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Merz calls Putin ‘perhaps the greatest war criminal of our time,’ Kremlin responds

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has for the first time publicly called Russian dictator Vladimir Putin “perhaps the greatest war criminal of our time” and urged the world to show him no leniency. Merz made the remarks in an interview with broadcaster Sat.1, published on Sept. 2.

3 September 2025, 06:40 PM

European Commission President welcomes agreement on Special Tribunal for Russian aggression

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen welcomed the agreement signed between Ukraine and the Council of Europe to establish a Special Tribunal to investigate Russian war crimes in her post on X, published on June 25.

26 June 2025, 12:41 PM

Trump’s spiritual adviser calls Putin war criminal, signals tougher US stance

Pastor Mark Burns, spiritual adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump, called Russian leader Vladimir Putin a war criminal and warned that Russia faces harsher consequences, as Trump grows impatient with Moscow’s refusal to end the war, according to his post on X on May 28.

28 May 2025, 04:40 PM

Rubio refuses to call Putin a war criminal during House hearings

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio sidestepped a direct question about whether Russian dictator Vladimir Putin is a war criminal during a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on May 21.

21 May 2025, 10:19 PM

Yes, he’s a war criminal: U.S. Treasury Secretary slams Putin

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent called Russian dictator Vladimir Putin a “war criminal” during a Congressional Finance Committee hearing on May 7, the Kyiv Post reported.

8 May 2025, 10:27 AM

Video captures explosion that killed Russian General Igor Kirillov in Moscow

Footage of the explosion in Moscow that resulted in the death of Russian General Igor Kirillov, the chief of Radiation, Chemical, and Biological Defense Forces, was published by Russian Telegram channels on Dec. 17.

17 December 2024, 02:48 PM

Russian governor proposes free apartments for orphans to foster loyalty to Kremlin

Giving orphans apartments as compensation for their parents' deaths at the war in Ukraine is a good idea to make them support Kremlin regime, Russia's Primorye Krai governor Oleg Kozhemyako said.

23 October 2024, 03:26 PM

Ukraine's Foreign Ministry calls on Mongolia to hand over Putin to The Hague

The Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has called on Mongolia to recognize Russian President Vladimir Putin as a war criminal and arrest him during his potential visit to the country.

30 August 2024, 09:39 PM

Mexico rejects Ukraine's request to arrest Putin should he attend presidential inauguration

Mexico will not arrest Russian dictator Vladimir Putin should he visit the country for the upcoming presidential inauguration in October, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said at governmental press conference on Aug. 8, Reuters reported.

9 August 2024, 10:36 AM

Russian soldier who shot car with civilians and children in Bucha to be tried in Ukraine

Juvenile prosecutors of the Prosecutor General’s Office have sent to court an indictment against a Russian soldier who shot a car with civilians in Bucha, Kyiv Oblast, the Prosecutor General’s Office reported on Telegram on July 24.

24 July 2024, 08:38 PM

Russian soldier attempts to rape elderly woman at Naval Academy hospital

A soldier from the Russian Defense Ministry's Storm unit, formed from prisoners released from jail, attacked a 71-year-old woman in St. Petersburg, attempting to rape her at the Naval Academy hospital, Telegram channel CHTD reported on May 29.

30 May 2024, 04:11 PM

Putin calls cannibal and maniac 'Real Russian heroes' - Ukraine's Kyslytsya tells UN Security Council

The cannibals, maniacs, and convicted murderers in Russia's army are promised amnesty and have become Russian heroes, Ukraine's UN Ambassador, Serhii Kyslytsya, said in compelling comments to the UN Security Council, Ukrinform reported.

15 May 2024, 02:48 PM

Russian soldier suspected of killing tugboat captain in Kherson Oblast

Ukrainian law enforcement officers have served a notice of suspicion to a Russian army serviceman who fatally shot a tugboat captain during the occupation of Hola Prystan in Kherson Oblast, the Kherson Prosecutor’s Office reported on April 27.

28 April 2024, 03:48 PM

Russian ‘war heroes’ killed over 100 fellow citizens upon returning home

At least 107 Russians have been killed and approximately 100 more seriously injured by veterans returning from the conflict in Ukraine, Verstka reported on Telegram on April 25.

26 April 2024, 01:25 PM

Pro-Kremlin insider admits to Russia's steep losses in Ukraine - Video

Pavel Gubarev, a pro-Kremlin collaborator and war criminal, unexpectedly admitted the Russian army's huge losses in the war against Ukraine during a recent onlinestream on the Russian propagandist wind_sower Telegram channel on Apr. 5.

6 April 2024, 03:55 PM

Video shows Russian 'special military operation hero' begging for food on local administration steps

An eye-opening scene unfolded in Derbent, Dagestan, as a video surfaced on the social media platform X on April 4, showing a Russian veteran of the so-called "special military operation" in Ukraine pleading for help.

4 April 2024, 04:22 PM

Russia’s war ‘hero’ axes to death Putin’s ‘best teacher’ grant winner in Yakutia

The winner of the “Best Teacher of Russia” contest, funded by Kremlin dictator Vladimir Putin, met a grim fate in Russia’s Far East, as reported by Nastoyashee Vremya (Current Time) TV channel on Feb. 29.

29 February 2024, 05:50 PM

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