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Ukraine and Russia: What you need to know right now

At least 15 people were killed and two dozen more are feared trapped after Russian Uragan rockets hit a five-storey apartment block in Ukraine's Donetsk region, local officials said as rescuers picked their way through rubble.

Reuters

Ukraine pleads for more weapons, chief negotiator sees turning point in war

Ukraine urged its allies on Friday to send more weapons as its forces dug in to slow Russia's military advance through the eastern Donbas region, while its chief negotiator said a turning part was approaching in the conflict.

Reuters

Grain ship Zhibek Zholy at the heart of Black Sea dispute

Zhibek Zholy, a disputed cargo ship carrying allegedly stolen grain from Ukraine, has returned to Russian territorial waters, Turkish sources told AFP on Thursday, drawing widespread condemnation from Kyiv.

France 24

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Russia Taking ‘Operational Pause’ in Ukraine, Analysts Say

Foreign analysts say Russia may be temporarily easing its offensive in eastern Ukraine as the Russian military attempts to reassemble its forces for a significant - and what it hopes could prove decisive - new offensive in the neighboring country. On Wednesday, Russian forces made no claimed or assessed territorial…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russian missile hits tanker drifting in Black Sea, Ukraine says

A Russian missile has hit a tanker that has been drifting in the Black Sea for over four months and had been carrying diesel, the Interfax-Ukraine news agency reported on Thursday, citing Ukraine's military which called the ship an "ecological bomb".

Reuters

Russian defence ministry says warplane hit Ukrainian troops on Snake Island

Russia's defence ministry said on Thursday that a Russian warplane struck Ukraine's Snake Island in the Black Sea overnight, shortly after Ukrainian troops claimed to have raised their flag over the island.

Reuters

West should do more to unblock Ukraine's ports, official says

Western partners should do more to help unblock Ukraine's Black Sea ports to release exports of grain, metals and mining products, a Ukrainian official told Reuters on Tuesday, warning the country's finances were increasingly precarious.

Reuters

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How Ukraine’s ‘Venice’ has borne the brunt of fight for Snake Island

The battle for the strategic outcrop has shaken the fishing village of Vylkove, where boats can no longer put out to sea

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine war: reclaiming Snake Island is Kyiv’s biggest strategic victory so far – here's why

On February 24, the first day of the invasion of Ukraine, Russian troops occupied Snake Island, a small but strategically important outpost in the Black Sea about 70 nautical miles south of Odessa. The 13 Ukrainian troops stationed there were reported to have “twice bravely repulsed the attacks of the…

The Conversation

Ukraine raises its flag over Snake Island once again

Ukraine raised its flag once againa over Snake Island in the Black Sea on Monday.

The Independent UK

Ukrainian flag arrives in Snake Island after Russian retreat

Ukraine officials clarify initial confusion as to whether the flag has been raised, saying it is there but will be hoisted only once troops arrive

The Guardian - UK

Turkey halts Russian ship, investigates Ukrainian claims -senior official

Turkey has halted a Russian-flagged cargo ship off its Black Sea coast and is investigating a Ukrainian claim that it was carrying stolen grain, a senior Turkish official said on Monday.

Reuters

Ukraine flag raised again on Snake Island, military says

The Ukrainian flag has been raised again on Snake Island in the Black Sea, a Ukrainian military spokesperson said on Monday, after Russian troops withdrew from the strategic outpost last week.

Reuters

Russian Wheat Prices Down as New Crop Arrives, Export Tax Falls

Russian wheat export prices fell last week due to pressure from the new crop, which farmers have just started harvesting, a reduced export tax and a decline in Chicago prices, analysts said on Monday. Sanctions-hit Russia reduced its grain exports taxes sharply last week to support shipments in the July-June…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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WEKU

Ukraine's farmers face Russia's blockade and explosives on their lands this harvest

Farmers in Ukraine begin to harvest this year's wheat, barley and rapeseed crops as diplomats try to negotiate an end to Russia's Black Sea blockade of exports.

The Independent UK

Russia accused of dropping phosphorus bombs on Snake Island after claiming retreat

Moscow’s stockpiles of more accurate weapons might be dwindling, UK Ministry of Defence claims

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukraine Leader Accuses Russia of 'Terror' in Missile Strike that Killed 21

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday accused Russia of engaging in state "terror" as he blamed Moscow for missile strikes on a southern resort town that left 21 dead and dozens wounded. Missiles slammed into an apartment building and a recreation center in the town of Sergiyvka about 80 kilometers…

France 24

Belarus claims to have shot down missiles fired from Ukraine

Heavy fighting rages in Lysychansk, a major city in eastern Ukraine at the heart of the battle for control of Donbas, while Belarus claims to have shot down missiles fired at its territory from Ukraine. Read our live blog below to see how the day's events unfolded. All times are…

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Reuters

Fighting intensifies for Ukraine's last bastion in eastern Luhansk province

Fighting intensified on Saturday for Lysychansk, Ukraine's last bastion in the strategic eastern province of Luhansk, while blasts shook a southern city after the civilian toll from Russian strikes climbed in towns well behind the front lines.

ABC News

Snake Island was one of the first battlegrounds of Russia's Ukraine invasion. Now Kyiv has scored a key strategic victory

Months after Russia seized an island that became emblematic of Ukraine's resistance to Russian aggression, the country scores an important victory in the Black Sea that could hold the key to reopening grain exports.

Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin's evil plan exposed as Russia loses 'floating missile base' Snake Island

Russia's Defence Ministry has claimed its troops abandoned Snake Island - a strategic outpost in the Black Sea - as a display of goodwill to the world, but Ukraine says they drove the Kremlin's soldiers into the sea after a trouncing military operation

Reuters

Bulgaria destroys naval mine off its Black Sea coast

Bulgaria's military late on Thursday carried out a controlled explosion of a Soviet-era naval mine that had drifted close to the country's Black Sea coast, the defence ministry said on Friday.

WEKU

Shredded trees, dead dolphins and wildfires — how Russia's invasion is hurting nature

The environmental impacts from Russia's invasion of Ukraine could be felt far longer than the war itself.

Axios

Russian missile strike kills at least 19 near Odesa, Ukraine says

The attack comes one day after Russian forces withdrew from the strategic Snake Island in the Black Sea.

ABC News

Russian missiles hit Ukrainian apartment building, killing at least 21 people

Russian missiles have struck an apartment building and two holiday camps near Ukraine's Black Sea port of Odesa, killing at least 21 people and wounding dozens, Ukrainian authorities say.

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