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Blackbelt Putin ditched as honorary president of world judo body
The Russian president - a keen judoka - has written a book, titled "Judo: History, Theory, Practice".
Trump again praises Putin as ‘smart’ – and says US is ‘dumb’
The US was "powerful, cunning and smart" when he was in charge, Trump said. "Now we are a stupid country."
West cuts Russia out of Swift in bid to ‘stop Putin using his war chest’
The US, Britain, EU and Canada said a number of Russian banks would be removed from the Swift international banking system.
‘Irrational’ speech wrecks Putin’s ‘once pragmatic image’ – reports
The Russian president's megalomaniacal tendencies are on display "like never before", Andrew Roth says.
Ukrainians ‘less and less’ scared as UK officials commend ‘staunch resistance’
The Ministry of Defence said Russian casualties are ‘likely to be heavy and greater than anticipated’.
‘Don’t you have your own problems to solve?’: Russian man living in Ukraine confronts soldiers
"I am Russian too, but I live in this state. You have your country, we have ours."
Ukrainian driver asks broken-down soldiers: ‘Want me to tow you back to Russia?’
Multiple videos on social media have shown Russian military out of fuel, food and stuck on highways.
Kyiv resident shares photos of ‘surreal’ damage to Ukraine’s capital
Maia Mikhaluk said ‘those shards of glass are like shards of people’s lives’.
Biden signs memo to give Ukraine £448m in immediate military assistance
The US has also joined the EU in agreeing to freeze assets of Vladimir Putin and Sergeĭ Lavrov.