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Why is Putin trending?

Updated 07/10/2026, 19:46:42 UTC

Putin is drawing attention across 3 news outlets right now. The reports below are the current coverage, newest first.

The coverage

Trump doesn't think Russia plague incident is bioweapon, plans Putin call Wednesday

Nearly 200 people were placed under medical observation earlier this week in Russia's Irkutsk region in eastern Siberia over suspected exposure to plague.

WorldBBC News1h ago

Trump to speak to Putin about plague lab worker's death in Russia

Fears that the death may have been caused by pneumonic plague has prompted calls for more transparency from Russia.

WorldThe Guardian3h ago

Ukraine says Russia bombed apartment block as birthday gift for Putin

Building in Pryluky destroyed, killing nine people including three children, officials say, night before Russian president’s 74th birthday Volodymyr Zelenskyy has accused Russia’s military of deliberately killing civilians and bombing residential buildings as a macabre gift for Vladimir Putin, who celebrates his 74th birthday on Wednesday. Ukraine’s president described Russia’s overnight drone and missiles strikes, which killed at least 24 people, as “despicable”. “The Russians wanted to strike painfully and demonstratively,” he said. Continue reading...

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