Officials have identified the likely cause of a devastating and deadly fire that tore through the basement of a Swiss ski resort bar on New Year’s Eve.
Putin said that he wanted to end the war - but characterised it not as Russia’s invasion of neighbouring Ukraine, but a war against Russia by the West.
High-stakes US-Russia talks on ending the war in Ukraine failed to yield a breakthrough on Tuesday, as the Kremlin said “no compromise” had been found yet on the key question of territory.