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Flurry of drone strikes hits Russia as TV, radio are hacked

Regional officials in southern and western Russia are reporting a string of drone attacks near the border with Ukraine and deep inside the country

The Independent UK

Drone Crashes in Failed Attack Southeast of Moscow, Regional Governor Says

A drone crashed near a natural gas distribution station southeast of Moscow on Tuesday in an apparent failed attack 110 km (68 miles) from the center of the Russian capital, the regional governor said. Andrei Vorobyov reported the incident near the town of Kolomna shortly after the Defense Ministry accused…

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Watch live: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken begins Central Asia tour amid regional tensions over Russia

Watch live as Antony Blinken visits Astana, Kazakhstan, as he begins his tour of Central Asia amid heightened tensions over Russia.

The Independent UK

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‘If you don’t burrow in you die pretty quickly’: the relentless battle for Bakhmut

Ukrainian soldiers who have been holding off a Russian offensive around the city describe intense fighting

The Guardian - UK

Cyprus' New President Says Country on Firm Western Footing

Cyprus' new president affirmed the island nation's Western foreign policy orientation as a member of the European Union that seeks to further strengthen its bonds with the US and stands firmly with others on “the side of justice” to condemn Russia's war in Ukraine. Speaking after taking his oath of…

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Drone crashes in failed attack southeast of Moscow, regional governor says

A drone crashed near a natural gas distribution station southeast of Moscow on Tuesday in an apparent failed attack 110 km (68 miles) from the centre of the Russian capital, the regional governor said.

Reuters

Blinken in Central Asia to boost ties amid Russia-Ukraine war

US secretary of state to meet with counterparts of five Central Asian countries on visits to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.

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Zelensky warns crisis worsening in Bakhmut as 'Russian terror' branded 'pure hell'

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russian troops are "constantly destroying" anything his forces can use to "protect our positions for fortification and defence"

Daily Mirror

Iranian Regime Tightens House Arrest for Mir-Hossein Mousavi

Iranian authorities have tightened house arrest restrictions on reformist leader Mir-Hossein Mousavi. Kalameh website, which is close to Mousavi, reported that his confinement became more restricted after he released a statement in support of the “Women, Life, Freedom Movement”, and called for a referendum to establish a new political system…

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Kremlin: Russia Open to Ukraine Talks, but Won’t Give Up Annexed Regions

The Kremlin on Tuesday repeated its position that Russia was open to negotiations to end the Ukraine conflict, but that new "territorial realities" could not be ignored. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters Russia would never renounce its claims to four Ukrainian regions that Moscow declared it had annexed last…

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Putin’s troops are ‘destroying everything’ Ukrainian forces using to defend Bakhmut, says Volodymyr Zelensky

The months-long battle for Bakhmut has been among the bloodiest of the war, with thousands of casualties on both sides

Evening Standard

Iran’s FM Accuses the West of ‘Inciting Unrest’

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has accused Western countries of “inciting” unrest in Iran. In a speech before the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Amir-Abdollahian defended the Iranian authorities’ handling of the protests that erupted last September following the death of the young woman, Mahsa Amini, while she was…

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Trump mocked after revealing his plan to end Ukraine war: ‘Knock heads and get it done’

The former president made the vague comments in a radio interview

The Independent UK

Blinken Holds Talks with Central Asian Nations in Wake of Ukraine Anniversary

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Central Asia Tuesday to meet officials from all five former Soviet republics following the first anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Blinken's visit to the capitals of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan is his first to the region as the Biden administration's top diplomat.…

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Around 40,000 Syrians Return from Türkiye after Quake

Around 40,000 Syrians who had fled areas affected by the deadly Feb. 6 earthquake have returned from Türkiye to opposition-held northwestern Syria in the two weeks since Türkiye eased restrictions on their movements, a Turkish official and a Syrian rebel official said. The immigration was recorded at four border crossings…

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Vladimir Putin gives Steven Seagal ‘friendship’ award

In 2018, Seagal backed the annexation of Crimea and visited the Russian-held Ukrainian town of Olenivka

The Independent UK

Wizz Air suspends Moldova flights over security fears

The news follows an ‘elevated risk’ to the country’s airspace

The Independent UK

Russia closes airspace over St Petersburg after ‘unidentified object spotted’

Russian media reports say unidenified object was spotted near Pulkovo Airport

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The mysterious death of Chechen dictator Ramzan Kadyrov’s favorite fighter

Abdul-Kerim Edilov was an MMA veteran as well as one of the most influential men in his homeland. And then he disappeared from public life

Chicago Tribune

Commentary: US shouldn’t let Bashar Assad leverage earthquake relief for his personal gain

For the past decade, Syrian kleptocrat and dictator Bashar Assad has seen himself ostracized by much of the world. In areas controlled by his regime, he used torture to sow terror in the hearts of the Syrian people through the Mukhabarat, a network of intelligence services. In opposition-held areas, he…

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Taliban: 2 senior IS members killed in Afghanistan

Two senior regional members of the Islamic State group have been killed in Afghanistan in recent weeks during separate raids in Kabul

Reuters

Russian military says it was rehearsing after St. Petersburg airport briefly closed

Russia's defence ministry said it had carried out air defence drills involving interceptor jets after St. Petersburg's Pulkovo Airport was forced to suspend all flights on Tuesday for an hour.

Reuters

Russian flights are turning back from St. Petersburg - Flight Radar website

A number of Russian domestic flights headed for St. Petersburg were turning back to their departure points on Tuesday, according to the Flight Radar flight tracking website.

France 24

Online learning keeps children in school in wartime Ukraine

With Russia's invasion of Ukraine barring millions of children from attending school, online classes are often the only link between teachers and pupils in the war-torn country, even as they contend with daily bombardments, blackouts and air raid alerts.

The Guardian - UK

What can you say when a Ukrainian bishop in Kyiv asks ‘has God forgotten us’?

On a visit with leaders from many religions, we saw so much to test even the strongest faith, writes Jonathan Wittenberg, rabbi of New North London Synagogue

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