European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said that Russian President Vladimir Putin is in a weaker position than at any previous point in the war in Ukraine, citing battlefield losses, mounting casualties and growing public dissatisfaction inside Russia.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday voiced confidence of victory in Ukraine as he oversaw a military parade on Red Square commemorating the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II — a show that didn't include heavy weapons for the first time in nearly two decades.

The Russian leader is caught between an increasingly unpopular war and shifting global headwinds

Aging, allegedly ailing Vladimir Putin has been mocked over his puffy, strangely altered face after the fearful, paranoid Russian dictator made a rare public appearance in Moscow over the weekend. The swollen-cheeked 73-year-old despot was spotted at an unusually quiet Victory Day parade to mark the 81st anniversary of the Soviet Union’s defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II.

The event, shrunken because of security fears, adds to a sense that Moscow and other Russian cities can no longer be insulated from the war.

Putin released footage of the ‘chance’ meeting just days after it was claimed he was hiding in underground bunkers, detached from civilian affairs, amid fears of assassination

Staged public moment: Putin’s Kremlin-filmed chat with a ‘tourist’ was later linked to a former employee tied to his inner circle. Identity doubts: His 92-year-old teacher asked, ‘Is that you?’, fuelling body double rumours despite Putin’s ...