A Kremlin loyalist suddenly turned against Putin. A day later, he was in a psychiatric hospital.

A Kremlin loyalist suddenly turned against Putin. A day later, he was in a psychiatric hospital.

A loyal pro-Kremlin blogger who unexpectedly denounced Russian President Vladimir Putin as “a war criminal and thief” has been admitted to a psychiatric facility. Ilya Remeslo, a lawyer and pro-Putin firebrand, shocked both Kremlin supporters and critics Tuesday when he shared a long post on Telegram, titled “Five reasons why I stopped supporting Vladimir Putin.”…

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Putin says Russia will take Donbas by force or Ukraine’s troops will withdraw

Putin says Russia will take Donbas by force or Ukraine’s troops will withdraw

President Vladimir Putin has said either Ukrainian troops will withdraw from the country’s eastern Donbas region or Russia will seize it – rejecting any compromise over a major obstacle to ending the Ukraine war. “Either we take back these territories by force, or eventually Ukrainian troops withdraw,” Putin told India Today. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky…

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Zelensky says Ukraine territory ‘most difficult’ issue, as US envoy prepares to meet Putin

Zelensky says Ukraine territory ‘most difficult’ issue, as US envoy prepares to meet Putin

EPA/Shutterstock President Zelensky has said Kyiv’s priorities in peace talks to end the war with Russia are maintaining Ukraine’s sovereignty and securing strong security guarantees. Zelensky said “the territorial issue is the most difficult”, as Russia continues to demand that Ukraine give up areas of the eastern Donbas region that it still holds – which…

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