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Zelenskiy and pope discuss peace in Ukraine as Russia retreats in Bakhmut

Pope Francis offers help repatriating Ukrainian children from Russia as Volodymyr Zelenskiy meets select leaders in Italy

The Guardian - UK

Zelenskiy asks pope to back Kyiv peace plan, help return children

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy asked Pope Francis on Saturday to back Kyiv's peace plan, and the pope indicated the Vatican would help in the repatriation of Ukrainian children taken by Russians.

Reuters

What happened in the Russia-Ukraine war this week? Catch up with the must-read news and analysis

Victory Day in Russia; Ukrainian counter-offensive on pause; French journalist killed in Bakhmut

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Russia admits its forces have fallen back near Bakhmut – as Ukraine gains ground

Moscow says its troops have ‘regrouped’ to the city’s north – in what head of Wagner mercenaries has called a ‘rout’

The Independent UK

Jameson Whiskey will no longer be exported to Russia

The decision by Irish Distillers to pull Jameson Whiskey from Russia came just days after Fine Gael Senator Garret Ahearn obtained a picture of the product for sale in Moscow

Irish Mirror

Turkey’s Kilicdaroglu accuses Russia of interfering in elections

Kemal Kilicdaroglu, who is President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s main rival, says Moscow is behind ‘deepfake content’.

Al Jazeera

Russian troops fall back to ‘defensive positions’ near Bakhmut

Moscow statement is first admission that Ukraine is successfully recapturing ground around eastern city

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Putin, S.Africa's Ramaphosa discussed Ukraine in phone call-Kremlin

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that Moscow had never refused the "diplomatic track" to resolving the conflict in Ukraine in a phone call with his South African counterpart, the Kremlin said.

Reuters

Russia acknowledges retreat north of Bakhmut, Wagner boss calls it a 'rout'

Moscow acknowledged on Friday that its forces had fallen back north of Ukraine's battlefield city of Bakhmut after a new Ukrainian offensive, in a retreat that the head of Russia's Wagner private army called a rout.

Reuters

Wife of jailed Russian activist Kara-Murza says she will 'never stop fighting' for him

FRANCE 24 spoke to Evgenia Kara-Murza, the wife of Vladimir Kara-Murza, a Russian opposition activist who was recently sentenced to 25 years in jail by a Moscow court for "high treason" because of his outspoken criticism of the war in Ukraine. Kara-Murza sent a message to her jailed husband: she…

France 24

‘We’ll get there’: the Ukrainian drone unit quietly knocking out Russian targets

Col Roman Kostenko on how nightly tactical operations are crucial to Kyiv’s preparation for a counteroffensive

The Guardian - UK

Turkey elections: why Europe is watching closely

Turkey's elections on Sunday are a key moment not just for the country itself but also for its European neighbours.

Reuters

China intensifies Ukraine peace effort

BEIJING: China will dispatch a special envoy to Ukraine, Russia and other European nations from Monday, as Beijing steps up its efforts for a diplomatic resolution to Moscow’s war.

Bangkok Post

Communities torn as Ukraine turns its back on Moscow-linked church

As a crowd gathered outside the white-brick Orthodox church in the village of Karyshkiv in western Ukraine, raised voices quickly turned to shouting. Soon old women were crying.

Reuters

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Biden meets with Spain's Sanchez, discusses Ukraine war

U.S. President Joe Biden and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez underscored their support for Ukraine in the war with Russia on Friday during a White House meeting that also touched on migration and defense cooperation.

Reuters

Frontline residents evacuated to Russian-controlled port before expected counter-offensive

At a temporary accommodation centre in the Russian-controlled Ukrainian port city of Berdyansk children evacuated from towns and villages near the frontline between Russian and Ukrainian forces play outside on bikes as if nothing was amiss.

Reuters

Russia's war on Ukraine latest: Kyiv says it destroys incoming missiles

Ukraine said it had shot down six Russian hypersonic Kinzhal missiles in a single night, thwarting a weapon Moscow has touted as a next-generation hypersonic missile that was all but unstoppable.

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war: Zelenskiy thanks UK for Storm Shadow missiles; Kremlin denies ground lost in Bakhmut – as it happened

Ukrainian president says he thanked Rishi Sunak for long-range missiles in telephone call

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Ukraine recap: not a great deal to celebrate for Putin this Victory Day as Ukraine digs in for the long haul

One tank. According to press reports and news broadcasts from Moscow, a solitary T-34 dating back to the second world war was the only tank that trundled past the Russian president as he marked a scaled-down Victory Day on May 9 this year.

Reuters

No deal yet on extending Ukraine grain deal, UN proposals in focus

Ukraine, Russia, Turkey and the United Nations discussed on Thursday U.N. proposals to extend a deal allowing the safe Black Sea export of Ukraine grain, which Moscow has threatened to quit on May 18 over obstacles to its grain and fertilizer exports.

Reuters

Explainer-Have Western sanctions on Russia impacted its fertiliser exports?

Russia is demanding the West removes obstacles to its grain and fertilisers in talks underway in Turkey on Thursday on extending a deal allowing safe Black Sea exports of agricultural products from three Ukrainian ports.

The Guardian - UK

Ex-German chancellor criticised for attending event at Russian embassy

Bild publishes leaked photos showing Gerhard Schröder with his wife and others at Victory Day reception in Berlin

Reuters

Norway takes over Arctic Council leadership from Russia

Norway took over the chairmanship of the Arctic Council from Russia on Thursday, at a time when cooperation between the Western Arctic states and Moscow on the regional polar body is frozen due to the invasion of Ukraine.

Daily Record

Scotch whisky brands still being sold in Russia despite outrage from Ukraine campaigners

Iconic whisky brands such as Glenlivet and Ballantine's are being exported from Scotland to Moscow despite Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine.

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war: UK to send long-range cruise missiles to Ukraine, says defence secretary – as it happened

Ben Wallace confirms reports that UK is donating Storm Shadow missiles to Ukraine

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