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Ukraine’s Zelenskyy Visits Recently Retaken Strategic City

Hand on heart, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy watched his country’s flag rise Wednesday above the recaptured city of Izium, making a rare foray outside the capital while highlighting Moscow’s embarrassing retreat from a Ukrainian counteroffensive. Russian forces left the war-scarred city last week as Kyiv's soldiers pressed a stunning advance…

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Ukraine welcomes report on international security guarantees rejected by Moscow

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and his government are studying proposals drawn up by senior officials and the former head of NATO that envisage Western countries providing future security guarantees to Kyiv.

Reuters

Petition against Putin: ‘Resignation would be a peaceful way out’

A petition calling for Russian President Vladimir Putin to resign has been circulating in Russia since Monday, with dozens of local politicians risking prison sentences to sign it. FRANCE 24 spoke to Ksenia Torstrem, a municipal deputy for the St. Petersburg district and one of the leading petitioners demanding Putin’s…

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Kharkiv triumph raises Ukrainian spirits – and victory hopes

Ukraine has reclaimed 8,000sq km of territory this month inflicting serious blow to Russian military ambitions.

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Biden chooses veteran diplomat for new US envoy to Russia

The Biden administration has selected a veteran foreign service officer with years of experience in Russian affairs to be the next U.S. ambassador to Russia

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Volodymyr Zelenskiy makes surprise visit to newly recaptured city

Ukrainian president thanks paratroopers who took part in liberation of north-eastern city of Izium last week

The Guardian - UK

Report: Former Gov. Attended Griner Talks in Moscow

Bill Richardson helped in the prisoner swap that freed Trevor Reed earlier this year.

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U.S. distances itself from Bill Richardson meetings in Russia where Americans jailed

The United States distanced itself on Wednesday from a visit by former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Bill Richardson to Russia where WNBA star Brittney Griner and former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan remain jailed.

Reuters

Polar bear shot 30 times will never walk again and drags itself around on front paws

A Moscow zoo is looking after a polar bear left half-paralysed when it was shot over 30 times. 'Dikson' has a "great appetite" but may never walk again after being airlifted out of his home when found injured

Daily Mirror

Kremlin: No comment on reported U.S. envoy visit to discuss prisoner swap

The Kremlin said on Wednesday it had no comment on reports that a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Bill Richardson, had travelled to Moscow to discuss a potential exchange of imprisoned Americans and Russians.

Reuters

Kremlin says other regions besides Europe willing to buy Russian gas

(This content was produced in Russia, where the law restricts coverage of Russian military operations in Ukraine.)

Reuters

Russia forced to import North Korean military kit, Ministry of Defence says

The impact of sanctions and military losses in Ukraine has forced Moscow to rely on equipment from Iran and North Korea.

The Independent UK

Russian media grapples with covering Ukrainian blitz – without earning the Kremlin’s ire

The embarrassing rout of Russian forces in northeastern Ukraine has sparked some embarrassing – and shocking – moments on Russian TV as the media grapples with covering battlefield losses without earning the Kremlin’s ire.

France 24

China keeps West guessing about economic pressure on Russia

Chinese leader Xi Jinping is keeping the West guessing about whether Beijing will cooperate with tougher sanctions on Moscow as he meets President Vladimir Putin a year after declaring a “no limits” friendship ahead of Russia's invasion of Ukraine

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The Guardian - UK

Strength of ‘limitless’ China-Russia ties to be tested at summit

Military setback in Ukraine further weakens Russian position as leaders prepare to jostle for regional influence in Uzbekistan

The Independent UK

Richardson visits Moscow as Griner, Whelan remain jailed

Bill Richardson, who has worked to secure the releases of WNBA star Brittney Griner and another jailed American, Paul Whelan, visited Moscow this week and held meetings with Russian leaders

The Guardian - AU

Russian intelligence officers and military commanders flee Crimea, Kyiv claims – as it happened

Russian intelligence officers and military commanders in south ‘urgently resettling families’, Ukraine claims

Al Jazeera

Ukraine reclaims more territory from Russia in counteroffensive

Ukraine recaptures towns seized in the early days of Russia’s invasion, urges Western powers to send more weapons.

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Russia’s Putin to meet Indian PM Modi to boost trade ties

Russian leader, Indian PM will hold talks in Uzbekistan on Friday to discuss trade and fertiliser sales, Kremlin says.

Reuters

U.S. warns that Russia will step up covert political influence to undermine sanctions

The United States expects that Russia will increasingly turn to covert political financing in the coming months to undermine international sanctions over the war in Ukraine and maintain Moscow's influence abroad, a senior Biden administration official said on Tuesday, citing declassified U.S. intelligence.

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine takes control of entire Kharkiv region and towns seized at onset of Russian invasion

Flags raised on areas previously occupied as Russian troops pushed out from over 6,000 sq km of territory

Asharq Al-Awsat

US Allows Russia’s Lavrov to Travel to United Nations

The United States has given Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov a visa to travel to New York for the United Nations' annual gathering of world leaders next week with half the delegation Moscow requested, a Russian diplomatic source said on Tuesday. Moscow had asked Washington for 56 visas, according to…

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Ukraine Piles Pressure on Retreating Russian Troops

Ukrainian troops piled pressure on retreating Russian forces Tuesday, pressing a counteroffensive that has produced major gains and a stunning blow to Moscow's military prestige. As the advance continued, Ukraine’s border guard services said the army took control of Vovchansk — a town just 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Russia…

France 24

With its counter-offensive in the east, Ukraine 'wants to prove victory is possible'

The Ukrainian army is continuing its counter-offensive in the east, claiming on Monday to have recaptured 20 settlements from Russian forces in just 24 hours. For Tetyana Ogarkova of the Ukraine Crisis Media Center NGO, the advance does not constitute a military turning point but has reinforced Ukrainian hopes of…

Reuters

What are Vladimir Putin's options after Russian military setback in Ukraine?

Russian President Vladimir Putin has yet to publicly comment on a lightning rout of his forces in north-eastern Ukraine, but is under pressure from nationalists at home to regain the initiative.

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