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Wildfires tear through Russia as Putin faces 'second front' amid escalation in Ukraine

Black doom-laden skies and red flames have engulfed three large regions - Omsk, Tyumen and Krasnoyarsk - while the embattled Russian forces marched on the Donbas region in a new phase of the war

Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin's rumoured purge over his disastrous war in Ukraine could show he fell into the 'dictator trap'

Nearly two months since he launched his invasion of Ukraine, Vladimir Putin is facing heavy troop losses, ruinous sanctions and rumours of purges and even a possible coup.

ABC News

Family of captive Briton tell of distress at seeing him on Russian TV

Aiden Aslin’s relatives say he is speaking under duress and was legitimate combatant with Ukraine

The Guardian - UK

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The battle of Donbas: What's Putin's plan for Ukraine now?

They're calling it the battle of Donbas. After nearly two months of mishaps and setbacks, Russia is putting all its might into a bid to capture the entire east of Ukraine. But will it capture it or flatten it? We ask our guests about the Kremlin's endgame and the scramble…

France 24

Russia ‘preparing legal action’ to unfreeze $600bn foreign currency reserves

Elvira Nabiullina lawsuits aim to release gold and foreign currency frozen amid sanctions over Ukraine invasion

The Guardian - UK

EXPLAINER: How Russia's eastern push in Ukraine may unfold

Russia’s new offensive in eastern Ukraine reflects Moscow’s hope to reverse its battlefield fortunes after a catastrophic seven weeks of war

The Independent UK

Kremlin critic Navalny says Russian soldiers killed Ukrainian who shares his name

Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny on Tuesday said Russian soldiers had killed a 60-year-old man called Ilya Navalny in the Ukrainian town of Bucha apparently just because he shared Navalny's last name.

Reuters

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Mariupol may fall within days, European official says

The Ukrainian port city of Mariupol could fall to Russian forces within days, a European official said on Tuesday, saying it may suffer more than the town of Bucha, where Russian forces have been accused of atrocities that the Kremlin has denied.

Reuters

Russian tycoon Tinkov denounces 'crazy war' in Ukraine

(Note language that may offend some readers in paragraph 9)

Reuters

Putin's Ukraine fiasco: What's next?

This war's not over, Clarke warns, but Russia's no longer a great power: It's a "gas station with nuclear weapons"

Salon

Putin's missing defence minister FINALLY seen in public as health speculation mounts

Speculation gathered momentum that General Sergei Shoigu, 66, had been side-lined by Vladimir Putin over the country's Ukraine battle failure while other sources hinted at a heart attack

Daily Mirror

For Russian diplomats, disinformation is part of the job

Governments and social media companies have moved to restrict the ability of Russia's state media to spread disinformation about the war in Ukraine

The Independent UK

First activist charged for infringing Poland’s near-total abortion ban to face ‘Kremlin-funded’ group in court

‘What kind of justice system protects a foetus and an abuser over a woman and her life?’ says activist

The Independent UK

Pranks and propaganda: Russian laws against 'fake news' target Ukrainians and the opposition, not pro-Putin pranksters

When they launched their war on Ukraine in late February 2022, Russian authorities also unleashed an all-out assault on dissent at home. Within weeks, the Kremlin blocked access to nearly all remaining critical media outlets as well as to Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

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Reuters

Russia is "methodically carrying out" its plan in eastern Ukraine - Defence Minister

Russian forces are "methodically carrying out" plans to "liberate" two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine, Russia's defence minister said on Tuesday.

Daily Mirror

Ukraine war: British soldiers captured by Russian forces - all we know so far

Aiden Aslin, 28, and Shaun Pinner, 48, were both captured within days of each other while fighting alongside Ukrainian forces in the besieged city of Mariupol

Zenger

VIDEO: Bombs Away: Slick Russian MoD Video Shows Fighter Jet Launching Missile At Ukrainian Target

Zenger News obtained the footage from the Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) earlier this morning (Tuesday, April 19).

The Independent UK

Russian teacher rejected Kremlin propaganda, then paid the price

Teachers who disagree with the war are now joining the ranks of opposition activists, non-governmental organisation campaigners, and independent journalists

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Chicago Sun-Times

The ‘Alaska’ pollock in your McDonald’s Filet-O-Fish could be fueling Russia’s war on Ukraine

The U.S. banned Russian seafood imports to keep from fueling the Russian war machine. But Russian fish still come in via China. The U.S. doesn’t check, though it could.

Daily Mirror

Ex-Kremlin official found dead alongside wife and daughter in £2m Moscow apartment

Multimillionaire Vladislav Avayev, his wife Yelena and their 13-year-old daughter were all found inside the luxury apartment which had been locked from the inside, said his oldest daughter

Tribune News Service

Editorial: Defeat makes Russia dangerous, but world must maintain support for Ukraine

If a shrewd Kremlin military analyst had drawn up a list of objectives for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the reality of this horrific misadventure is more or less the photo negative of that. Rather than a quick and decisive march to Kyiv, the Russian military has alternately been bogged down…

Chicago Tribune

Commentary: A carefully crafted narrative of war was a tool of the Soviet Union. The lies have never stopped

Whenever as a child I came upon a description of people living their daily life during the 1940s, I reacted with disbelief. How can this be, when millions in Europe were experiencing incomprehensible horror? It felt inconceivable.

The Independent UK

Ukraine: Where is Donbas, and what are the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics?

Pro-Russian separatist regions in Donbas declared independence from Kyiv in 2014

Reuters

Ukrainians deported to Russia from besieged Mariupol dream of home

Mila Panchenko found herself on a station platform in southwest Russia after lack of food and water forced her to hand herself over to pro-Russian forces to escape the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol.

Daily Mirror

Brits captured by Russia 'face show trials if there's no prisoner swap', state TV claims

Russian state media have claimed the two British soldiers captured fighting in Ukraine are mercenaries fighting for money and exempt from the Geneva Convention

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