After Prigozhin humiliated Putin, the question was how he survived so long The Wagner leader appeared down but not out in the months after his mutiny, but his fate may have been sealed from the start The Guardian - UK · Aug 24, 2023
Igor Strelkov: Moscow targets a pro-war Russian who criticised Putin Igor Strelkov raged against the president after the Wagner mutiny, and could now face years in jail. Al Jazeera · Aug 11, 2023
Russia-Ukraine war: arrest of Russian pro-war blogger likely to trigger fury in military, says UK – as it happened Former intelligence officer Igor Girkin arrested on ‘extremism’ charges after criticising Putin The Guardian - AU · Jul 22, 2023
Russian arrest of pro-war blogger ‘likely to trigger fury in military’ Anti-Putin critic Igor Girkin was arrested at his Moscow flat on Friday morning Evening Standard · Jul 22, 2023
Ukrainian drone strike in Crimea ‘closed road and prompted evacuation’ Russian-installed governor, Sergei Aksyonov, reports explosion at ammunition depot but no casualties The Guardian - UK · Jul 22, 2023
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 514 These are the main developments as the Russian invasion of Ukraine enters its 514th day. Al Jazeera · Jul 22, 2023
Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 514 of the invasion Moscow ‘waging war’ on global food supply, US tells UN; Putin says it will use ‘all means at its disposal’ to defend Belarus after Warsaw moves troops to east The Guardian - AU · Jul 22, 2023
Search continues for entrepreneur after Sydney boat crash – as it happened Police extend search for Andrew Findlay after body of art dealer Tim Klingender was found The Guardian - AU · Jul 21, 2023
Russia arrests pro-war Putin critic Igor Girkin, according to reports FSB agents come to Girkin’s home and escort him away ‘in an unknown direction’ The Guardian - UK · Jul 21, 2023
Australia slaps sanctions against those involved in downing flight MH17 over Ukraine At least 298 people, including 38 Australians, were killed in downing of the plane in 2014 The Independent UK · Jun 25, 2023
Pro-war nationalists say they are entering Russian politics to counter turmoil Pro-war Russian nationalists led by Igor Girkin said on Friday that a new group they had set up was entering politics to save Russia, which they warned was in danger of turmoil or even collapse due to military failures in the Ukraine war. Reuters · May 12, 2023
Revealed: how Cypriot firm helped the ‘Orthodox oligarch’ after he was placed under sanctions Konstantin Malofeyev, accused of aiding pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine, appeared to continue moving money through the global system The Guardian - UK · Apr 18, 2023
Shifting the blame: Ukraine responds to Vladimir Putin address To Ukrainian observers, threat of a new Cold War is just a bluff aimed at disguising the Russian leader’s desperation. Al Jazeera · Feb 21, 2023
Russian hawks fume after Biden beats Putin to a triumphant welcome in Kyiv Biden's morale-boosting trip to Ukraine forced the Kremlin to soothe tempers by claiming the U.S. President only gathered his courage after receiving security guarantees in advance. Fortune · Feb 21, 2023
Reuters · Feb 20, 2023 Russian defence chief keeps job despite Ukraine routs thanks to Putin His army has made three humiliating retreats in Ukraine in the past year and nearly 200,000 of his men have been killed or wounded according to U.S. officials, but Russia's defence minister is still in a job thanks to President Vladimir Putin.
Reuters · Feb 15, 2023 Putin, secure in power, sets stage for long and draining war Vladimir Putin casts the war in Ukraine as a watershed when Russia finally stood up to the West - but some within the elite fear he has committed his country to a long and fruitless drain on lives and resources.
Bangkok Post · Feb 8, 2023 Putin 'likely approved MH17 missile supply' THE HAGUE: There are "strong indications" that Russian President Vladimir Putin personally approved the supply of the missile that shot down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in 2014, international investigators said on Wednesday.
ABC News · Jan 13, 2023 Why the salt mines of Soledar, a 'network of underground cities', are prized by Russian mercenaries Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the landscape around Soledar is covered in Russian corpses. The head of Russia's feared Wagner Group calls neighbouring Bakhmut a "meat grinder". So why do the Russians keep coming?
Al Jazeera · Jan 4, 2023 Russia now says 89 killed in Ukraine attack, blames mobile phones Ukraine claims that about 400 Russian soldiers were killed in a raid on military quarters in Makiivka on Sunday.
Reuters · Jan 3, 2023 Factbox-What do we know about the Ukrainian New Year's Eve attack on Russian troops? A Ukrainian missile strike on Jan. 1 against a vocational school in the Russian-controlled Donetsk region of Ukraine housing mobilised Russian troops has become one of the bloodiest incidents of Russia's nearly year-long war in Ukraine.
Al Jazeera · Jan 2, 2023 Russia says 63 troops killed in Ukrainian attack on Makiivka Ukraine puts death toll from New Year’s Eve strike in the occupied city of Makiivka at 400 Russian soldiers.
Reuters · Dec 20, 2022 Analysis-Russia's grim battle for Bakhmut may yield pyrrhic victory at best The nearly five-month battle for the small city of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine has ground on for so long and wrought so much death and destruction that, even if Russia does prevail, it will be a pyrrhic victory, military experts say.
The Guardian - AU · Dec 12, 2022 Russia-Ukraine war: EU agrees extra €2bn for Ukraine military support; two civilians die after Russian rockets hit Donetsk town – as it happened EU foreign ministers sign off more money for European Peace Facility; 10 people injured in attack on Hirnyk in Donetsk region
The Guardian - AU · Dec 12, 2022 Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 292 of the invasion Ukraine attacks barracks in Russian-occupied city of Melitopol; emergency crews work to ease power shortages across Ukraine after Russian attacks
Reuters · Dec 11, 2022 Some Russian soldiers in Ukraine unhappy with top brass, nationalist blogger says Some Russian officers fighting in Ukraine are unhappy with the military top brass and President Vladimir Putin because of the poor execution of the war, an influential nationalist Russian blogger said after visiting the conflict zone.