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The Latest Breaking News from Crimea

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.

Al Jazeera

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

Daily Mirror

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

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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.

The Independent UK

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…

Reason

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Colonisation appears to have superseded ‘denazification’ in Putin’s military goals for eastern Ukraine

The Guardian - UK

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…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Live updates | Ukraine: Russian offensive continues in east

The Ukraine military’s general staff says that Russian forces continue their “offensive operations” in eastern Ukraine with the goal of defeating Ukrainian forces, establishing full control over the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, and securing a land route between these territories and the occupied Crimea

The Independent UK

EU sanctions founder of Russian mercenary force

Wagner Group founder benefitted from Russia’s illegal annexation of Crimea, the EU says.

Al Jazeera

Oleksandr Usyk stripped of honours over stance on Russia's war on Ukraine

Usyk enrolled in the Kyiv Territorial Defense to defend against Russia's attacks and the heavyweight champion has now been stripped of his Crimean honours

Daily Mirror

Mariupol timeline: How the Ukrainian seaport became a city under siege

A coastal export hub, home to 400,000 people just two months ago, the city has borne the brunt of Russian brutality as Moscow seeks land bridge between Crimea and Donbas

The Independent UK

Ukrainian novelist Andrey Kurkov on identity and language in the Donbas

Moscow has officially begun a "new phase" of its war in Ukraine, shifting its attention to the largely Russian-speaking Donbas. Prior to the February invasion, Russian proxies, who created pro-Moscow statelets, controlled around a third of the Donbas region. With striking prescience, novelist Andrey Kurkov explored the conflict from the…

France 24

Kyiv says Russia aims to grab land, crush Ukraine's armed forces

The aim of Russia's new military offensive in east Ukraine is to grab land, establish an overground link between territories in the east and Crimea, and crush Ukraine's armed forces, Ukraine's defence ministry said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Mystery as 'dead' captain of sunken Russian ship is seen at survivors' parade

A video released by the Kremlin of an alleged "survivors' parade" was broadcast on state TV and appeared to show Captain Anton Kuprin, who was thought to be 'dead' after the Moskva sank this week

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Russian crowd mourns Black Sea flagship after sinking

Dozens of people gathered in the Crimean city of Sevastopol on Friday to mourn the sinking of the flagship of Russia's Black Sea Fleet, a symbol, the crowd heard, of hope, revival and power until its demise.

Asharq Al-Awsat

How Big a Loss to Russia Is the Sinking of the Moskva Missile Cruiser?

Russia has confirmed the Moskva missile cruiser, the flagship of its Black Sea Fleet, has sunk while being towed to port following what it said was a fire and explosions involving ammunition stowed onboard. Ukraine says the Moskva's fate was sealed by a missile strike launched by its forces from…

Reuters

How big a loss to Russia is the sinking of the Moskva missile cruiser?

Reuters

EU closes loophole allowing multimillion-euro arms sales to Russia

The European Union has closed a loophole that allowed EU governments to export weapons worth tens of millions of euros to Russia last year alone despite an embargo which took effect in 2014 after Russia annexed Ukraine's Crimea region.

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Russia Closes in on Last Holdout in Ukrainian Port, Prepares for New Offensive

More than 1,000 Ukrainian marines have surrendered in the port of Mariupol, Russia's defense ministry said on Wednesday, signalling that it had moved closer to capturing the ruined city, its main strategic target in eastern Ukraine. Taking the Azovstal industrial district, where the marines have been holed up, would give…

Zenger

Hit Or Missile: Russia Claims To Shoot Down Drone

The Russian MoD said the strike took place off the Crimean coast and was carried out by servicemen of the Black Sea Fleet.

Al Jazeera

Who is the general leading Russia’s new war strategy in Ukraine?

Dubbed the ‘butcher’ of Aleppo and Grozny, Aleksandr Dvornikov, was honoured with a Hero of Russia medal in 2016.

Axios

Senate Republicans call on Biden administration to share more intelligence in Donbas, Crimea

Their demand comes after the Pentagon acknowledged sharing intel for eastern Ukraine.

Asharq Al-Awsat

British Defense Ministry Says Russia Targeting Civilians

Britain's defense ministry said on Saturday that Russian forces were targeting civilians, a day after a missile attack on a train station crowded with women, children and the elderly killed at least 52 people, according to Ukrainian officials. Russia was focusing its offensive, which included cruise missiles launched by its…

The Guardian - UK

Understanding Vladimir Putin, the man who fooled the world

The Russian president has always shown us exactly who he is. So why did it take the invasion of Ukraine for us to believe him?

France 24

God, church, Tsar: The world of Russian oligarch Malofeyev and his Western associates

In the first criminal proceeding against a Russian oligarch since the start of the Ukraine invasion, US prosecutors have charged Konstantin Malofeyev, an arch-conservative with close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin, for sanctions violations. The Kremlin crony’s business interests, from Greece to Africa to annexed Crimea, reveal the scope…

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