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G7 Backs More Aid, Weapons to Ukraine in Show of Unity against Russia

Foreign ministers from the G7 group of rich nations backed giving more aid and weapons to Ukraine as they met on Friday in what Germany called a "powerful sign of unity" to deepen Russia's global isolation for invading its neighbor. The European Union's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell announced a…

Asharq Al-Awsat · May 13, 2022

Vladimir Putin's 'mistress' Alina Kabaeva sanctioned by UK Government amid Ukraine war

Retired Olympic gymnast Alina Kabaeva is widely reported to be Putin's mistress

Wales Online · May 13, 2022

Russian commanders taking risks under growing pressure, report says; Ukraine puts soldier on trial

KRAKOW, Poland — As fighting rages in eastern Ukraine, Russian commanders are under growing pressure to make battlefield gains even if it means taking risks that can backfire, a British military intelligence assessment said Friday.

Los Angeles Times · May 13, 2022

Two brave female journalists in Ukraine show us the value of a free press

Last week I spent an hour on Zoom in conversation with two remarkable, brave women. The editor of the Kyiv Independent, Olga Rudenko, is on the front of Time magazine this week as one of their “next generation leaders”. Her passionate chief executive Daryna Shevchenko, whose phone was constantly blasting…

Evening Standard · May 13, 2022

Brexit: US delegation to visit UK as Northern Ireland crisis deepens

Growing signs of alarm in Washington at Boris Johnson’s apparent readiness to tear up deal

The Independent UK · May 13, 2022

UK should not fear EU trade war, says Frost as he backs ripping up protocol

Former Brexit minister says UK ‘cannot be defeated’ by Brussels in provocative Telegraph column

The Guardian - UK · May 13, 2022

DUP paralyses Stormont as Northern Ireland protocol row deepens

The Northern Ireland Assembly has begun to sit for the first time since the May 5 election

Evening Standard · May 13, 2022

UK's Truss says need to supply more weapons to Ukraine to pressure Russia

British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said on Friday that it was vital to keep up the pressure on Russia by supplying more weapons to Ukraine and imposing further sanctions.

Reuters · May 13, 2022

Friday briefing: How do you solve a problem like the Northern Ireland protocol?

In today’s newsletter: two years after Brexit, Sinn Féin’s rise has the Northern Ireland protocol is back in the news – the Guardian’s Ireland correspondent Rory Carroll tells Nimo Omer why

The Guardian - UK · May 13, 2022

Russia-Ukraine war: Joe Biden expresses support for right of Finland and Sweden to join Nato– as it happened

Ukraine president ready to speak to Putin ‘but only to him’; electricity supplier RAO Nordic says decision to suspend Finnish supply is ‘exceptional’

The Guardian - AU · May 13, 2022