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Ukraine’s Mykolaiv hit by heavy Russian strikes

Authorities in Ukraine's southern city of Mykolaiv said Sunday that widespread Russian bombardments overnight had left at least one person dead, as Moscow continued to pummel the sprawling front line. Earlier, Russia invited United Nations and Red Cross experts to probe the deaths of dozens of Ukrainian prisoners held by…

France 24

Russian strikes kill Ukrainian grain tycoon; drone hits Russian naval base

Russian missiles pounded the southern Ukrainian port city of Mykolaiv on Sunday, killing the owner of a major grain exporter, while a drone strike on Russia's Black Sea naval base in Sevastopol was launched from within the city in a "terrorist attack," a Russian lawmaker said.

Reuters

Russia-Ukraine war latest: what we know on day 158 of the invasion

Russian embassy call for Ukrainian executions condemned; strikes hit Kharkiv school; Gazprom halts gas to Latvia; Moscow bars NZ officials

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Russia says it has invited U.N., Red Cross experts to probe jail deaths

Russia has invited experts from the United Nations and the Red Cross to probe the deaths of dozens of Ukrainian prisoners in a jail held by Moscow-backed separatists, the defence ministry said on Sunday.

Reuters

Shadowy arms dealer Viktor Bout may be key to Russia's release of WNBA star Brittney Griner

WASHINGTON — Viktor Bout has long been the type of shadowy figure who inhabits spy novels, a convicted arms dealer who commanded a billion-dollar operation of aircraft fleets to supply weapons to notorious dictators, drug lords and armies fighting wars — and sometimes one another.

Los Angeles Times

Sixteen ships loaded with grain ready to leave Ukraine’s Odesa

Ships are loaded and ready to depart Odesa as Moscow and Kyiv trade blame for an attack that killed Ukrainian POWs.

Al Jazeera

Ukraine Says Russian Attacks Hit Kharkiv, Mykolaiv

Russia launched nighttime attacks on several cities in Ukraine, Ukrainian officials said Saturday as they and officials in Moscow blamed each other for the deaths of dozens of Ukrainian prisoners of war in a separatist-controlled area of the country's east. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the United Nations and the…

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Lavrov's four-nation charm offensive intensifies new scramble for Africa

Last week, Sergei Lavrov, the Russian Foreign Affairs Minister, paid a visit to Africa. As the west attempts to isolate Russia in the wake of the invasion of Ukraine in February, African countries are not equally enthusiastic about western sanctions against Moscow.

Radio France Internationale

‘People are turning off’: Muscovites put the war aside and enjoy summer

Many of Moscow’s citizens are taking a break from their worries and the backlash that discussing the war on Ukraine can bring

The Guardian - US

Ukraine's Zelenskiy announces mandatory evacuation of Donetsk region

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday his government was ordering the mandatory evacuation of people in the eastern Donetsk region, scene of fierce fighting with Russia.

Reuters

Prison attack that killed Ukraine PoWs a war crime, says Zelenskiy, amid calls for UN inquiry

Ukraine president says more than 50 people died, as Moscow and Kyiv accuse each other of being behind attack on prison in Russian-occupied Donetsk

The Guardian - AU

Lavrov tells Blinken the U.S. is breaking promises about food sanctions

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Friday told U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken that Washington was not living up to promises regarding the exemption from sanctions for the supply of food from Russia, Moscow said.

Reuters

Blinken says he spoke to Russia FM about detained Americans

Secretary of State Antony Blinken says he has spoken to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and urged Moscow to accept a U.S. proposal to release two Americans detained in Russia

The Independent UK

Ukraine targets supply routes to weaken Russian troops in Kherson

Ukraine bombed a bridge this week that is vital to Russian soldiers occupying the town of Kherson, part of an apparent strategy to cut off the supply lines sustaining Russian troops.

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The Independent UK

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

Social media users shared a range of false claims this week

The Guardian - UK

Evgeny Lebedev wanted private Russia trip for Johnson when mayor of London

Weekend trip was discussed in 2013 at Moscow dinner with London mayor’s chief of staff and Lebedev’s ex-KGB agent father

Al Jazeera

Russia accuses Ukraine of killing POWs with HIMARS system

Moscow says Ukraine killed 40 prisoners in an attack conducted with the US-made rocket system, a claim Kyiv denies.

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Eight people killed in Moscow hostel fire after bars on window stop escape

The fire broke out inside a multi-storey apartment building, with no cause yet determined.

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Some wounded Russian soldiers find compensation elusive, despite Putin’s pledge - sources

A week into Moscow’s war in Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin made a gesture of solidarity with his soldiers at the front: injured men could claim compensation of three million roubles, equivalent to about $50,000 or the amount an average Russian worker would earn in four years.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia's Lavrov Says He Will Discuss US Prisoner Swap Offer

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Friday that he's open to a call with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to discuss a possible prisoner swap involving American basketball star Brittney Griner. Blinken said Wednesday that Washington had offered Russia a deal that would bring home Griner and another jailed…

The Independent UK

Russia's Lavrov says he will discuss US prisoner swap offer

Russia's top diplomat says he’s open to a call with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken to discuss a possible prisoner swap involving American basketball star Brittney Griner

Reuters

Blinken and Russia's Lavrov have 'frank' discussion about prisoners

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday held a telephone conversation with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and pressed the Kremlin to accept the 'substantial proposal' that Washington has put forward to secure the release of two Americans detained in Russia.

Al Jazeera

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 156

As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its 156th day, we take a look at the main developments.

Foreign Affairs

The Paradoxes of Escalation in Ukraine

Slowly but Surely, Russia and the West Are Drawing Their Redlines

The Guardian - UK

The rouble is soaring and Putin is stronger than ever - our sanctions have backfired

Energy prices are rocketing, inflation is soaring and millions are being starved of grain. Surely Johnson knew this would happen, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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