#Vladimir Putin
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![Putin Invites Journalists to “Surrounded” Ukrainian Forces in Kupiansk—Zelenskyy Shows Up Instead]( "Putin Invites Journalists to “Surrounded” Ukrainian Forces in Kupiansk—Zelenskyy Shows Up Instead")
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Russian leader Vladimir Putin claimed Ukrainian forces were “surrounded” in Kupiansk and invited journalists to see it—but Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy showed up there himself, as Ukrainian forces carried out a successful counteroffensive in the city.![Russian leader Vladimir Putin (R) and his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko (L) enter the hall during the Great Heritage – Common Future Forum on April 29, 2025, in Volgograd, Russia. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Russian leader Vladimir Putin (R) and his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko (L) enter the hall during the Great Heritage – Common Future Forum on April 29, 2025, in Volgograd, Russia. (Source: Getty Images)")
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Russia’s occupation chief in southern Ukraine says he is ready to hand Belarus part of Ukraine’s Azov–Black Sea coastline for “resorts,” while Alexander Lukashenko warns Belarus must “update its defense measures”—a dual message pointing to deeper military coordination on occupied Ukrainian land.![Kumsusan State Guesthouse taken during Xi Jinping’s visit in June 2019. (Source: KCTV)]( "Kumsusan State Guesthouse taken during Xi Jinping’s visit in June 2019. (Source: KCTV)")
![A tourist checks out a box of Yangchunsamnok, a North Korean version of Viagra, near a scenic spot in the Mount Kumgang International tourist zone, in North Korea, on September 1, 2011. (Source: Getty Images)]( "A tourist checks out a box of Yangchunsamnok, a North Korean version of Viagra, near a scenic spot in the Mount Kumgang International tourist zone, in North Korea, on September 1, 2011. (Source: Getty Images)")
![Russian leader Vladimir Putin and RT Editor-in-Chief Margarita Simonyan attend the 20th anniversary celebration of the Russian state TV-station Russia Today at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow on October 17, 2025. (Source: Getty Images)]( "FT Names Russian Propagandist Margarita Simonyan One of 2025’s Most Influential Leaders")
![Russian leader Vladimir Putin observes the “Zapad‑2025” joint military drills with Belarus at a training ground in Russia’s Nizhny Novgorod region, September 16, 2025. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Russian leader Vladimir Putin observes the “Zapad‑2025” joint military drills with Belarus at a training ground in Russia’s Nizhny Novgorod region, September 16, 2025. (Source: Getty Images)")
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