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Russia to Hold Sweeping Joint War Games with China, Others

Russia said Monday it will launch sweeping military drills in the country’s east that will involve forces from China — a show of increasingly close defense ties between Moscow and Beijing amid tensions with the West over the Kremlin’s action in Ukraine. The Russian Defense Ministry said that the Vostok…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Aug 29, 2022

Ukraine Says it Has Begun Counter-Offensive to Retake Russian-Held South

Ukrainian troops bolstered by stepped-up supplies of Western military aid on Monday started a long-awaited counter-offensive to retake territory in the south seized by Russian forces since their invasion six months ago. However, the southern port city of Mykoliav came under heavy Russian shelling, with the mayor saying homes had…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Aug 29, 2022

UN team heads to Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant amid fresh Russian strikes nearby

Recent spate of shellings has raised fears of radiation disaster at the occupied power station

The Independent UK · Aug 29, 2022

Bitter blow to Vladimir Putin as Kremlin official expected to defect over Ukraine war

A Kremlin official is expected to defect to the US over Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine after a top-ranking Russian reportedly approached Western diplomats and intelligence chiefs in a bid to end the war

Daily Mirror · Aug 28, 2022

Europe has little option but to rescue consumers from the energy crisis

With no end to Ukraine war in sight and transition away from Russian gas ongoing, scale of support will have to be massive

The Guardian - UK · Aug 28, 2022

Friend or foe: what world leaders think of Liz Truss

The probable next prime minister attracts mixed reactions abroad, from dislike in Moscow to irritation in France to positivity in Australia and Japan

The Guardian - UK · Aug 28, 2022

Putin is trapped and desperate. Will his friends in the west rescue him?

Russia’s leader and his sympathisers could use old conflicts to distract attention from Ukraine and weaken European unity

The Guardian - UK · Aug 28, 2022

Vladimir Putin may use the murder of Darya Dugina to his advantage. But the path ahead is risky for the Russian leader

Since Vladimir Putin first came to power, many of his critics and supporters have died in strange and violent circumstances. But the fiery death of Darya Dugina is different.

ABC News · Aug 27, 2022

Türkiye Downplays US Sanctions Threat over Russia Ties

Türkiye’s Treasury and Finance Minister Nureddin Nebati told businesses on Friday they should not be concerned by the threat of sanctions that Washington warns will follow if they do business with sanctioned Russians. Nebati’s Twitter comments represent Ankara’s first official response to a letter the US Treasury sent to Turkish…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Aug 27, 2022

‘Tavriya TV will promote happiness and love’: Russia opens station in occupied Kherson

As Moscow gears up to annex Kherson in a ‘referendum’, Tavriya shows Russia as liberator, saving citizens from Ukrainian Nazis

The Guardian - UK · Aug 27, 2022