The Defence Secretary has said he would kidnap Vladimir Putin to hold him accountable for his war crimes. John Healey made the remark on a one-day visit to Kyiv on Friday just hours after Russia launched a barrage of missile attacks against Ukraine.

Pavel Talankin was a school events coordinator and videographer. When Russia overhauled the curriculum to make students into patriotic soldiers, he kept his camera rolling. The footage became an Oscar-nominated film.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has not publicly addressed the US capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, reflecting Moscow’s prioritization of the Ukraine conflict. , World News, Times Now

Donald Trump is growing increasingly frustrated with Vladimir Putin and sees him as a bigger obstacle to peace in Ukraine than Volodymyr Zelensky, according to sources.

The US raid on Venezuela has exposed the limits of ties between Moscow and Caracas – while pointing the way for potential strategic opportunities for Russia’s Vladimir Putin in Washington’s new era of gunboat diplomacy.

Trump has pushed Russia out of Latin America and seized tankers while conceding nothing in Europe.

Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky signs up top spy an arch strategist Budanov as his political enforcer - putting the man Putin fears most of all at the very top of the Kyiv government

President Vladimir Putin's launch of an Oreshnik hypersonic missile appears aimed at intimidating Ukraine and sending a signal of Russian military might to Europe and the United States at a crucial juncture in talks to end the war.

A studio official said the president's appearance in Prostokvashino would be a form of "soft power" that would help promote Russia and its culture.

US President Donald Trump is becoming increasingly frustrated with Russian leader Vladimir Putin and now sees him as a bigger obstacle to peace in Ukraine than President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.