Vladimir Putin has been preparing to test a new nuclear-armed cruise missile ahead of his meeting with Donald Trump in Alaska.

But writing for The Telegraph, Admiral Sir Tony Radakin warned Nato allies against submitting to Moscow’s demands, and said: “Putin doesn’t want a war with Nato because he would lose. So we should not be cowed by his rhetoric or his campaign of sabotage, outrageous as it may be.”

A key ally of Vladimir Putin appeared to troll the West as he arrived in America wearing a Soviet Union sweatshirt. Sergei Lavrov, Russia’s foreign minister wore a top bearing the logo “CCCP” as he emerged from his car in Alaska ahead of tonight’s summit between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin.

How do you think the meeting in Alaska between Putin and Trump will go?” a commander of a mortar unit from Ukraine’s 92nd Assault Brigade wrote to me a few days before Friday’s summit.

The frustration on President Trump's face after talks with Putin was something his presidential predecessors would have recognized.

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Putin’s remarks come a day after the G7 leaders agreed on an outline deal to provide $50 billion in loans to Ukraine, using the interest from Russian sovereign assets.

Russia's foreign minister Sergei Lavrov caused a stir upon his arrival in Anchorage, Alaska, for the talks by sporting a controversial USSR sweatshirt.

In the meantime, both Russians and the West would do well to follow Kara-Murza’s advice: “Putin can’t be allowed to win this war. Ukraine must win, and there should be more support from ...

Russia has responded strongly to Western Media’s attempts at heckling President Putin during the meeting with President Trump. Russian Foreign Ministry points out that the same Western Nations who once termed Putin a ‘Criminal’ have now rolled-out the Red Carpet for him.