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UK backs Lithuania’s plan to lift Russian blockade of Ukraine grain

Britain supports in principle the call for a naval coalition ‘of the willing’ to restart exports through Black Sea

The Guardian - UK

Gaza flour mills ground down by Russian-Ukraine conflict

Three months into the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which has closed off access to lower-priced Black Sea wheat, owners of five mills in the Palestinian Gaza Strip are feeling the heat as they try to replenish stocks.

Reuters

Russia says fired cruise missiles to destroy Ukrainian weapons - TASS

Russia's defence ministry on Monday said it had fired four Kalibr missiles from a submarine in the Black Sea to destroy the military equipment of a Ukrainian mountain assault brigade, the TASS news agency reported.

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Russian Military Says it Destroys Western Arms Consignment in Ukraine

The Russian military said on Saturday it had destroyed a major consignment of Western arms in Ukraine's Zhytomyr region, west of Kyiv, using sea-launched Kalibr cruise missiles. The defense ministry said in a statement the strike took out "a large batch of weapons and military equipment delivered from the USA…

Asharq Al-Awsat

First Thing: US accuses Russia of holding food supplies hostage

Antony Blinken demanded that Russia lift its blockade of Ukraine’s Black Sea ports and suggested the Kremlin was using food as a weapon

The Guardian - UK

Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 86 of the invasion

Intense fighting reported around Severodonetsk in the Donbas; Russia plans to change law to scrap age limit for soldiers

The Guardian - AU

Exclusive-U.S. aims to arm Ukraine with advanced anti-ship missiles to fight Russian blockade

The White House is working to put advanced anti-ship missiles in the hands of Ukrainian fighters to help defeat Russia's naval blockade, officials said, amid concerns more powerful weapons that could sink Russian warships would intensify the conflict.

Reuters

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Boris Johnson and Volodymyr Zelensky hold talks on stopping Vladimir Putin food supply blockade

Leaders want to open up sea and land routes fron Ukraine to stop Russian blockade of Black Sea ports from inflicting famine on millions globally

Evening Standard

Moscow says opening Ukraine ports would need review of sanctions on Russia - Interfax

Moscow said on Thursday that sanctions on Russia would have to be reviewed if it were to heed a U.N. appeal to open access to Ukraine's Black Sea ports so that grain could be exported, according to an Interfax news agency report.

Reuters

Young Ukrainian designer puts his stamp on the country's war effort

LVIV, Ukraine — One of the most iconic episodes of the nearly 12-week-old war in Ukraine took place in its first few hours, when the crew of a massive Russian missile cruiser demanded the surrender of a small contingent of Ukrainian troops stationed on Snake Island, a rocky Black Sea…

Los Angeles Times

Russia-Ukraine live news: Moscow, Kyiv trade blame as talks stall

Ukraine accuses Russia of failing to compromise as Moscow says Kyiv has ‘practically withdrawn’ from talks.

Al Jazeera

Russia says it shot down three Ukrainian fighter jets, one near Snake Island

Russia on Monday said its forces had shot down three Ukrainian fighter jets, one near Snake Island in the Black Sea and the others in the Mykolaiv and Kharkiv regions, while its missiles continued to pound targets in the east of the country.

Reuters

Latest Russia-Ukraine updates: Finland, Sweden to apply to NATO

News from May 15: Finland, Sweden announce decision to apply for NATO membership, setting aside decades of neutrality.

Al Jazeera

Russia denies Ukraine forces damaged navy ship in Black Sea

Russia on Saturday dismissed Ukraine's claim it had damaged a modern navy logistics ship in the Black Sea and showed photos of what it said was the vessel with no signs of damage.

Reuters

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Trudy Rubin: Save Odesa to save the world from hunger and high food prices

When Russia sent hypersonic missiles into a shopping center in Ukraine’s elegant port city of Odesa on Monday, it was literally attacking the world.

Evening Standard

UN chief tells Putin: ‘Open Black Sea ports, if you have any heart for rest of world’

David Beasley, head of the United Nations World Food Programme, pleaded with the Russian president to end the blockade of Black Sea ports

Reuters

Ukraine thwarts Russian forces at river, sees long fight ahead

Ukrainian forces destroyed parts of a Russian armoured column as it tried to cross a river in the Donbas region, video from Ukraine's military showed on Friday, as the Ukrainian defence minister predicted many weeks of grinding fighting ahead.

The Independent UK

Ukraine news – live: Ukrainian band Kalush Orchestra wins Eurovision as Russia threatens UK

Ukrainian president welcomes support from US Congress

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The Independent UK

Russian logistics ship ‘on fire in Black Sea after Ukrainian strike’

‘Vsevolod Bobrov logistics ship, one of the newest in the Russian fleet, set on fire,’ says regional official

The Independent UK

Ukraine news — live: Russian navy ship ‘on fire’ in Black Sea

Kremlin threatens ‘retaliation’ if Finland joins Nato

The Conversation

Russia’s aggression against Ukraine pits Georgians against government

It is commonplace these days to invoke the fears that Russia’s aggression against Ukraine has awoken in Eastern Europe. With the 2008 invasion still fresh in the minds, the Black Sea nation of Georgia is also bracing itself against the Russian bear.

France 24

Russian blockade of Ukraine's ports puts global food supply at risk

The Russian blockade of Ukraine’s Black Sea ports risks causing a global food crisis, given that Ukraine is one of the world’s top agricultural exporters. Analysts say this shows how Russia is weaponising food in its geopolitical games – but it’s a weapon the EU plans to neutralise by creating…

France 24

Global food threat: What to do about Russia's blockade of Ukrainian exports?

Can the rest of the world stay out of it when Russia's invasion of Ukraine starts to threaten food supplies? This week's bombing of the Black Sea resort of Odesa is a reminder that Moscow is blockading Ukraine's main port of export for wheat and other grains. The UN's World…

Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin's rumoured lover celebrates birthday as he flies to city she lives in

It is unclear what Alina Kabaeva will be doing today for her birthday, but this week Vladimir Putin flew to the Black Sea resort Sochi where Kabaeva is said to be living with rumours swirling

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukraine Cuts Russia Gas at 1 Hub, Underlining Risk to Supply

Ukraine shut down a pipeline Wednesday that carries Russian natural gas to homes and industries in Western Europe, while a Kremlin-installed official in a southern region seized by Russian troops said the area will ask Moscow to annex it. The talk of annexation in Kherson - and Russia's apparent willingness…

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