Putin claims he was ready to end war 18 months ago – but Boris Johnson scuppered peace talks
The Russian president gave his first interview with Western media since his full-scale invasion of Ukraine two years ago.
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UK to send 20,000 troops to largest Nato exercise since the Cold War
Defence Secretary Grant Shapps will announce the deployment to provide ‘vital reassurance against the Putin menace’.
UK would be following Putin’s lead if it abandoned ECHR, committee warned
A parliamentary committee in Dublin is assessing the implications of the UK Illegal Migration Act on the Good Friday Agreement.
Putin says Russia is at war with the West in annual address to the nation
‘It’s they who have started the war and we are using force to end it,’ Mr Putin said in a speech broadcast by all Russian state TV channels.
‘Something doesn’t add up’: Downing Street readout of Johnson’s call with Putin resurfaces
The official dispatch raises doubts over the accuracy of Johnson's recollections.
Boris Johnson told ‘a lie’ over Putin missile attack claims, says Kremlin
The former prime minister alleged that the Russian President appeared to threaten him in the days before Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.
Putin threatened to kill me with a missile – Johnson
The Russian president reportedly told Boris Johnson ‘I don’t want to hurt you, but with a missile, it would only take a minute’.
Boris Johnson inadvertently thanks Vladimir Putin for ‘inspirational leadership’
The former PM quickly corrected himself, saying he meant Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky.
Putin calls up 300,000 reservists and threatens West as Ukraine war escalates
Russian president Vladimir Putin said he was "not bluffing" as he issued a threat to use nuclear weapons to protect his country.