Vladimir Putin Russia Ukraine War

The Russian leader praised his forces but made no major announcements in a defiant speech at the annual Victory Day parade that marks the defeat of Nazi ...

A separate group of pro-Ukrainian activists, covered in white blankets splattered with red dye, lay on the ground at the entrance to the Warsaw memorial complex in front of a banner that read “criminals.” Others waved Ukrainian flags and shouted “killer” as Mr. Andreev arrived at the sprawling Soviet-era cemetery. “For steel mills to continue as an economic lifeline for the people of Ukraine, they must be able to export their steel,” Gina M. Raimondo, the commerce secretary, said in the announcement. Mr. Putin reserved his toughest language in Monday’s speech for the United States. It was the United States and its “minions” that were using Ukrainian “neo-Nazis” to threaten Russia, he said, forcing him to respond militarily. The eastern region of Donbas, which the Kremlin is trying to seize in this war, has traditionally looked to Moscow as a center of political and cultural gravity, and many residents have close family ties to Russia. The war has complicated this relationship. But analysts said that a mass mobilization of the Russian public, an increase in conscription or a switch to an austere wartime economy would undermine the balance he had struck and bring the reality of war into many more households. In the video, Mr. Zelensky said only “a madman” would follow the path of the fascists who started World War II. He made no claim of victory or “mission accomplished” and no promise that the fight in Ukraine could end soon. “Russia is trying to monopolize V-Day as if it was a war won by Russia, but it was a victory for all 15 republics of the former Soviet Union,” he said. On Monday, Mr. Putin said the United States and its “minions” were using Ukrainian “neo-Nazis” to threaten Russia and thus had forced him to launch the war. “This day’s supposed to be about celebrating peace and unity in Europe and the defeat of Nazis in World War II,” Jen Psaki, the White House press secretary, said at a briefing afterward. President Vladimir V. Putin used a speech delivered from his rostrum near the Lenin Mausoleum to try and turn Russian pride in the 1945 victory into increased support for what he has called the “special military operation” in Ukraine. “I am pleased that, in my conversations with congressional leaders, there appears to be strong support for the proposal I submitted, and Congress is likely to pass it in substantially the form I proposed,” Mr. Biden said in a statement Monday afternoon.

Putin painted Russia's campaign as this generation's link to the Soviet defeat of Nazi Germany, saying it was forced by actions of the U.S. and NATO. In a video ...

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US says Russian President Vladimir Putin delivered 'a version of revisionist history' amid continuing Ukraine invasion.

The US president has been urging lawmakers to act on his request, warning that his administration is almost “out of money”. Today, tomorrow and any other day that is necessary to free Ukraine from the occupiers,” the Ukrainian president said in his nightly address. He said the Ukraine funding request enjoys “strong support” among US lawmakers. And we will defend democracy in Ukraine. And in Europe. Like 77 years ago. The new plan will help those affected by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, including Poland and other Eastern European countries. And we will defend democracy in Ukraine. And in Europe. Like 77 years ago.” “As of today, only $100 million remains,” the letter said. Operational Command South said that Russian forces fired seven missiles at the city, hitting a shopping centre and consumer goods warehouse. Grateful to@POTUSand 🇺🇸 people for supporting 🇺🇦 in the fight for our freedom and future. Firefighting continues,” the military said in a Facebook post. “We expect to exhaust that authority no later than May 19, 2022. In its latest campaign assessment, the institute cited intelligence reports that untrained Russian conscripts were still being sent into active combat despite the Kremlin denying this practice.

"You are fighting for our people in Donbas, for the security of our motherland, its future," Russian President Vladimir Putin tells his troops on Victory ...

Now, he looks pretty healthy to me this morning," said the former British Army chief. If mobilisation happens, and there are plenty of rumours that it will, that's best saved for another day when Russian families aren't celebrating what really is thought of as a "sacred" holiday in the Russian calendar. "The death of every soldier and officer is painful for us," he said. Defining this as a "special military operation" rather than an actual conflict gives the Russian people the impression that it is short, sharp and targeted. "We know how poorly the Russian military has done," he said. Sending in hastily trained men with little military background could be more of a curse than a blessing.

Joe Biden says he is worried that Russian President Vladimir Putin does not have a way out of the Ukraine war, with the US President adding he was trying to ...

European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen said in a message on Twitter that she discussed on Monday with Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelenskyy “EU support and Ukraine’s European pathway. “From our standpoint, up until the point the current regime is not in power, the countries surrounding it will be, to some extent, in danger. Today, tomorrow and any other day that is necessary to free Ukraine from the occupiers,” Mr Zelenskyy said. By Bridget Judd By Bridget Judd And, over time, the situation can become, frankly, frightening." This has probably never happened in Odesa since World War II," Mr Zelenskyy said in a video address. By Bridget Judd By Bridget Judd By Bridget Judd By Bridget Judd By Bridget Judd

Fierce battles raged in eastern Ukraine while Putin made his Victory Day speech against a backdrop of intercontinental ballistic missiles rumbling through ...

Zelensky hailed the measure as a "historic step," writing on Twitter, "I am convinced that we will win together again. I bow down to him," added Taisiya Chepurina, 81, whose husband fought in the Battle of Stalingrad in 1943. You are home now,'" Stryzhko told AFP from his hospital bed in Zaporizhzhia. "Putin conducts politics so well, well done to him. "The Kremlin wants to execute your spirit of freedom and democracy," he said in a video posted from Odessa. "I am totally convinced they will never succeed." Putin blamed the West and Ukraine for the two-and-a-half-month conflict, telling the parade that Russia faced an "absolutely unacceptable threat" and warning against the "horror of a global war".

A shopping mall and two hotels have been hit by Russian military strikes in Odesa. Follow here for live updates.

“We've seen now what kind of a country Russia is and what kind of a regime it has. “We would, of course, prefer to have a neighborhood that would have been founded on friendship and cooperation,” she said. Putin and state-owned media still refer to the full-scale ground war in Ukraine as a "special operation." In the Russian-occupied southern city of Kherson, nonstop shelling has reduced buildings to rubble. CNN has previously reported on anxious Russian parents scrambling for information about the fate of sailors aboard the ship that was sunk by two Ukrainian missiles sunk last month. Russian journalists write posts critical of Putin: Two Russian reporters appear to have posted at least 30 articles that appeared briefly on a pro-Kremlin news site, lenta.ru, criticizing Putin’s invasion of Ukraine and his government’s suppression of critics. The plant is the last holdout of Ukrainian resistance in the southern city. “Don’t be afraid, don’t be quiet," they continued in an apparent call to action. Attack on Ukrainian cultural figure: A historic home of Ukraine's treasured poet and philosopher Hryhorii Skovoroda was destroyed by a Russian artillery strike, along with a museum of his work. Early Tuesday, Serhii Haidai, head of the Luhansk region military administration, said that "the situation in Bilohorivka remains difficult. One missile strike in the Suvorov district set fire to three warehouses with a total area of 1,200 square meters, according to Ukrainian officials. Last week, a video circulating on Telegram showed Ukrainian forces retaking the village of Molodova, just 13 miles southeast of the Ukraine-Russia border.

The southern Ukrainian city is not under threat of a Russian offensive, the Pentagon said, while Kremlin advances in the Donbas region remain “anemic.”

The weapons: Ukraine is making use of weapons such as Javelin antitank missiles and Switchblade “kamikaze” drones, provided by the United States and other allies. The latest: The southern Ukrainian city of Odessa was struck by a volley of Russian missiles on Monday evening, including three Kinzhal hypersonic missiles. Odessa: At least four high-precision Onyx missiles struck Odessa, Ukraine’s military said Monday. The missiles were believed to have been launched from Russian-held Crimea, officials said. The fighters have vowed to continue their resistance “ as long as we are alive.” Biden administration officials last week sought to downplay or dispute those stories. Because the E.U. needs all member nations to agree on the measure, diplomats and officials have launched a persuasion campaign aimed at swaying Budapest and Bratislava. The annual Pulitzer Prizes seek to recognize the best in journalism, as well as books, drama and music. “There is no place in the world for executioners, punishers and Nazis,” he said. And instead, Putin is perverting history, changing history to try — or attempting to change it, I should say — to justify his unprovoked and unjustified war, which has brought catastrophic loss of life and immense human suffering.” A shopping center and a warehouse were struck by seven Russian missiles, while another three Kinzhal hypersonic missiles targeted “tourism infrastructure,” said Sergey Bratchuk, a spokesman for the Odessa regional military administration. Last month, the House voted 417 to 10 to pass a lend-lease bill that aims to expedite weapons shipments to Ukraine. Only a few weeks before, the Senate had passed it unanimously. Last Friday, Biden announced another drawdown aid package to Ukraine that included additional munitions and radar equipment.

US President Joe Biden said on Monday he is worried that Russian President Vladimir Putin does not have a way out of the Ukraine war, and Joe Biden said he ...

Biden said Putin is a very calculating man and the problem he worries about now is that the Russian leader "doesn't have a way out right now, and I'm trying to figure out what we do about that." Russia's assault on Kyiv was beaten back in March by strong Ukrainian resistance. US President Joe Biden said on Monday he is worried that Russian President Vladimir Putin does not have a way out of the Ukraine war, and Biden said he was trying to figure out what to do about that.

His comments came as Russian forces fired missiles at Odesa, hitting a shopping centre and a warehouse, killing one and wounding others.

He said that unless Russia has a major breakthrough, "the balance of advantages will shift steadily in favour of Ukraine, especially as Ukraine gets access to growing volumes of increasingly sophisticated Western military equipment." "And this is a blow not only to Ukraine. Without our agricultural exports, dozens of countries in different parts of the world are already on the brink of food shortages. The European Union's executive arm, the European Commission, said it aims to deliver a first opinion in June on Ukraine's request to become a member of the bloc. The Ukrainian military said Russian forces fired seven missiles from the air at Odesa on Monday night, hitting a shopping centre and a warehouse. But he said that instead, the United States and many European countries had in fact rallied to Ukraine's side and become more unified. Speaking in Washington DC on Monday, Biden described the Russian president as "a very calculating man" but without an exit strategy and admitted "I'm trying to figure out what we do about that".

Japan commits to a ban on Russian crude oil imports 'in principle' as outrage grows over bombing of a Ukraine school.

Another crime of the occupiers,” he said. It was a targeted blow to the school. But G7 coordination is most important at a time like now,” Kishida said, according to a statement released by the Japanese government. “Today, I want to award those Ukrainian heroes who are already clearing our land of mines. “Russia has forgotten everything that was important to the victors of World War II,” Zelenskyy said in his nightly address. “We believe that the solution in Ukraine is political and that political negotiations between Russia and Ukraine must lead to an end to the war,” he added.