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Friday briefing: Ukraine’s allies are settling in for the long haul as the war enters its second year

In today’s newsletter: A key vote at the United Nations general assembly illustrates how backroom diplomacy has shaped the war on the ground

The Guardian - UK

France won't sign G20 communique unless it strongly condemns Russia

France will not sign off on a G20 communique unless it contains the same denunciation of Russia's invasion of Ukraine as it did last year, its finance minister said on Friday on the sidelines of a G20 meeting in India.

Reuters

China calls for Russia-Ukraine ceasefire, proposes path to peace

China’s plan calls for end to Western sanctions on Russia and humanitarian corridors for civilians to escape fighting.

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China issues peace plan for Ukraine conflict

China has marked the grim anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine with a call for a ceasefire.

The New Daily

UN tells Russia to leave Ukraine: How did countries vote?

A country breakdown of the UN General Assembly vote that demanded Moscow withdraw its troops and end the fighting.

Al Jazeera

G20 finance leaders to gauge toll on global economy on Ukraine war's anniversary

Global finance leaders will tally the economic damage from Russia's war in Ukraine on Friday as they meet on the conflict's first anniversary with some voicing concerns that more sanctions on Moscow would disrupt a modest improvement in growth.

Reuters

Russia isolated as U.N. marks one year of Ukraine war

The United Nations overwhelmingly isolated Russia on Thursday, marking one year since Moscow invaded Ukraine by calling for a "comprehensive, just and lasting peace" and again demanding Moscow withdraw its troops and stop fighting.

Reuters

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Why is the Russian economy holding up against Western sanctions?

Despite nine sets of sanctions imposed by the European Union, the Russian economy only experienced a small contraction of its GDP in 2022. The "resilience" of the Russian economy was hailed on Tuesday by President Vladimir Putin during his state of the nation address. However, certain Western observers and politicians…

France 24

Russia tries to close ring around Bakhmut as thawing ground turns to mud

Russian forces were trying to close their circle around the small mining city of Bakhmut on Monday, while rain and an early spring thaw turned eastern Ukraine's battlefields to mud which could hamper both sides as they try to take the initiative.

Reuters

Blinken says India, South Africa are on slow trajectory away from alignment with Russia

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Thursday countries like India and South Africa, which have not joined the West in denouncing Russia's invasion of Ukraine, were likely on a trajectory away from alignment with Moscow but that process would not happen "in one fell swoop."

Reuters

UN to vote on resolution calling for Russia to leave Ukraine

Ukraine’s supporters urged the U.N. General Assembly to vote for a resolution that calls for Russia to end hostilities and withdraw from its neighbor on the eve of the first anniversary of Moscow’s invasion

The Independent UK

NATO chief warns China against supplying arms to Russia

Jens Stoltenberg says NATO military alliance has seen signs China was considering providing lethal aid to Russia.

Al Jazeera

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 365 of the invasion

Russian forces step up attacks along eastern frontline; UN to vote on calling for unconditional withdrawal of troops; Zelenskiy says he would welcome meeting with China

The Guardian - UK

NATO's Stoltenberg: Ukraine war must end Russian 'cycle of aggression'

The war in Ukraine must bring an end to "a cycle of Russian aggression" that goes back much further than the invasion Moscow launched a year ago, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Thursday.

Reuters

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Daily Mirror

Spy close to Vladimir Putin’s foreign intelligence chief mysteriously dies

Ultra-secretive Russian oil magnate Viatcheslav Rovneiko, who was a former spy and close to Vladimir Putin’s foreign intelligence chief, has died in mysterious circumstances near Moscow

Reuters

EU fails again to agree new Russia sanctions, talks to resume Friday - sources

European Union countries on Thursday failed to agree on a new set of sanctions against Russia, missing a planned deadline to have them in place for the one-year anniversary of Moscow's invasion of Ukraine on Friday, diplomatic sources told Reuters.

The Conversation

Ukraine war: why Russia has had such a disastrous 12 months – and what to expect next

When Russia’s ramshackle armies trundled into Ukraine a year ago, very few gave the defenders a chance. After all, they’d spent eight years unsuccessfully trying to fight off pro-Russian separatists (heavily backed by Moscow) in the east of their country. Meanwhile Russia had been ostentatiously developing and modernising its armed…

The Guardian - UK

Russian forces step up attacks in Ukraine’s east as one-year mark looms

Zelenskiy says Ukraine ‘will prevail’ as general staff reports 90 assaults in 24 hours in east and north-east

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Reuters

Explainer-What have Russia and China said about peace in Ukraine?

China's top diplomat Wang Yi held talks with President Vladimir Putin and other senior Russian officials in Moscow this week amid speculation that the two sides would discuss a Chinese plan to bring about peace in Ukraine after almost a year of war.

The Guardian - UK

‘I’m hanging between worlds’: couple who fled Russia toy with returning

Anna and her husband left after Putin’s mobilisation. She tells of difficulties in Turkey and potential dangers of moving back

Reuters

Huge Ukrainian flag painted on road outside Russian Embassy in London

A group of activists poured hundreds of litres of yellow and blue paint onto the road outside the Russian Embassy in London on Thursday to create an enormous Ukrainian flag ahead of the one year anniversary of Moscow's invasion.

Reuters

Analysis-China's role as Ukraine peacemaker raises doubt as it 'deepens' Russia ties

China's effort to cast itself as a peacemaker on Ukraine reflects an aim to burnish its image rather than a change of stance, Western diplomats and analysts said, as it seeks to establish itself as a leader of a new multipolar world order.

WEKU

Putinology: the art of analyzing the man in the Kremlin

They used to be called Kremlinologists — American experts on the Soviet Union. Now there's a new generation of Putinologists who seek to interpret Russia by analyzing its authoritarian leader.

Asharq Al-Awsat

In Russia-Ukraine War, More Disastrous Path Could Lie Ahead

For Russia, it's been a year of bold charges and bombardments, humiliating retreats and grinding sieges. Ukraine has countered with fierce resistance, surprising counteroffensives and unexpected hit-and-run strikes. Now, on the anniversary of Russia's invasion that has killed tens of thousands and reduced cities to ruins, both sides are preparing…

The News Lens

Mediating the Russia–Ukraine War a Risky Role for China

The war brings Beijing not only losses but gains — greater internationalization of the renminbi, cheaper energy, and a reduction of the U.S. focus on the Indo-Pacific.

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