Page 2 - Latest Updates on Vladimir Putin
Putin meets Witkoff, Kushner in Moscow to revive stalled Ukraine talks
Russian President Vladimir Putin met US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner in Moscow as Washington seeks to revive stalled efforts to end the Russia-Ukraine war.
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Putin pauses strikes on Kyiv for 72 hours as US envoys visit Russia
Washington's push to end the fighting, now in its fifth year, has lost momentum as US attention has been focused for the last six months on its war with Iran
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Trump says Putin will not attack NATO territory, downplays Ratcliffe trip
"He's not going to attack a NATO territory," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. Earlier in the day, Trump told Axios in a phone interview that there would be no such attack
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Focus on critical minerals during PM Narendra Modi's Uzbekistan visit
Bilateral trade rose from $13 billion in 2021 to $60 billion in 2025, while the trade imbalance widened from $6.6 billion to over $50 billion in Russia's favour
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Vladimir Putin offers to increase Russia's fertiliser exports to India
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Moscow was prepared to increase fertiliser supplies to India, while noting that bilateral trade grew in the first half of 2026
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Putin says Ukraine opened 'Pandora's box' with strikes on economic targets
Russian president warns Moscow will target Ukraine's sensitive economic sectors in response to drone strikes on Russian infrastructure, including oil refineries
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Putin wants to draft 300,000 new troops, said Ukrainian President Zelenskyy
Moscow's forces are pressing ahead with an effort to capture the rest of eastern Ukraine's industrialised Donbas region, where its troops have ground forward at what Kyiv says is a great cost
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Putin rejected Ukraine's offer for Black Sea shipping truce, says Zelenskyy
Russia and Ukraine have stepped up attacks on each other's commercial ships and ports in the Black Sea area, raising fears about the impact on grain supplies to world markets
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Putin says Russia will respond in kind if EU nations seize Russian vessels
TASS cited Putin as saying of those measures: "Of course, this is nothing short of piracy and banditry. And if this is actually put into practice, we will be forced to respond in kind."
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Russian President Vladimir Putin likely to escalate war with Ukraine
Putin is resisting calls for peace talks and may escalate the war, sources say, as Ukraine intensifies drone attacks on Russian fuel tankers and supply routes
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Trump says he thinks war in Ukraine will be settled, 'hopefully soon'
Trump said talks with Putin and Zelenskiy showed both sides want a deal, raising hopes for a possible settlement in the Russia-Ukraine war
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Trump offers to help Putin seek Ukraine deal, also calls Zelenskyy
Russia has said any solution must include Moscow assuming full control over Ukraine's Donbas region
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Putin shrugs off fuel shortages in Russia as attacks ramp up on Ukraine
Putin has shrugged off the setback for one of the world's leading oil producing nations as 'not critical,' dismissed ceasefire proposals and insisted the war will continue until his goals are met
Ukraine hits another Russian oil refinery as Putin admits fuel shortage
Ukraine has markedly stepped up its long-range attacks on Russian military industries and energy facilities in recent months, aiming to cut Moscow's revenue for its invasion
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The war in Ukraine has now gone on longer than World War I
Parallels between the two wars abound, from the grinding nature of the fighting to the way new technologies reshaped warfare
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World leaders congratulate Modi on becoming India's longest-serving PM
EU Commission Prez von der Leyen, Italian PM Meloni, Germany's Friedrich Merz, Israeli PM Netanyahu, Canadian PM Carney and former UK PM Rishi Sunak were among leaders who extended their greetings
 "World leaders congratulate Modi on becoming India's longest-serving PM")
Brics driving global growth, intra-bloc trade tops $1 trillion: Putin
Putin noted that Brics now contributes around 40 per cent of global GDP in purchasing power parity terms
 "Brics driving global growth, intra-bloc trade tops $1 trillion: Putin")
Ukraine targets St Petersburg after Putin rejects offer for direct talks
Ukraine struck targets near St Petersburg after Putin rejected talks with Zelenskyy, as European leaders push for renewed efforts to end the war
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Sanctions threat to India would boomerang under PM Modi's leadership: Putin
Putin said that he has been in close talks with Prime Minister Modi for a long period, while recalling the time when the Indian leader was banned from entering the United States
Putin rejects Zelenskyy's offer to meet, saying he sees 'no point' in it
Putin dismissed Zelenskyy's proposal for direct talks, saying the Ukrainian leader's public appeal made a personal meeting unnecessary and unproductive
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