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Russian TV blackout as Ukraine destroys Vladimir Putin's flagship in embarrassing defeat

The Moskva missile cruiser was destroyed my Ukrainian missiles, Kyiv claimed, but Russia's main TV channels and media avoided referencing the embarrassing defeat for Vladimir Putin

Daily Mirror · Apr 14, 2022

Russian warship badly damaged after Kyiv claims missile strike while Putin’s troops regroup in eastern Ukraine

Losing the Moskva ship would be a military and symbolic blow for Russia as war enters its eighth week

The Independent UK · Apr 14, 2022

Boris Johnson asked for Evgeny Lebedev to skip City Hall security in 2015

Exclusive: Johnson made special request for Independent owner and a Russian dignitary to bypass ‘airport-style’ checks

The Guardian - UK · Apr 14, 2022

Vladimir Putin's missing defence minister 'suffers heart attack not from natural causes'

Leonid Nevzlin, 62, an exiled prominent Russian businessman alleges Sergei Shoigu, could be left 'disabled if he survives' and is currently in intensive care

Daily Mirror · Apr 14, 2022

EU closes loophole allowing multimillion-euro arms sales to Russia

The European Union has closed a loophole that allowed EU governments to export weapons worth tens of millions of euros to Russia last year alone despite an embargo which took effect in 2014 after Russia annexed Ukraine's Crimea region.

Reuters · Apr 14, 2022

Mali massacre survivors say white mercenaries involved in killings

It was market day in the town of Moura in central Mali when Malian troops backed by white mercenaries descended in helicopters and opened fire on bewildered residents, according to witnesses' accounts.

Reuters · Apr 14, 2022

Vladimir Putin loses 40TH high-ranking officer in latest blow to Russian forces

As Russia's bloody invasion of Ukraine reaches its 50th day of fighting, the Kremlin has reportedly lost its 40th high-ranking officer, Lieutenant Colonel Denis Mezhuev

Daily Mirror · Apr 14, 2022

Kremlin crackdown silences war protests, from benign to bold

Hundreds of Russians are facing charges for speaking out against the war in Ukraine since a law was passed last month that criminalizes the spread of “false information” about the invasion and disparaging the military

The Independent UK · Apr 14, 2022

Accusing Russia of ‘genocide’, Biden to send more military aid to Ukraine

DNIPRO, Ukraine — President Joe Biden and other Western leaders pledged additional military aid for Ukraine on Wednesday, while Russia sharply rejected the president’s description of its wartime acts as “genocide.”

Los Angeles Times · Apr 14, 2022

Russian warship sinks; Ukraine says its missile is responsible

(This April 14 story corrects paragraph 21 to make clear that Moldova did not directly accuse Russia's army of trying to recruit its citizens; corrects third bullet point to say that Ukraine alleges Moscow is massing troops in Belarus and Transdniestria not Moldova and Transdniestria)

Reuters · Apr 14, 2022