Ukraine-Russia crisis: who’s winning the international influence war? The balance of power in the diplomatic battle is shifting constantly. But are any of the key players making real advances? The Guardian - UK · Feb 19, 2022
Video: Russian paramilitary forces train for combat as Ukraine tensions mount In a forest in the Moscow region, volunteers of Russian paramilitary group train in combat tactics. The volunteers, who have all fought in Ukraine’s breakaway Donbas region, say they are ready to fight on the battlefield and expect to be deployed in eastern Ukraine amid mounting fears of a Russian… France 24 · Feb 19, 2022
EU praises ‘restraint’ of Kyiv government; Blinken denounces Kremlin claims – as it happened European Council urges Moscow to ‘de-escalate’ its military buildup; Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy says global security architecture is failing The Guardian - UK · Feb 19, 2022
Ukraine crisis: Russian propaganda abundant on the ground in Donbas The Ukrainian army is trying to make sure its message gets across in foreign media, but as FRANCE 24's Gulliver Cragg reports, it has not succeeded in drowning out Russian and separatist propaganda in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine. France 24 · Feb 18, 2022
Ukraine: ‘Bombing’ in separatist Donetsk fuels Western fears Russia triggering war with false flag attacks Reported explosion of police chief’s car follows Russian claims Ukrainian forces planning offensive The Independent UK · Feb 18, 2022
Pro-Russia rebels ‘evacuate’ Ukrainians as Donetsk bombing fuels ‘false flag’ claims ‘We are hearing more heavy firing,’ says a local teacher. ‘People are very worried’ The Independent UK · Feb 18, 2022
In Kyiv, we remain fearless. But war is becoming a backdrop to everyday life To stop Russia, Ukrainians must show, for as long as possible, that we are unconquerable, says Ukrainian journalist Nataliya Gumenyuk The Guardian - UK · Feb 18, 2022
Latest Ukraine updates: US says Putin made decision to invade Russia-Ukraine news from February 18: Biden says Moscow has plan to attack Kyiv in ‘coming days’. Al Jazeera · Feb 18, 2022
Biden says diplomacy still possible; OSCE reports more attacks in east – as it happened Russian state media say a blast has occurred in Donetsk amid multiple US warnings of false flag incidents The Guardian - US · Feb 18, 2022
Russian disinformation kicks into high gear as Ukraine crisis drags on KYIV, Ukraine — To hear Russian media tell it, the government of Ukraine is run by neo-Nazis waging a genocidal campaign against ethnic Russians in the country’s east, where Moscow-backed authorities regularly uncover mass graves full of the corpses of women and children with bound hands and bludgeoned heads even… Los Angeles Times · Feb 17, 2022
Joe Biden says risk of Russian invasion of Ukraine ‘very high’ Liz Truss says reports of Ukrainian military activity in Donbas are ‘straight out of the Kremlin playbook’ The Guardian - UK · Feb 17, 2022
Shelling by Russian-backed separatists raises tensions in east Ukraine Fears Russia is trying to create pretext for attack as nursery school in Stanytsia Luhanska is hit The Guardian - UK · Feb 17, 2022
UK politics: Angela Rayner says terror police should ‘shoot first and ask questions later’ – as it happened Latest updates: follow all the political news and developments from across the UK The Guardian - UK · Feb 17, 2022
Biden to host call with Nato allies as invasion fears grow – as it happened US president says threat of Russian invasion ‘very high’, after Ukraine government source says shelling ‘looks like provocation’ The Guardian - AU · Feb 17, 2022
The Guardian - UK · Feb 14, 2022 Russian envoy warns of right to counterattack in eastern Ukraine Exclusive: comments by ambassador to EU will add to fears of ‘false-flag’ operation as pretext for invasion
Daily Mirror · Feb 14, 2022 Russian propagandists claim thousands have been 'tortured and killed' by Ukraine The scale of the military build up is said to be the largest since the Second World War, with footage showing tank drills in the Leningrad region of Russia
The Guardian - US · Feb 14, 2022 Incursion could start at ‘any time’, White House warns – as it happened US relocating remaining embassy staff to Lviv, Antony Blinken confirms
The Guardian - UK · Feb 14, 2022 Liz Truss warns Russia could launch Ukraine invasion ‘almost immediately’ – as it happened Russia could launch invasion of Ukraine ‘almost immediately’, foreign secretary warns a Cobra meeting, after PM tells Putin to step back from precipice
The Conversation · Feb 10, 2022 Ukraine: why a negotiated settlement on Donbas will be tough to achieve Intense negotiations over the past several days seem to indicate that there might be a diplomatic way out of Ukraine’s Donbas crisis. After yesterday’s Normandy format talks between Russia, Ukraine, France, and Germany in Berlin, all sides emphasised that, despite the lack of a breakthrough, discussions will continue.
Daily Mirror · Feb 7, 2022 Russian 'false flag plotters' accuse UK of training Polish-speaking mercenaries Russian provocation teams claim two 20-strong units of UK-trained Polish-speaking troops are stationed in Donbas, in the latest apparent attempt to fabricate a threat of attack from Ukraine
The Independent UK · Feb 5, 2022 A journey across Ukraine: The ruinous price of invading A 435-mile drive across the Ukraine’s southern coast reveals what Russia would face if they invaded, and why so many believe it just can’t happen. Marc Champion reports
Daily Mirror · Feb 4, 2022 Ukrainian sniper with 10 confirmed 'kills' on frontline ready to take on Russian troops Olena Bilozerska, 42, has fought in the blown-up buildings and trenches of contested Donbas, east Ukraine and says she will do it again if Russian troops invade
Daily Mirror · Feb 4, 2022 Moscow TV warns of 'imminent offensive' by Ukraine amid fake war pretext claims It comes as Russia continues to pour troops and heavy military equipment into areas on the border with Ukraine as tensions simmer in the region
The Philadelphia Inquirer · Feb 4, 2022 Trudy Rubin: Kyiv citizens say they are 'calm' and 'prepared' for Putin KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine's Memory Wall of the Fallen Defenders stretches down a city block. It is covered with rows of portraits of the 15,000 young volunteers and bearded veterans who died fighting the Russians over the past eight years.
Al Jazeera · Jan 30, 2022 War-weary residents lament homes lost in eastern Ukraine shelling Destruction of homes in a small village near frontlines in Donbas raises fears of a worsening humanitarian crisis.