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Russian president warns that it is ‘impossible’ for West to isolate Moscow
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Vladimir Putin has said the Kremlin will end oil and gas exports if global price caps on Russian energy are introduced.
The Russian president was referring to a potential EU move to limit Moscow’s funds during the Ukraine war.
“We will propose a price cap on Russian gas… We must cut Russia’s revenues which Putin uses to finance this atrocious war in Ukraine,” commission president Ursula von der Leyen said.
Speaking at an economic forum in Vladivostok on Wednesday, the 69-year-old dismissed the proposal as “stupid”.
“We will not supply anything at all if it contradicts our interests,” Mr Putin said. “We will not supply gas, oil, coal, heating oil – we will not supply anything.”
The long-serving leader also used his speech to criticise Western sanctions, describing them as a futile attempt to hold Russia in check.
It would be “impossible” to isolate Moscow, as the Kremlin can turn to new opportunities in the Middle East and Iran, he said.
Ukraine’s counteroffensive against Russian positions in southern Ukraine have “tangibly degraded” Russian logistics, a US military think tank has said.
The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) added that Ukraine’s counterattack had also limited Russian administrative capabilities in Kherson.
The analysis comes as Ukraine claimed to have recaptured Vysokopyllya, to the north of Kherson.
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Russian relations with Britain could worsen under Liz Truss’s premiership, Moscow has said.
Speaking before Ms Truss was named prime minister, Vladimir Putin’s spokesperson Dmitry Peskov accused both Tory leadership candidates of competing in “anti-Russian rhetoric”.
“I don’t think that we can hope for anything positive,” he added.
Kremlin says Tory leadership contenders ‘competed with each other in anti-Russian rhetoric’ during campaign
The UK will continue to support Ukraine “beyond the here and now”, the British Ministry of Defence (MoD) has said.
As part of this, defence secretary Ben Wallace will travel to Germany this week to speak with partners about funding Ukraine.
Russia’s decision to switch off its main gas pipeline to Europe drove the Euro to a 20-year low.
Amid fears about winter energy supplies, France has said it is well prepared for the months ahead.
“Today we have reached the maximum level for our gas reserves…These gas stocks represent 50 per cent of our winter consumption, so we are in the best conditions to go through the winter,” energy minister Agnes Pannier-Runacher said on Tuesday.
Three people have died from Russian shelling in the northeast Kharkiv region, its governor has said.
In a Telegram post, Oleh Synehubov said a 73-year-old woman died overnight in the city of Kharkiv, after the building she lived in was hit by a rocket.
“In the industrial district, a two-story building was damaged and a private residential building, in which a 73-year-old woman was staying, was destroyed. Unfortunately, she died,” he said.
Two men also died in the nearby village of Zolochiv, he added.
Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny’s treatment in prison is getting “dramatically” worse, one of his friends has said.
Leonid Volkov, Mr Navalny’s chief of staff, said that although the 45-year-old was still “mentally and physically very fit”, his health was under threat.
The opposition leader has spent three stints in solitary confinement in quick succession, according to his social media posts.
“Suddenly, three weeks ago, they started to dramatically worsen his conditions, which actually poses an enormous threat to his health, because no normal person could spend a long time in that ‘special’ cell,” Mr Volkov said.
“The fact that Putin is losing (the war), and is getting less and less predictable, makes the situation more dangerous,” he added.
As we mentioned earlier, three Ukrainians are thought to have been killed in Russian airstrikes in and around Kharkiv.
Here is one of the latest pictures from the northeast region:
A damaged house in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on 6 September, 2022.
Ukrainian troops have gained a “foothold” in the eastern Luhansk province, its governor has claimed.
Without providing further details, Serhiy Haidai said Kyiv’s forces had thwarted Russian attacks and had made small gains in the region.
At least 382 Ukrainian children have been killed in the war so far, Ukraine’s prosecutor general’s office has said.
A further 741 young people have been injured since 24 February, it added.
The true number of casualties is likely to be higher, as the figures do not include totals from Russian-occupied territory.
Russian president Vladimir Putin has travelled to the far east of his country to inspect a large military drill.
The “Vostok” military exercise, which involves Indian and Chinese troops, is taking place thousands of miles from Ukraine.
In a clip on Russian military TV, Mr Putin was seen smiling at the event beside his defence minister Sergei Shoigu. Both men were wearing military combat jackets.
The Kremlin says that 50,000 Russian troops are involved in this year’s drill, a far cry from the 300,000 who it said took part four years ago.
Western analysts believe both figures could be inflated.
Russian president Vladimir Putin (C) smiles while inspecting the Vostok-2022 military exercises.
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Russian president Vladimir Putin speaks in Vladivostok on 7 September, 2022.
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