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Kremlin dismisses 'stupid' claims Russia attacked Nord Stream

The Kremlin on Wednesday said claims that Russia was somehow behind a possible attack on the Nord Stream gas pipelines were stupid, adding that the United States had opposed the pipelines and its companies had made big profits supplying gas to Europe.

Reuters

Ukraine war: west condemns 'sham' referendums in Russian-occupied areas

Polls have closed in four Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine after four days of voting in referendums on their future status. Predictably, the results showed “overwhelming support” for joining Russia.

The Conversation

French foreign minister visits Ukraine for third time as West condemns Russian 'referendums'

French foreign minister Catherine Colonna was in Kyiv Tuesday on an unannounced visit to Ukraine in a show of support for the country invaded by Russia. This comes as the EU said it would sanction those involved in organising "illegal" Russian referendums to annex four eastern regions of Ukraine.

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Commentary: Putin’s war has come home to Russia

The so-called “partial mobilization” announced by Vladimir Putin last week has changed the character of the Ukraine war for Russians in a matter of days. And for all the ensuing scenes of disarray and unrest within Russia, the mobilization’s impact will soon change the character of the war for Ukrainians,…

Tribune News Service

Occupied Ukrainian regions to ask Putin to annex them

Russian-installed officials in occupied regions of Ukraine say they will ask President Vladimir Putin to incorporate them into Russia, claiming their residents overwhelmingly supported such a move in Kremlin-orchestrated votes widely viewed as illegitimate

The Independent UK

Stocks and Oil Drop as Dollar Gains on Recession, Ukraine Fears

Equities and crude prices fell, while the dollar held at multi-year highs Wednesday as recession fears mount, while traders are also growing increasingly concerned about tensions with Russia after it declared victory in controversial Ukraine annexation polls. Investors are also keeping a close eye on London, after new finance minister…

Asharq Al-Awsat

EU divided on welcoming Russians fleeing military draft

Men of fighting age have been leaving Russia in droves since President Vladimir Putin’s decision to partially mobilise Russian reservists. The EU is trying to get a common position on whether to open its doors, but for the moment it's up to individual member states – and they're deeply divided.

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Analysis-Truth or bluff? Why Putin's nuclear warnings have the West worried

President Vladimir Putin's latest warning that he is ready to use nuclear weapons to defend Russia amid the war in Ukraine has made a troubling question much more urgent: Is the former KGB spy bluffing?

Reuters

Will Russia annex the occupied Ukrainian territories this week?

Now Moscow has the ‘results’ it wanted from its fake referendums, Putin and the west are considering next steps

The Guardian - UK

Putin raises gas-cutoff threat as he moves to annex Ukraine regions

Russia threatened to cut off the last gas pipeline to Ukraine’s European allies and moved to annex a large chunk of Ukrainian territory amid a string of military setbacks in the seven-month-long war.

Tribune News Service

Kremlin claims victory in controversial Ukraine referendums set to pave way for annexation

Pro-Moscow officials say residents in four occupied areas of Ukraine have voted to join Russia in a Kremlin-orchestrated vote that has been dismissed by the US and its Western allies as illegitimate.

ABC News

Widely condemned 'people's republics' illegal' referendums wind-up

French foreign minister Catherine Colonna was in Kyiv Tuesday on an unannounced visit to Ukraine in a show of support for the country invaded by Russia. It was also the last day of a five-day vote in referendums over the annexation by Russia of four areas in the east of…

Radio France Internationale

Whether or not Russia was behind the Nord Stream blasts, little was at stake

Kremlin officials have talked up implications of the gas pipe explosions but there is no reason to expect a western military response

The Guardian - UK

Occupied regions of Ukraine vote to join Russia in staged referendums

The so-called referendums — which Ukraine, the U.S. and others have denounced as shams — are widely viewed as an initial Kremlin move toward formal Russian annexation of the territories.

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Vote in Ukraine’s Russia-Held Areas Stokes Tension with West

Kremlin-orchestrated referendums that are expected to serve as a pretext for Moscow to annex Russian-held regions of Ukraine concluded Tuesday as the preordained outcome of the votes heightened tension between Russia and the West. Moscow-backed officials in the four occupied regions in southern and eastern Ukraine said polls closed Tuesday…

The Independent UK

‘No decisions’ on closing border says Kremlin, as thousands continue to leave

Almost 17,000 Russians crossed the border into Finland over the weekend

The Guardian - UK

‘We didn’t want to be part of the war’: Russians at the Georgia border flee Putin’s call-up

Families, exhausted and bewildered, are queuing for hours at Russia’s borders to escape mobilisation

The Independent UK

First results from ‘sham’ Ukraine referendums show 96% want to join Russia

Russia warned it could resort to nuclear weapons to defend what it claimed as its own territory, including newly acquired lands

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Daily Mirror

Russians flee being called up to Putin's army with 10 miles of queues at border

Last Wednesday Vladimir Putin ordered the mobilisation of an additional 300,000 military-aged men, sending them to fight on the frontlines of the war in Ukraine after his forces suffered devastating losses at Kyiv's hands

The Independent UK

Meta disables Russian propaganda network targeting Europe

Facebook says it has identified and stopped a sprawling network of fake accounts that spread Russian propaganda about the invasion of Ukraine throughout Western Europe

The Guardian - UK

European leaders blame sabotage as gas pours into Baltic from Nord Stream pipelines

Ursula Von der Leyen warns of ‘strongest possible response’ to attacks on European energy infrastructure

The Independent UK

How likely is it that Russia will launch a nuclear attack?

Vladimir Putin placed the Kremlin’s strategic nuclear weapons forces on ‘high alert’ at the start of the conflict and has continued his sabre-rattling ever since

Evening Standard

Vladimir Putin struggling to ‘placate’ Russian opposition to troop mobilisation plan, ISW warns

Satellite images show 10-mile queue at border to escape mobilisation drive

Asharq Al-Awsat

Kremlin: Sabotage Cannot Be Ruled Out as Reason for Nord Stream Damage

The Kremlin said on Tuesday that it did not rule out sabotage as a reason behind the damage to the Russia-built network of Nord Stream pipelines in the Baltic Sea. Nord Stream AG, the operator of the network, said earlier on Tuesday that three offshore lines of the Nord Stream…

Al Jazeera

Ukraine war enters new phase as annexation votes draw to close

Russian media report high turnout in occupied regions as Kyiv promises to crack down on ‘traitors’ who assist votes.

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