The Russian leader claimed his forces had captured most of the town of Lyman

A state polling firm has noted a five percentage point drop in trust in the Russian president in one week.

The Russian authorities said 419 drones were shot down across Russia, including in the capital, and in Crimea.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has publicly disavowed the existence of any formal agreement reached during his August summit with President Donald Trump in Alaska, undercutting months of Kremlin messaging that had treated the meeting as a diplomatic turning point in the war in Ukraine.

Perspective: Crimea was Putin’s trophy. Ukraine is turning it into a test of command, supply lines and political nerve.

India, June 29 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin flatly rejected a Ukrainian proposal for a mutual halt to long-range strikes on Sunday, vowing instead to press ahead until Russia has fully seized all four Ukrainian regions it illegally annexed in 2022,

Vladimir Putin is facing the possibility of a humiliating need to surrender as his efforts in Ukraine continue to lay waste to Russia’s energy infrastructure, experts have said. They have warned that the continued strikes could see the Kremlin forced to wave the white flag by next year.