Watch video: Vladimir Putin’s feet twitch and spasm during tense meeting

New footage taken during a tense meeting has set off fresh speculation about Vladimir Putin’s health. Watch video.

A video clip showing Vladimir Putin’s feet twitch and spasm during a tense meeting has fuelled further speculation he is showing signs of Parkinson’s disease.

The Russian president, 70, who is reportedly “critically ill”, met with Kazakhstan president Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, 69, on Monday.

During the tense talk between the two leaders, footage shows Mr Putin’s legs jolting and his feet tapping as he spoke to the cameras about the “special significance” of the meeting.

He was also seen gripping his right arm with his left hand throughout the talks, just months after he was pictured hobbling along a red carpet with his right arm hanging limp by his side.

Vladimir Putin’s feet twitch and spasm during tense meeting. Picture: Supplied.

It comes as bombshell documents leaked to The Sun Online appeared to confirm Mr Putin does have early stage Parkinson‘s disease and pancreatic cancer after months of rumours.

Mr Putin's health has long been the source of speculation, with western intelligence suggesting he has serious health issues.

He was recently pictured with suspected track marks from IV treatment on the back of his hand – amid rumours he's suffering from cancer and crippling pain.

However, Kremlin officials have maintained there is nothing wrong with the leader.

UKRAINE WARNS OF FRESH RUSSIAN ATTACKS

Ukraine warned that Russia was preparing for a fresh wave of missile attacks on its energy grid that have plunged swathes of the country into the cold and dark.

A Ukraine military spokesman said a Russian warship capable of firing cruise missiles had recently deployed to the Black Sea with Kalibr-type missiles on board.

“This indicates that preparations were underway,” spokeswoman Natalia Gumeniuk said on Monday.

“It’s quite likely that the beginning of the week will be marked by such an attack,” she added.

With temperatures dipping below zero, repeated Russian attacks have left Ukraine’s energy grid teetering on the brink of collapse and disrupted power and water supplies to millions over recent weeks.

People walk through the snow at The Arch of Freedom of the Ukrainian people in Kyiv, Ukraine as 40 per cent of the city is without power. Picture: Getty Images.

In its most recent barrage, Russia fired dozens of cruise missiles at targets across Ukraine last week, and an official in Kyiv said Monday that residents in and around the capital were still suffering disruptions as a result.

“Emergency electricity shutdowns are ongoing in the Kyiv region. About 40 per cent is currently without power. These are the consequences of the massive rocket attack that happened last week,” governor Oleksiy Kuleba told local media.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy cautioned in an address to Ukrainians late on Sunday that Russia was preparing new aerial attacks.

Moscow’s forces would continue the campaign of systematic attacks “for as long as they have missiles”, he said.

A woman lights a candle in Independence square in Kyiv, Ukraine. Picture: Getty Images.

Mr Zelenskyy added that the military was preparing itself, alongside Western allies, who have been delivering new air defence systems to Ukraine.

Russia has said it only targets military-linked infrastructural facilities and blamed the blackouts and their civilian impact on Kyiv’s refusal to negotiate with Moscow, not on Russian missile attacks.

The Ukraine presidency said Monday that Russian strikes had left four people dead in frontline regions a day earlier.

‘WE CANNOT BE BROKEN’: UKRAINE VOWS TO RESIST RUSSIA

Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelenskyy has vowed that Ukraine will continue to resist Russia’s invasion, as the nation marked the 90th anniversary of the Holodomor famine that affected millions of Ukrainians under Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin.

Mr Zelenskyy said in a video posted on social media: “Once they wanted to destroy us with hunger, now – with darkness and cold. We cannot be broken.”

(From L) Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo, Ukraine's First Lady Olena Zelenska and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at a commemoration ceremony in Kyiv. Picture: AFP

Leaders from Belgium, Lithuania and Poland visited Kyiv on Saturday, local time, to commemorate victims of the 1932-33 Holodomor, which means “death by starvation” in Ukrainian. Millions died in what many now regard as a deliberate act of genocide ordered by Stalin.

It comes after weeks of Russian strikes on Ukraine’s energy grid caused mass power and water cuts as temperatures drop as winter sets in.

Members of the public walk through the snow in Ukraine as Russian attacks on the power grid cause cuts to electricity, heating and water. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

However, Russian forces have reportedly suffered heavy casualties during fighting in Ukraine’s south-central Donetsk province and are unlikely to claim territory there, according to the UK Ministry of Defence.

The towns of Pavlivka and Vuhledar had seen “intense combat” in the past two weeks but had not yet fallen to Russian forces and Russia seems unable to concentrate enough forces there to achieve a breakthrough.

The UK Ministry of Defence also suggested that Russia is firing ageing cruise missiles stripped of their nuclear warheads at Ukraines because Vladimir Putin’s stocks of munitions are running low.

Meanwhile, Ukrainians are fleeing Kherson to escape Russian shelling, just weeks after celebrating Ukraine’s recapture of the city.

An elderly woman is comforted by a family member while waiting to board an evacuation train in Kherson, Ukraine. Picture: Chris McGrath/Getty Images

As the region heads into winter there are growing fears that Russia’s attacks on Ukraine’s electricity grid will not only cause hardship and deaths of civilians through power cuts, but also threaten the safety of the country’s nuclear power plants.

Ukrainian authorities are gradually restoring power, but millions of people are still without heat or electricity and facing winter in towns and houses that have been destroyed by Russian bombardment.

On Saturday, local time, Russia attacked Dnipro which injured six people and destroyed several houses.

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