The Russian president repeatedly pushed back against the idea that Russia is planning to invade other European countries, after Ukraine.

Hundreds of thousands of Vladimir Putin's troops are being amassed on NATO borders as 2026 shapes up to be a 'critical' year for European peace, ex-German army official Roderich Kiesewetter said

Speaking at his tightly orchestrated annual news conference, the Russian dictator said Moscow would make more gains by the year's end.

Vladimir Putin dismissed Western warnings of a major war with Russia as hysteria, accused NATO of fearmongering, and warned Ukraine and its allies that Moscow would pursue its territorial goals militarily if talks fail.

The Kremlin said on Tuesday that European claims that Russian President Vladimir Putin wanted to restore the Soviet Union were wrong and that claims Putin plans to invade a NATO member were complete stupidity.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that the Kremlin is prepared to use “military means” to achieve its goals in Ukraine if diplomatic efforts with the West fail to satisfy Moscow’s

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov attends a meeting of Russian President Vladimir Putin with the heads of government of the member countries of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in Moscow, Russia November 18,

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday opened his year-end news conference, an event that will be closely watched for his response to the U.S.-backed peace plan for