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Vladimir Putin says threat of nuclear war is 'rising' but insists Russia 'isn't mad'

Speaking to his human rights council, Russian President Vladimir Putin warned that the prospect of nuclear war is 'rising' as he refused to swear off striking first

Daily Mirror · Dec 7, 2022

Two Russian soldiers brazenly carry bathtub out of someone's home in Ukraine

Soldiers are seen carrying a bath across muddy ground away from what appears to be a Russian military truck parked next to a warehouse while their colleagues are seen carrying a chair

Daily Mirror · Dec 7, 2022

Putin calls nuclear weapons a tool of deterrence in Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin has hailed the illegal annexation of Ukrainian territories into Russia as a major achievement of what the Kremlin calls a “special military operation.”

The Independent UK · Dec 7, 2022

Latvia switches off the liberal Russian TV channel it took in

Rain TV loses broadcasting licence following a scandal between the liberal Russian opposition and their host country.

Al Jazeera · Dec 7, 2022

Kremlin says U.S. defence budget "confrontational" towards Russia

The Kremlin on Wednesday said that a U.S. military aid spending bill providing $800 million to Ukraine approved by U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday was "confrontational" towards Russia.

Reuters · Dec 7, 2022

As Ukraine’s culture minister, I’m asking you to boycott Tchaikovsky until this war is over

Russia is trying to destroy our nation’s history. Alongside sanctions, let’s pause performances of Kremlin-favoured works, says Oleksandr Tkachenko, Ukraine’s minister of culture

The Guardian - UK · Dec 7, 2022

Ukraine calls on western allies to boycott Russian culture

Minister defends step in ‘civilisational battle’ but says it would not amount to ‘cancelling Tchaikovsky’

The Guardian - UK · Dec 7, 2022

Commentary: The G-7′s price cap gamble on Russian oil is an untested idea

The United States and its allies in Europe have spent the last 10 months turning the screws on the Russian economy in retaliation for Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine. The Western coalition blocked Russia from accessing around half of its more than $600 billion in foreign reserves, disconnected multiple Russian…

Chicago Tribune · Dec 7, 2022

Russia-Ukraine war: Putin hints at ‘long’ conflict and says risk of nuclear war is on the rise – as it happened

Russia’s president says he will use ‘all means’ available in war but another mobilisation of troops necessary at this stage

The Guardian - AU · Dec 7, 2022

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 287 of the invasion

US says it did not ‘enable’ Ukraine to strike inside Russia; Kremlin says no prospect of peace talks ‘at the moment’

The Guardian - AU · Dec 7, 2022