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 The Independent UK · Jan 22, 2023
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. ABC News · Jan 21, 2023
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 Evening Standard · Jan 21, 2023
Trudy Rubin: Putin must be prevented from enabling the prison death of ill opposition leader Alexei Navalny Western allies are finally realizing the Ukraine war won't end until Vladimir Putin's dreams of conquest are decisively defeated on the battlefield. The Philadelphia Inquirer · Jan 21, 2023
Russian army announces new offensive in Zaporizhzhia – as it happened Announcement from Russian army follows heavy shelling in the region overnight The Guardian - AU · Jan 21, 2023
Kremlin stays silent on missile systems seen on Moscow rooftops Images on social media appear to show Pantsir-S1 mobile anti-aircraft systems installed in locations around Moscow. Al Jazeera · Jan 21, 2023
US to designate Wagner mercenary force a crime organisation The Wagner Group has an estimated 50,000 fighters in Ukraine, 80 percent of them drawn from Russian prisons. Al Jazeera · Jan 21, 2023
Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 332 of the invasion Russia claims to have captured village near Bakhmut; Germany declines to take decision on supplying Ukraine with tanks The Guardian - AU · Jan 21, 2023
Germany faces criticism for dithering on decision to send tanks to Ukraine Generals meeting for five hours at a US air base in Germany failed to resolve divisions over providing advanced battle tanks to Ukraine. Evening Standard · Jan 20, 2023
Germany drags feet on decision to send tanks Ukraine desperately craves ‘The war started by Russia does not allow delays... terror does not allow for discussion,’ President Zelensky says The Independent UK · Jan 20, 2023
Russia warns ‘delusional’ West will ‘regret’ sending military aid to Ukraine The Ukraine conflict is “developing in an upward spiral”, a Kremlin spokesperson has said The Independent UK · Jan 20, 2023
Russia’s atrocities in Ukraine, rehearsed in Chechnya Moscow’s invasion has echoes of the tactics it employed in conflicts in the North Caucasus, experts and survivors say. Al Jazeera · Jan 20, 2023
Russia claims progress in eastern Ukraine; Kyiv craves tanks Russia is claiming its forces have captured a village in an intense and monthslong push toward the eastern Ukraine city of Bakhmut The Independent UK · Jan 20, 2023
Russian politician poses with sledgehammer in tribute to Wagner mercenaries A senior Russian politician on Friday published a picture of himself clutching a sledgehammer given to him by the Wagner mercenary group, a tool it has adopted as a symbol of vengeance since one was used to murder a Wagner defector last year. Reuters · Jan 20, 2023
Daily Mirror · Jan 20, 2023 Vladimir Putin's body double suffering from chronic kidney disease, wild claims suggest Russians believe that Vladimir Putin has an army of body doubles that have stood in for him at key public appearances, including when he was driving over the Crimea Bridge in December last year, and at the funeral of a regional director
Reuters · Jan 20, 2023 Russia says relations with U.S. at an all-time low Russia said on Friday that relations with the United States were at an all-time low, dismissing the idea the two sides could turn things around halfway through U.S. President Joe Biden's term in office.
Reuters · Jan 20, 2023 Kremlin tells 'deluded' West that tanks for Ukraine will change nothing The Kremlin said on Friday that Western countries supplying additional tanks to Ukraine would not change the course of the conflict and the West would regret its "delusion" that Ukraine could win on the battlefield.
Evening Standard · Jan 20, 2023 Wagner Group: Putin’s ‘private army’ has up to 50,000 troops fighting in Ukraine, say UK defence chiefs Military sources say the group is vying with the Russian regular army for supremacy in Putin’s chain of command
Al Jazeera · Jan 20, 2023 Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 331 As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its 331st day, we take a look at the main developments.
The Guardian - AU · Jan 20, 2023 No decision on supplying German-made tanks to Kyiv; ‘very difficult’ to remove Putin’s forces this year, US says – as it happened Germany yet to make a decision on supply of Leopard tanks; Gen Mark Milley says not to expect Russian forces to be ejected this year
The Guardian - UK · Jan 20, 2023 Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 331 of the invasion Germany declines to take decision on tanks at Ramstein meeting; Russian proxy forces claim to have taken control of Klishchiivka
Al Jazeera · Jan 19, 2023 ‘A whole new level’ of war if NATO arms Ukraine, Russia warns ‘Extremely dangerous’ move to supply Kyiv with heavy weapons could threaten ‘global and pan-European security’.
The Guardian - UK · Jan 19, 2023 Defensive missile systems erected on Moscow rooftops Kremlin appears to prepare for strikes on Russian capital by installing interception systems
Daily Mirror · Jan 19, 2023 Vladimir Putin aide in security scare after helicopter makes emergency landing in Iran Igor Levitin had been on a "secret" visit to Iran as Russia tries to speed up deliveries of missiles and military drones for use in Ukraine. He made an emergency landing due to 'security issues'
Reuters · Jan 19, 2023 Russia's Putin holds second phone call in just over a week with Iranian president Russian President Vladimir Putin held a telephone call with his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi on Thursday, the Kremlin said, their second conversation in nine days.