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The latest news, updates and features on Russian president Vladimir Putin. The former intelligence officer and politician held the role from 2000 to 2008, and again from 2012 onwards. He was previously Russia's prime minister, between 2008 to 2012.

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  1. Flowers and toys left on a swing seat to commemorate victims killed in Russia's missile attack on Friday, at a children play area near the damaged apartment buildings, in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, Saturday, April 5, 2025. (AP Photo)

    Nine children dead after missile strike on playground in Zelensky's hometown

    Channel: World World 1 day ago By Luke Alsford
  2. Putin threatens Trump’s plan to take Greenland
  3. Trump 'angry' and 'pissed off' with Putin in change in rhetoric over Ukraine ceasefire
  4. Putin ignores Trump's call for peace and strikes Zelensky's hometown again
  5. Russia strikes energy plant hours after Putin and Trump agree 'pause' in attacks

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Flowers and toys left on a swing seat to commemorate victims killed in Russia's missile attack on Friday, at a children play area near the damaged apartment buildings, in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, Saturday, April 5, 2025. (AP Photo)

Nine children dead after missile strike on playground in Zelensky's hometown

Channel: World World 1 day ago By Luke Alsford
Play Video epa12005546 A handout photo released by the press service of the State Emergency Service (SES) of Ukraine shows Ukrainian rescuers working at the site of a rocket strike in Kryvyi Rih, central Ukraine, 02 April 2025, amid the Russian invasion. At least four people have been killed and 14 others injured after Russian shelling hit Kryvyi Rih, the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration reported. EPA/STATE EMERGENCY SERVICE OF UKRAINE HANDOUT -- BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE -- MANDATORY CREDIT: STATE EMERGENCY SERVICE OF UKRAINE -- HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES

Putin ignores Trump's call for peace and strikes Zelensky's hometown again

Channel: World World 3 days ago By Sarah Hooper
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Trump 'angry' and 'pissed off' with Putin in change in rhetoric over Ukraine ceasefire

Channel: World World 6 days ago By Gergana Krasteva
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Putin threatens Trump’s plan to take Greenland

Channel: US US 6 days ago By Jessica Kwong
In this photo provided by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Monday, Jan. 27, 2025, The Arkhangelsk nuclear submarine of the Russian navy arrives at its base of the Northern Fleet in Russia. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)

Putin launches new submarine equipped with 'unstoppable' Zircon nuclear missiles

Channel: World World March 27, 2025 By Sam Corbishley
Play Video Zelensky on left and Putin on Right

Zelensky eerily predicts ‘Putin will die soon’ fuelling more rumours about his health

Channel: World World March 27, 2025 By Luke Alsford
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Putin is so paranoid about assassination he has people 'searching sewers'

Channel: World World March 26, 2025 By Sarah Hooper
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Putin flexes muscles in missile test hours after Black Sea ceasefire agreement

Channel: World World March 26, 2025 By Katie Boyden
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Homes belonging to some of Russia's elite destroyed in fire

Channel: World World March 24, 2025 By Luke Alsford
Play Video Dozens of wounded including at least 14 children as Russia strikes Ukrainian city Sumy as peace talks underway in Saudi Arabia.

Putin missile onslaught injures 74 including children while peace talks unfolded

Channel: World World March 24, 2025 By Luke Alsford
Play Video 3 killed and 10 injured as Russia launched an overnight drone attack

Putin unleashes mass drone strike on Ukraine, killing 5-year-old

Channel: World World March 23, 2025 By Luke Alsford

Putin crony threatens Prince William with drone strikes 'if he gets into our sights'

Channel: World World March 22, 2025 By Sara Odeen-Isbister

Starmer sends stern warning saying Putin is ‘certain’ to break peace conditions

Channel: UK UK March 20, 2025 By Brooke Davies

Vladimir Putin isn't negotiating with Donald Trump - he's laughing at him

Channel: World World March 19, 2025 By Pablo O'Hana
(COMBO) This combination of files pictures created on March 18, 2025 shows US President Donald Trump on the phone in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, on June 27, 2017 and a handout photograph taken and released by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Service on February 12, 2025, showing Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky speaking during a phone call with the US president while sitting at his office in Kyiv, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. President Volodymyr Zelensky warned on March 20, 2025 against heeding a Kremlin call to halt military aid for his country and announced he would speak with US President Donald Trump later within hours. (Photo by NICHOLAS KAMM and Handout / various sources / AFP) / XGTY / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / Ukrainian Presidential Press Service" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS (Photo by NICHOLAS KAMMHANDOUT/AFP/UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump hints at taking Ukraine's nuclear power and electrical sites in Zelensky call

Channel: World World March 20, 2025 By Jessica Kwong
Nina Ostanina and Evgeny Rudenko

Putin crony tells Russian women to 'wear mini-skirts' to stop population decline

Channel: World World March 18, 2025 By Ben Lynch
Ukrainian service personnel use searchlights as they search for drones in the sky over the city during a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine March 18, 2025. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

Russia strikes energy plant hours after Putin and Trump agree 'pause' in attacks

Channel: World World March 20, 2025 By Jessica Kwong
Play Video Uncleared grabs of Ukrainian airstrike destroying a Russian supply bridge in Kherson, credit: Twitter Matt

Major blow for Putin after airstrike destroys key supply bridge

Channel: World World March 16, 2025 By Katie Boyden
Play Video A Ukrainian subsonic cruise missile R-360 Neptune.

Zelensky reveals new Neptune missile capable of hitting Moscow is ready

Channel: World World March 15, 2025 By Danny Rigg
Play Video LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 15: UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer speaks at a press conference following this morning's virtual summit video conference at 10 Downing Street on March 15, 2025 in London, England. The call with European and world leaders was held to discuss the future of a peace plan in Ukraine. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Keir Starmer warns Putin 'the world is watching' over peace deal

Channel: UK UK March 15, 2025 By Sam Corbishley

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