Vladimir Putin

John Bolton describes Trump’s decision-making as driven by personal relationships and ‘neuron flashes’, rather than a deep understanding of national interests

Putin vows to bring more ‘destruction’ to Ukraine after devastating drone attack on central Russian city of Kazan

Ukraine is still standing after more than 1,000 days of full-scale fighting with Russia, in the biggest war in Europe since 1945

As China and Russia weigh up their options in anticipation of Donald Trump’s second presidency, horrified countries in the Global South see Gaza as an emblem of US and European double standards

At least one dead in Kyiv and six killed in Russia’s Kursk region

MacBride asked ‘if those vested with authority and power practice injustice, resort to torture and killing, is it not inevitable that those who are victims will react with similar methods?’

Moscow ‘ready for negotiations and compromises’ to end the fighting, Russian president says during carefully controlled press conference

Worldview: Attacks include sabotage, assassinations, parcel bombs, cyber attacks, electoral interference, social media disinformation campaigns and the testing of military preparedness

Kyiv open to possible deployment of western troops ahead of Nato membership

Loss of Syrian vassal could cost Russia crucial military bases and influence in Middle East and beyond

Western officials believe Kyiv urgently needs more manpower to reverse Russian battlefield gain

Twenty more air defence systems needed to protect nation’s power grid, says Kyiv

Scholz’s trip comes weeks after he faced criticism from Volodymyr Zelenskiy for speaking to Vladimir Putin by phone

Constitutional court to decide on Friday whether to annul first round results following complaints poll subject to foreign interference

Russia expels British diplomat and bars government officials amid rising tension with London

Reluctance to elaborate on the personal and political was key to the chancellor’s political longevity. It is a trait she struggles to escape in her book Freedom

Nationalist Calin Georgescu’s unexpectedly strong showing was fuelled by a TikTok campaign aimed at young voters

Vladimir Putin signs law granting debt forgiveness to new army recruits who enlist to fight in Ukraine

Kyiv working with its western partners on systems to counter ‘new risks’ - Zelenskiy

The farther west in Europe you go, the easier it is to take the view that an aggressive Russia is somebody else’s problem. Those days could be coming to an end