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Russia cuts gas to Poland and Bulgaria as West mounts new arms push

KHARKIV, Ukraine — Moscow on Wednesday turned off the natural-gas spigot to the front-line Eastern European states of Poland and Bulgaria, signaling its willingness to take sharp economic aim at those who aid Ukraine, where Russian forces rained shells in the east as they pressed ahead with their devastating 2-month-old…

Los Angeles Times

Injury Time: Former Italian Goalkeeper Wounded In Ukraine Battle

Ivan Luca Vavassori, 29, left his home in Italy to fight in Ukraine with the approval of the embassy in Kyiv.

Zenger

VIDEO: Terrified Civilians Trapped As 35 Missile Strikes Hit Mariupol Shelter

The footage was filmed at the Azovstal iron and steelworks plant in the city of Mariupol.

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Ukrainian man with van evacuates 200 from Mariupol in battered red vehicle

He purchased the van with help from friends and repaired it between trips to Mariupol

The Independent UK

Russian forces pummel Ukrainian fighters holed up in Mariupol steel plant - mayoral aide

Russian forces were on Wednesday pounding a huge steel works in Mariupol where the southern Ukrainian city's last defenders and some civilians are holed up, a local official said.

Reuters

Escape from Mariupol: 10 minutes to pack up, then a risky 11-hour drive

ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine — It had taken 11 hours of driving, bargaining for passage through 20 checkpoints manned by stern-faced Russian soldiers, along with the knowledge that every mile took you farther away from home, probably for good. But by 6 p.m., the three families crammed into a worn-down Mercedes van…

Los Angeles Times

Wednesday briefing: The siege of Mariupol was meant to be over. Why isn’t it?

In today’s newsletter: what’s at stake in the long battle for the port city at the heart of Ukraine’s defence

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United Nations secretary general, António Guterres, arrives in Ukraine – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

UN chief and Russia's Putin agree on key Ukraine evacuation

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Russian President Vladimir Putin have met one-on-one for the first time since Russia invaded Ukraine

The Independent UK

Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 63 of the invasion

Russia halts gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria; Volodymyr Zelenskiy accuses Moscow of seeking to destabilise Moldova region

The Guardian - AU

Boris Johnson says he doesn’t expect Putin to resort to nuclear weapons if Russia suffers more Ukraine losses

Asked if he expected Mr Putin to consider using tactical nuclear weapons if he suffered more military failures in Ukraine, the PM said: ‘No, I don’t’

Evening Standard

Ukraine: A proxy war?

As violence intensifies on the ground in Ukraine, the diplomatic tension has also ratcheted up a notch. As Russia accuses NATO of waging a proxy war, the UN chief Antonio Guterres is in Moscow, asking for cooperation over humanitarian access to places like Mariupol. Sergei Lavrov says Moscow is "ready…

France 24

Putin agrees to U.N., ICRC help to evacuate civilians from Azovstal plant - U.N.

Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed "in principle" to U.N. and International Committee for the Red Cross involvement in the evacuation of civilians from the Azovstal plant in Ukraine's Mariupol, the United Nations said in a statement on Tuesday.

Reuters

Putin ‘backs UN help plan for Mariupol’

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is visiting Russia for talks as the US pledges new packages of heavier weapons for Ukraine.

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Russia accused of shelling Mariupol humanitarian corridor

Safe passage deal for civilians was a trap, say Ukrainians, as Putin’s forces step up eastern offensive

Al Jazeera

UN chief pushes for safe corridors in Ukraine on Moscow visit

Antonio Guterres calls for Moscow and Kyiv to set up aid and evacuation corridors in Ukraine ‘that are truly safe’.

Daily Mirror

Italian goalkeeper wounded after hanging up gloves to defend Ukraine in Russia war

Italian goalkeeper Ivan Luca Vavassori, 30, has been wounded in battle after hanging up his gloves to defend the sovereignty of Ukraine against Russian aggression

Reuters

The man who evacuated 200 people from Mariupol in a battered red van

As Russian forces tightened their siege of Mariupol and missiles rained down, Mykhailo Puryshev drove into the city six times last month to evacuate its citizens, somehow surviving despite his red van being all but destroyed.

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Inside Mariupol's factory of horrors with survivors 'left to rot' as supplies dwindle

Ukrainian soldiers, including members of the Azov Battalion, are hole up inside the Azovstal steel plant and refusing to surrender to the surrounding Russian forces

The Conversation

Going underground: Ukraine's subterranean fighters highlight the benefit -- and long history -- of tunnels in warfare

Faced with the prospect of sending Russian troops into subterranean combat, Vladimir Putin demurred. “There is no need to climb into these catacombs and crawl underground,” he told his defense minister on April 21, 2022, ordering him to cancel a planned storming of a steel plant in the besieged Ukrainian…

Reuters

Russia's Lavrov dismisses Kyiv's proposal to stage peace talks in Mariupol

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Tuesday dismissed Kyiv's proposal to hold peace talks in the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol and said it was too early to talk about who would mediate any negotiations.

Reuters

U.N. is ready to save lives in Mariupol, U.N chief tells Russia

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told Russia's foreign minister on Tuesday that he is ready to fully mobilise the organisation's resources to save lives and evacuate people from the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol.

Reuters

Russia's "victory" in Mariupol turns city's dreams to rubble

In the years prior to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the port city of Mariupol was undergoing a makeover.

The Conversation

Hundreds of seafarers are still stranded in Ukraine waters – the legal rights of this profession are barely up to standard

While the world’s eyes have been on civilian casualties, forced displacement and potential war crimes on Ukrainian land, the plight of hundreds of seafarers trapped in commercial ships for the past several months has gone mostly unnoticed. They have been stranded in the main Ukrainian ports of Mariupol, Kherson and…

Reuters

Fiancée of Lithuanian director Kvedaravicius leaves Ukraine with his body

Hanna Bilobrova's journey with her film director fiancé to document suffering in the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol turned into a quest to find out how he was killed, to bring his body back to his native Lithuania, and to complete his work.

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