Russian President Vladimir Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin appeared to vanish mid-sentence whilst delivering a speech at a rally marking the anniversary of the annexation of Crimea.

Such unity we have not had for a long time," he said. And we will absolutely accomplish all of our plans," he said. Congratulations."

Moscow police said more than 200000 people were in and around the Luzhniki stadium for the rally and concert.

The Kremlin also said it was evacuating civilians, and accused Ukraine of committing war crimes by shelling cities in the east. Civilians were hiding in basements and shelters across the embattled city of 280,000. The death toll remains unknown, though Ukraine has said thousands of civilians have died. Video and photos provided by the Ukrainian military showed the at least three-story building had been reduced to a roofless shell, with some exterior walls collapsed. In the worst, nearly three dozen people were killed last weekend in a strike on a training facility near the city. “I consider it the right way.” Kyiv mayor, Vitali Klitschko, said 19 were wounded in the shelling. On Friday, their fate was still uncertain, with conflicting reports on whether anyone had emerged from the rubble. The missiles were launched from the Black Sea, but the Ukrainian air force’s western command said it had shot down two of six missiles in the volley. Other officials said earlier that some people had gotten out. In city after city around Ukraine, hospitals, schools and buildings where people sought safety have been attacked. One person was wounded, the regional governor, Maksym Kozytsky, said.

Drawing comparisons between the Russian offensive and the "final solution" - the plan by Nazi Germany to exterminate Jews - Ukrainian President Zelenskyy ...

"I'm ready for negotiations with him. "I think that we have to use any format, any chance in order to have a possibility of negotiating, possibility of talking to Putin. But if these attempts fail, that would mean that this is a third World War," the Ukrainian President added. I was ready for the last two years.

The Kremlin has blamed a technical glitch for the interrupted transmission of Russian President Vladimir Putin's speech to a packed Moscow stadium to mark ...

Such unity we have not had for a long time,” Putin said, referring to Russian soldiers. And we will absolutely accomplish all of our plans,” Putin, 69, told the rally. The Kremlin has blamed a technical glitch for the interrupted transmission of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s speech to a packed Moscow stadium to mark the eighth anniversary of Crimea’s annexation.

Russia's all-out invasion of Ukraine put the continent's future in serious jeopardy. Russian President Vladimir Putin's exclusionary nationalism and imperial ...

Countless former Western MPs and ministers have been sitting on the boards of and offering consultancy services to Russian firms – including former prime ministers of Finland, Italy and Austria. Italy’s former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi expressed his admiration for Putin regularly over the years. All in all, Putin’s unprovoked aggression against Ukraine had the unintended consequence of putting Europe’s far-right superstars on the back foot. Of course, as someone who has at least twice worn a T-shirt with Putin’s face on it in public, Salvini’s stunt in Poland was not welcomed by the local population. The leader of Italy’s far-right League Party, Matteo Salvini, tried to approach his newfound “Putin problem” in a similar way. I don’t want the French to commit hara-kiri,” she said at a televised presidential debate, warning that the economic consequences of the war could be “a hundred times worse than the pandemic”. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s exclusionary nationalism and imperial designs are now posing an immediate threat to the safety and wellbeing of not only those living in ex-Soviet nations in Russia’s vicinity but all Europeans.

Russian President Vladimir Putin justified the invasion of Ukraine at a rally in Moscow on Friday, where his speech was abruptly cut off on the state TV ...

told reporters at the alliance's headquarters on Wednesday night, speaking on the condition of anonymity to disclose sensitive assessments. However, I also have a friend from another school who refused to go and was fired," Ekaterina told CNN. Ekaterina, 26, an elementary school teacher at the school, told CNN that she and her colleagues were asked by their school administration to attend the concert the morning before. We haven't had this unity for a long time," Putin told the crowd. State workers were told by authorities to attend the celebrations. In an invitation given out to teachers in one of Moscow's state schools and obtained by CNN, attendees were told they would have Russian flags and should put white "Z" marks on their clothing, a pro-war symbol seen daubed on the country's military vehicles in Ukraine.