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Western unity is critical, but Ukraine needs more than tanks to win this war

Washington joins Berlin in agreeing to send tanks – but offer will only go so far to keep Russians at bay

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine calls for fighter jets after Germany’s offer of Leopard tanks

Kyiv seeks to break ‘taboo’ on supply of aircraft as defence ministry announces withdrawal from Soledar

The Guardian - UK

Moscow court orders closure of Russia's oldest human rights group

A court in Moscow on Wednesday ruled to shut down Russia's oldest human rights organization, in the latest move amid a months-long, relentless crackdown on independent media, rights groups and opposition activists.

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Russian court shuts down country's oldest rights group

A court in Moscow has ruled to shut down Russia’s oldest human rights organization

The Independent UK

Germany is sending tanks to Ukraine – now it is a matter of speed

Setting up training facilities for the tanks, and a logistical chain including servicing and maintenance, requires time, and the longer it takes, the more advantageous it becomes for the Kremlin

The Independent UK

Ukraine forces pull back from Donbas town after onslaught

Ukrainian forces say they have conducted an organized retreat from a town in the eastern region of the Donbas, handing the Kremlin’s forces a rare but modest battlefield triumph after a series of setbacks in the invasion that began almost 11 months ago

The Independent UK

U.S. and Germany to send battle tanks to Ukraine

The decision is a major boost for Ukraine.

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Germany approves tanks for Ukraine

Berlin on Wednesday approved the delivery of powerful German-made Leopard tanks to help Ukraine repel Russia’s invasion, after weeks of pressure from Kyiv and many allies.

Bangkok Post

Kremlin Says US-Supplied Tanks Will 'Burn' in Ukraine

The Kremlin said on Wednesday that any Abrams battle tanks supplied to Ukraine by the United States would "burn", dismissing the expected delivery as an expensive folly. US officials told Reuters on Tuesday that Washington was poised to send dozens of its M1 Abrams battle tanks to Ukraine, reversing its…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Kremlin expresses alarm over 'Doomsday Clock', blames U.S. and NATO

The Kremlin expressed alarm on Wednesday that the "Doomsday Clock" had edged closer to midnight than ever, even though the scientists who moved the symbolic dial cited Moscow's own "thinly veiled threats" to use nuclear weapons.

Reuters

Kremlin says U.S.-supplied tanks will 'burn' in Ukraine

The Kremlin said on Wednesday that any Abrams battle tanks supplied to Ukraine by the United States would "burn", dismissing the expected delivery as an expensive folly.

Reuters

Labour asks why Treasury unit let oligarch under sanctions bring libel case

Key Putin ally who founded Wagner mercenaries attempted to ‘subvert sanctions and silence journalist’

The Guardian - UK

Germany Promises Swift Answer on Battle Tanks for Ukraine

Germany on Tuesday said it would decide "shortly" whether to authorize the export of powerful German-made Leopard battle tanks long sought by Kyiv and encouraged allies to start training Ukrainian forces to use them. While Western nations have pledged ever more sophisticated military hardware in recent weeks to help Ukraine…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Navalny supporters put replica cell outside Russian embassy

Supporters of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny have placed a replica of the tiny "punishment cell" he has repeatedly been held in outside Russia’s embassy in Berlin, in an effort to raise awareness of his fate

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Bangkok Post

Germany okays tank training for Ukrainians

BERLIN: Germany said on Tuesday that allies could start training Ukrainian forces to use the Leopard battle tanks desperately sought by Kyiv to repel Russian troops, provoking a defiant response from the Kremlin.

Reuters

U.S., Germany poised to send tanks to Ukraine, answering Kyiv's pleas

The United States and Germany were poised on Wednesday to announce plans to deliver heavy tanks to Ukraine, sources said, a decisive boost in support hailed in Kyiv as a potential breakthrough and condemned by Moscow as a reckless provocation.

France 24

South Africa hails friendship with Russia

In tonight's edition: Opposition voices in South Africa and international critics of the Kremlin slam Pretoria's welcoming of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. Also, the United Nations, Amnesty International and the European Union call for a prompt and impartial investigation into the killing of a human rights lawyer in Eswatini.…

The Conversation

Why can't the West agree on how much military support to send to Ukraine?

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has been under tremendous pressure to supply Leopard tanks to Ukraine. The government in Kyiv has long argued it desperately needs them to regain territory seized by Russia in its 2022 invasion, and to protect the rest of Ukraine from the Kremlin’s looming spring offensive.

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Reuters

German prosecutors investigate Russia culture body

Berlin public prosecutors said on Monday they had launched a preliminary investigation into Russky Dom, a cultural promotion organisation in Berlin that is part of a Russian government agency subject to European Union sanctions.

Reuters

Russian tycoon tells Kremlin: Tolerate, don't punish dissident remote workers

One of Russia's richest tycoons called on the authorities on Monday to tolerate rather than punish hundreds of thousands of workers who have fled abroad due to Moscow's war in Ukraine, arguing that the country needs their brain power.

Bangkok Post

Kremlin says Ukrainians will suffer if Europe sends tanks

MOSCOW: The Kremlin said on Monday that the Ukrainian people would suffer if the West sent tanks to support Kyiv, as the question of whether German-made Leopard tanks will be transferred to Ukraine remained unresolved.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Kremlin Says Ukrainians Will Suffer If Europe Sends Tanks

The Kremlin said on Monday that the Ukrainian people would suffer if the West sent tanks to support Kyiv, as the question of whether German-made Leopard tanks will be transferred to Ukraine remained unresolved. The United States and its allies failed during talks last week in Germany to convince Berlin…

The Independent UK

Ukraine news – live: Putin ally claims US and Brussels ‘leading world to a terrible war’

Leaders in West ‘must realise their responsibility to humanity’, claims Duma speaker Viacheslav Volodin

ABC News

With his luxury watch and murky Soviet past, Patriarch Kirill is Putin's spiritual leader and power broker

The head of the Russian Orthodox Church wields enormous influence over more than 100 million believers and is a powerful ally to President Vladimir Putin — nowhere moreso than in the ideological battle for Ukraine.

Evening Standard

Russia and Ukraine ‘massing significant forces’ in Zaporizhzhia, says UK

‘Overall, the conflict is in a state of deadlock. However, there is a realistic possibility of local Russian advances around Bakhmut,’ the Ministry of Defence added

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