadly toxin
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Spy spent years 'collecting highly sensitive secrets to sell to the Russians'
David Ballantyne Smith collected highly sensitive secrets while working as a security guard in the British Embassy in Berlin and sold them to Russia for large amounts of money
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Russian soldiers dying at highest rate since first week of brutal war in Ukraine
Figures released by the Ukrainian general staff on Russian casualties show 824 Russian soldiers dying per day in February - four times the rate reported over June and July of last year
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'Speed will save lives' in Ukraine warning as Russia launches new onslaught
Nato chief Jens Stoltenberg will tell a crunch gathering in Brussels tomorrow that Russian president Vladimir Putin is prepared to take heavy losses in a new assault on Ukraine.
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Russian woman who protested against Ukraine war forced to escape Putin's regime
Marina Ovsyannikova describes the ordeal of fleeing Moscow, having to continually swap cars to cover her trail and crossing multiple borders of countries she said she cannot disclose, to get to France
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Putin to make major speech ahead of Ukraine war anniversary amid ambush fears
The Russian warmonger will give an address to the country's federal assembly on February 21 "on the current situation", according to a Kremlin spokesman
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Vladimir Putin's billionaire ally warns Ukraine war could last two more years
The head of the Wagner private army, which is fighting for the Kremlin against Ukraine, said it may take two years for Russia to complete their ultimate war goals
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Fears UK military too small to fight Russia as Germany asked to lead NATO force
Ministry of Defence sources suggest that Britain's military is not able to spare the 5,000 personnel needed to comprise a 'rapid-reaction force' tasked with repelling any potential Russian advance on NATO territory