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Russia is strengthening defensive positions in Kherson region -governor

Russian forces are fortifying their defensive positions in Ukraine's Kherson region, which lies just north of Crimea, while shelling Ukraine-controlled areas on a daily basis, the region's Ukrainian governor Hennadiy Laguta told a media briefing on Friday.

Reuters

Russian defender of 18th-century Crimea proposed for sainthood

Russia's defence minister has proposed that 18th-century tsarist general Alexander Suvorov, revered for repelling Turkish attacks against Crimea and crushing a revolutionary movement in Poland, be made a saint in the Russian Orthodox Church.

Reuters

Russian invasion of Ukraine is a 'war of civilisation', historian says

Three months after the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, we spoke to French historian Antoine Arjakovsky, a specialist on Ukraine and Russia. He told us that the conflict is a "war of civilisation" between two different visions of the world: Russia, a state that wants to become a…

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Ukrainian court orders ex-president's arrest in absentia on treason charge

A Ukrainian court on Monday ordered the arrest in absentia of former President Viktor Yanukovich, accusing him of treason over an agreement he signed in 2010 extending Russia's lease on naval facilities in Crimea.

Reuters

Conflict in Ukraine has more Russians staycationing, going to Crimea

Like many Russians, Andrei had planned to spend his summer holiday on Turkey's Mediterranean coast. But this July, he, his wife and their two children will be in Russia's Black Sea resort of Anapa, hoping to avoid the fallout from the conflict in Ukraine.

Reuters

You could have stopped Putin: Zelensky hits out at west’s failure to protect Ukraine after Crimea annexation

World should have acted in 2014, claims Ukrainian president

The Independent UK

On the front lines in Donbas: One Ukrainian soldier's story

"I know that hell exists, and it is here."

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America's massive 'lend-lease' aid plan for Ukraine recalls similar help in Britain's 'darkest hour'

Even before Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, western governments – and especially the United States – were providing the country with military aid. This followed Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014 and the conflict which has ranged since then in the Donbas province in the east…

The Conversation

Russian court sentences Crimean Muslims to jail: Activist

Thursday’s move continues Moscow’s pressure on Crimean Tatars, a Muslim minority that once dominated the peninsula.

Al Jazeera

Eurovision: If Ukraine's Kalush Orchestra triumph it won't be a sympathy vote, says an expert

Voting in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest on May 14 in Turin may look different for one specific reason – neither Russia or Belarus are taking part.

The Conversation

How a war with Russia led Florence Nightingale to revolutionise nursing

During the Crimean War – not far from where the war in Ukraine is now taking place – a young English nurse changed nursing as we know it, writes Jess McHugh

The Independent UK

Is Russia increasingly likely to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine?

At the beginning of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Vladimir Putin reminded the West that Russia had nuclear weapons by putting them on “special combat readiness.”

The Conversation

‘All I heard was lies’: Ukrainians find no answers in hollow Putin speech

In Kyiv, Kim Sengupta hears the reaction of war-battered Ukrainians to the Russian leader’s Victory Day speech

The Independent UK

Reactions to Putin's Victory Day speech

Russian President Vladimir Putin evoked the memory of Soviet heroism in World War Two on Monday to urge his army towards victory in Ukraine, saying the West had been "preparing for the invasion of our land, including Crimea".

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The Guardian - UK

Surrendering land is not the same as defeat – if a stronger Ukraine emerges from the ruins

At the Victory Day parade in Moscow, Putin will doubtless claim Russian dominance. But what would victory now look like for Zelenskiy?

The Conversation

Ukraine receives weapons support from around the world

Since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, many of the world’s nations have sought to support Ukrainians by sending weapons. Even before that, though, many countries were offering limited help as a result of the Russian takeover of Crimea, in southern Ukraine, in 2014.

Daily Mirror

Dolphins being used to protect Russian navy base in Crimea, new satellite images show

New satellite images of Sevastopol in Crimea appear to show dolphin pens in the harbour, causing experts to speculate the Russians are using local sea life for military defence

The Conversation

Ukraine: the problem with Russia's sanctions-busting arms industry

The UK government has reportedly launched an enquiry into how British-manufactured components have made their way into Russian weapons systems, despite an arms embargo being in operation since Russia annexed Crimea in 2014.

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The Guardian - UK

Score-settling, boo suppression and voter arrests: will this be the most electric Eurovision ever?

With Russia banned and Ukraine the favourite, this year’s song contest will be momentous. Can the nations unite against Putin? Could we see another police roundup? And how did a Kyiv rapper’s tribute to his mum become an anthem for peace?

WEKU

A Russian naval base is defended by dolphins. It's not as unusual as it sounds

Citing satellite imagery, a submarine analyst says Russia's navy is deploying dolphins to defend a crucial base off Crimea. Russia and the U.S. have run marine mammal training programs for decades.

The Conversation

Is current space law equipped to handle a new era of shifting power structures in space? The Conversation Weekly podcast transcript

This is a transcript of The Conversation Weekly podcast episode: Ukraine invasion threatens international collaboration in space – is current space law equipped to handle a new era of shifting power structures?, published on April 27, 2022.

Daily Mirror

Russia 'using trained dolphins' to protect Black Sea Kremlin naval base

Satellite images could prove the marine mammals are being used as two water pens have been spotted at the entrance to Sevastopol harbor in Crimea — which Russian forces annexed from Ukraine in 2014

Daily Mirror

UK demands 'cancerous growth' Putin leave ALL territory in Ukraine

Britain's Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said Russian forces must leave 'the whole of Ukraine', including Crimea - which was annexed by Moscow in 2014

The Independent UK

Occupied Ukrainian city fears sham Russian referendum plans

While the world’s attention has focused on the fighting around Ukraine’s capital and the east, Russia swiftly captured and has held onto swaths of the country’s southern territory for two months

Tribune News Service

US sharing more intelligence with Ukraine for fight in Donbas

The U.S. has lifted some restrictions on sharing intelligence with Ukraine as it confronts a renewed Russian military assault in the east and south, where Moscow has backed separatist groups since annexing Crimea in 2014, according to a person familiar with the matter.

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