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Analysis-Putin bets winter gas chokehold will yield Ukraine peace - on his terms

Cold winters helped Moscow defeat Napoleon and Hitler. President Vladimir Putin is now betting that sky-rocketing energy prices and possible shortages this winter will persuade Europe to strong arm Ukraine into a truce -- on Russia's terms.

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Former Russian mayor arrested on charges of discrediting Vladimir Putin’s army

Former mayor of Yekaterinburg arrested amid new crackdown on war critics

The Independent UK

Ex-mayor Arrested on Charges of Discrediting Russian Army

The former mayor of Russia's fourth-largest city was arrested Wednesday on charges of discrediting the country's military, part of a crackdown on critics of Moscow's military action in Ukraine. Police arrested Yevgeny Roizman, 59 who served as the mayor of Yekaterinburg in 2013-2018, following searches at his apartment and office,…

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Andreas Kluth: Putin wouldn’t shrink from starting Chernobyl 2.0 in Ukraine

The history of warfare has no precedent for what is happening right now in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine. Never before has a nuclear power plant been on the front line of a major war, and indeed a main object of the warring parties’ strategies.

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Where Ukraine War Stands after 6 Months

When Russian President Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24 in an unprovoked act of aggression, many expected a quick victory. Six months later, the largest military conflict in Europe since World War II has turned into a grinding war of attrition. The Russian offensive has largely bogged down as…

Asharq Al-Awsat

EXPLAINER: Where Ukraine war stands after 6 months

Six months ago, Russian President Vladimir Putin sent troops into Ukraine in an unprovoked act of aggression, starting the largest military conflict in Europe since World War II

The Independent UK

Defiant Zelenskiy, on Independence Day, Says Ukraine Will Never Give Up its Freedom

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told Ukrainians in an emotional speech marking 31 years of independence on Wednesday that their country had been "reborn" when Russia invaded and that it would never give up its fight for freedom from Moscow's domination. In a recorded speech aired on the six-month anniversary of Russia's…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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80,000 in Putin’s army ‘killed, wounded, captured, gone missing or deserted’ in Ukraine war, says UK

Wednesday marks six months since Putin launched his bloody invasion

Evening Standard

Six months since Russia invaded Ukraine: What’s next?

Experts analyse the past six months and predict how the conflict may evolve.

Al Jazeera

Ukraine’s independence day was always important. Now it is a matter of life and death

In Kyiv, we are marking the day under the constant threat of Russian attack, says Ukrainian journalist Nataliya Gumenyuk

The Guardian - UK

Six months of war in Ukraine: ‘The enemy learned fast’

There is stalemate across the front line as Moscow and Kyiv prepare for the conflict to drag on into winter

Financial Times

Former Russian mayor detained for criticising Ukraine invasion

Russian opposition politician Yevgeny Roizman was shown being detained at his home in a video published on social media on Wednesday, in the latest move by authorities to punish critics of the war in Ukraine.

Reuters

Who is Russian ultranationalist Alexander Dugin?

Political philosopher dubbed Putin’s ‘brain’ by some observers has long called for Russia to annex Ukraine.

Al Jazeera

Russia’s Yandex to sell off news service as state tightens grip on online media

State-controlled social media platform VK to buy news and blogging services of country’s largest internet firmRussia-Ukraine war: latest news

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With International Army Games, Russia tries to show it's not 'a pariah state'

Russia’s eighth annual International Army Games, a sports event designed to showcase military skills and running from August 13-27, are taking place this year against the tense backdrop of war in Ukraine. FRANCE 24 spoke to Colonel Mark F. Cancian of the US Marine Corps (retired) and now a senior…

The Guardian - UK

Tuesday briefing: The mystery of the Moscow car bomb attack

In today’s newsletter: After an ultranationalist’s daughter is killed in Moscow, people in Russia and the west are asking who did it – and what the Kremlin might do next

The Independent UK

Ukraine looks to strike blow against Russian morale as it targets Crimea

Kim Sengupta reported from Crimea as Russian forces occupied the region in 2014 – it is now once again a key psychological and strategic prize in the current war

ABC News

Vladimir Putin's spiritual guide loses his daughter in a fiery explosion. But was the true target of the bomb her father?

Just days before the six-month mark of the invasion of Ukraine, a car bomb attack in a wealthy Moscow suburb killed the daughter of one of Vladimir Putin's allies and puzzled observers. So how could it change the war?

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Russian TV news head hints at country’s role in Skripal poisoning

Editor of state-owned RT network Margarita Simonyan appears to contradict Kremlin position in post about Darya Dugina killing

The Independent UK

Spy tales: Arrests of Russian, Ukrainian and Czech interlopers at military sites rattle Albania

Seven detained in two sites, prompting demands to impose Russia tourist ban

Evening Standard

Russia blames Ukraine for death of Darya Dugina, daughter of Putin associate

Ukraine has denied involvement in a suspected car bomb attack that killed the daughter of a Russian ally of Putin

Daily Mirror

Putin’s Rasputin attacked Kremlin leader shortly before daughter was blown up

These factors add to the theory that the death of TV personality and ultranationalist pundit Darya Dugina, 29, was in an attack by Russian special services or other forces loyal to Putin

Evening Standard

Ukraine warns of ‘ugly, vicious’ Kremlin attack on independence anniversary

Volodymyr Zelensky has warned citizens to be alert amid this week’s anniversary of Ukraine’s independence

Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin is a 'clown' and has been outplayed by Ukraine, blasts former ally

Igor Girkin - an intelligence and army veteran who was central to Vladimir Putin’s seizure of Crimea and parts of the Donbas in 2014 - has mocked the Russian ruler’s performance

Chicago Tribune

Commentary: Putin’s lies, murder and destruction in Ukraine bring shame to Russia

Nearly six months into his murderous invasion of Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin has brought shame on his once great nation and cemented his own legacy as a war criminal. The lasting ignominy Putin’s war and his lies have brought to Russia are just as self-destructive as they are contemptible…

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