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Vladimir Putin orders 21 mobile crematoriums amid 'colossal' Russian war losses

The Kremlin is acutely aware of its toll of "irretrievable losses" and wants to hide the scale of deaths of mobilised troops from everydays Russians - so has deployed several mobile crematoriums to help Vladimir Putin cover his tracks

Daily Mirror · Jan 19, 2023

Ukraine’s defeat in Donbas is a victory for Russia’s growing mafia state

The map is moving again. In Eastern Ukraine, after months of severe retreats, Vladimir Putin’s forces made their first significant advance: capturing the salt mine town of Soledar. It wasn’t, however, General Valery Gerasimov, the Kremlin’s military chief in Ukraine, who first rushed to claim victory — posing in a…

Evening Standard · Jan 19, 2023

Kremlin: The sooner Ukraine accepts our demands, sooner conflict can end

The Kremlin said on Thursday that the sooner Ukraine accepted Russia's demands, the sooner the conflict there could end.

Reuters · Jan 19, 2023

Wagner chief Prigozhin attacks Putin administration over failure to block YouTube

The increasingly prominent head of the Russian private military group Wagner on Wednesday took aim at the Kremlin administration for failing to block the U.S.-owned video sharing platform YouTube.

Reuters · Jan 18, 2023

Putin hiding as medical treatment leaves him dizzy and weak, say insiders

Russian social media channels, with links to Putin's inner circle, are claiming he has become even more isolated and withdrawn in the last few days

Wales Online · Jan 18, 2023

45 Dead, 20 Missing as Ukraine Ends Tower Block Search

Rescuers called off the search Tuesday for victims of the Russian missile strike on an apartment building in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro, with 20 people still missing and funerals being held in the grief-stricken community. After the carnage, Ukrainians pressed ahead with talks to obtain more Western weapons, and…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jan 18, 2023

It’s a Business Free-for-All in a Russia Transformed by Sanctions

In Putin’s “mobilization economy,” entrepreneurs find creative ways to meet demand, like converting Krispy Kreme into Krunchy Dream, Starbucks into Stars Coffee.

Businessweek · Jan 18, 2023

Netherlands to send Patriot missile system to Ukraine; six children among dead in Dnipro strike – as it happened

Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte in Washington; death toll from Saturday’s Russian missile attack on a residential building rises to 45

The Guardian - AU · Jan 17, 2023

Vladimir Putin’s plans to freeze Europe melt away with warm weather, as his economy withstands bracing winds

The exodus of brands like McDonald's from Russia was once described as "the end of an era". But experts say the withdrawal and sanctions are not shifting public opinion as much as some in the West might have hoped.

ABC News · Jan 17, 2023

Vladimir Putin to make 'very important' announcement on Ukraine war tomorrow

Vladimir Putin may make a statement on the war in Ukraine in St Petersburg tomorrow, Russian official Vladimir Rogov has claimed. There has been no official confirmation from the Kremlin yet

Daily Mirror · Jan 17, 2023