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Armenia cancels military drills, widening rift with Moscow

Armenia’s prime minister says his country has refused to host military drills planned by a Russia-dominated security pact

The Independent UK · Jan 10, 2023

Putin’s budget faces 'catastrophe' after price cap spells doom for Russian oil exports

Nearly a year after Russia invaded Ukraine, the Kremlin risks a massive revenue shortfall as the price of each barrel of oil it can sell on the world market falls dramatically.

Fortune · Jan 10, 2023

Kremlin says West reacted 'cynically' to Christmas ceasefire

The Kremlin said on Tuesday that Ukraine and the West had reacted "cynically" to a 36-hour ceasefire proposed by Russian President Vladimir Putin to mark Orthodox Christmas.

Reuters · Jan 10, 2023

Ukraine school spurns Russian claim of troops killed there

Officials at a vocational school in an eastern Ukraine city are dismissing claims by Russia that hundreds of Ukrainian troops were killed in a missile strike there

The Independent UK · Jan 9, 2023

Zelensky hails ‘resilience’ of troops facing fierce assault in east Ukraine

President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukrainian forces were withstanding "new and even tougher assaults" on Soledar on Monday, near the eastern city of Bakhmut that Moscow has been trying to capture for months. Read our live blog to see how all the day's events unfolded. All times are Paris time [GMT…

France 24 · Jan 9, 2023

Kremlin Says New Western Armored Vehicles for Ukraine Will 'Deepen Suffering'

The Kremlin said on Monday that new deliveries of Western weapons, including French-made armored vehicles, to Kyiv would "deepen the suffering of the Ukrainian people" and would not change the course of the conflict. France and Germany announced last week that they would send light combat vehicles to Ukraine, ramping…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jan 9, 2023

Kremlin says new Western armoured vehicles for Ukraine will 'deepen suffering'

The Kremlin said on Monday that new deliveries of Western weapons, including French-made armoured vehicles, to Kyiv would "deepen the suffering of the Ukrainian people" and would not change the course of the conflict.

Reuters · Jan 9, 2023

Kremlin: confident that defence ministry report on Kramatorsk strike is correct

The Kremlin said on Monday that it was confident its defence ministry was correct when it said that 600 Ukrainian servicemen had been "destroyed" in an attack on the city of Kramatorsk, despite reporting which showed the attack missed its target.

Reuters · Jan 9, 2023

Putin’s energy gambit fizzles as warm winter saves Europe

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s plans to squeeze Europe by weaponizing energy look to be fizzling, at least for now.

Tribune News Service · Jan 9, 2023

Russia backs banning of maps disputing official 'territorial integrity'

Russia's government extended support to a legislative amendment that would classify maps that dispute the country's official "territorial integrity" as punishable extremist materials, the state-owned TASS news agency reported on Sunday.

Reuters · Jan 9, 2023