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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.

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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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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 Guardian - UK

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.

The Conversation

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

Daily Mirror

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.

The Conversation

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?

The Guardian - UK

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.

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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.

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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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Al Jazeera

Will Vladimir Putin succeed in seizing southwestern Ukraine?

After failing to capture the capital Kyiv and northern Ukraine, Moscow focuses on completing its conquest of the south.

Daily Mirror

Russian nuclear-capable missiles seen being loaded onto submarine in chilling images

Leaked footage shows the Russian Veliky Novgorod submarine docked in Sevastopol, Crimea, being loaded with deadly Kalibr missiles which have been used to target Ukraine

Evening Standard

Zelensky praises UK amid claims arms to Ukraine were denied after Crimea was annexed

A former defence secretary said Ukraine’s requests for military assistance after 2014’s incursion were turned down

The Independent UK

Zelensky praises UK amid claims London denied Kyiv arms after Crimea annexed

A former defence secretary said Ukraine’s requests for military assistance after 2014’s incursion were turned down by David Cameron’s Government.

Reason

The City of Mary: A New Song About the Defense of Mariupol'

The city of Mariupol', which has apparently been almost entirely destroyed by the Russians, but in which the battle seems to still be raging, is on the Azov Sea; "Mariupol'" means "City of Mary." (According to Wikipedia, for some the city was named after a Greek settlement in Crimea, which…

The Guardian - UK

Back in the USSR: Lenin statues and Soviet flags reappear in Russian-controlled cities

Colonisation appears to have superseded ‘denazification’ in Putin’s military goals for eastern Ukraine

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukrainian Counterattacks Slowing Russian Offensive in East

Russian troops are pressing their offensive in the eastern Donbas region in an attempt to fully seize Ukraine's industrial heartland but have made little headway as fierce Ukrainian counterattacks have slowed their efforts, Ukrainian and British officials said Saturday. Russia continues to fight for full control of the Donetsk and…

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