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Ukraine stands with Moldova against threats from Russia - foreign minister

Ukraine stands with Moldova in response to renewed threats from Russia, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said on Saturday, after Moscow warned of negative consequences over the two countries becoming candidates for EU membership.

Reuters

Why did Vladimir Putin invade Ukraine? The conflict explained

Vladimir Putin’s military assault continues in face of near-unanimous international condemnation

The Independent UK

Sievierodonetsk falls to Russia after one of war's bloodiest fights

Russian forces fully occupied the eastern Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk on Saturday, both sides said, confirming Kyiv's biggest battlefield setback for more than a month following weeks of some of the war's bloodiest fighting.

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Ukrainian forces to withdraw from eastern city of Sievierodonetsk

The last Ukrainian troops holding out in a desperate battle for the city of Sievierodonetsk are ordered to withdraw, but analysts say it is not a major strategic victory for Moscow.

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Analysis-Russia's grinding battlefield gains seen driven by new tactics

It took Russia weeks of fierce fighting, an untold number of casualties, and relentless shelling before the exhausted Ukrainian defenders of Sievierodonetsk received orders to quit its smouldering wreckage.

Reuters

What does Russia’s capture of Severodonetsk mean for Ukraine?

Ukrainian forces are retreating from the eastern city after weeks of fierce fighting.

Al Jazeera

Kaliningrad standoff could reveal if Russia wants to ‘escalate’

Al Jazeera speaks to geopolitical expert Agnia Grigas on the tensions between Russia and Lithuania.

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Why did Russia invade Ukraine? The conflict explained

Vladimir Putin’s military assault continues in face of near-unanimous international condemnation

The Independent UK

Russia blames U.S. for Kaliningrad transit restrictions

Moscow's foreign ministry on Friday blamed the United States for a Lithuanian ban on sanctioned goods crossing from the Russian mainland to the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad, which has increased already high tensions between Moscow and the West.

Reuters

Ukraine war: Is Kazakhstan going cool on Russia?

President Tokayev publicly refused to recognise separatist regions in Ukraine, enraging some Kremlin officials.

Al Jazeera

With Vladimir Putin And Narendra Modi In Audience, Xi Jinping Calls For World To End 'Sanctions Abuse'

Targeting Western sanctions against Moscow for invading Ukraine, Chinese President Xi Jinping said the world "must abandon Cold War mentality" and "bloc confrontation."

Benzinga

Vladimir Putin ally says London will be bombed first in World War 3 in chilling outburst

One of Vladimir Putin's close allies, reservist general MP Andrey Gurulyov, 54, who is also a member of Russianparliament’s defence committee, said Moscow won't target "Warsaw, Paris or Berlin" and launch missiles at London instead

Daily Mirror

EU plans for life without Russian gas amid inflation spike

EU leaders on Friday warned that "cheap energy is gone" and agreed to boost preparations for further cuts in Russian gas, accusing Moscow of "weaponising" energy via a supply squeeze which Germany warned could partly shut its industry.

Reuters

EU Grants Ukraine Candidate Status as Fighting Rages in East

EU leaders granted "candidate status" to Ukraine in its bid to join the bloc, as tensions deepened over Russian gas supplies and Moscow's forces closed in on key cities.

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European Union Makes Ukraine Candidate for EU Membership

The European Union has agreed to make Ukraine a candidate for EU membership, setting in motion a very long process. Gaining membership could take years or even decades. Countries must meet a detailed host of economic and political conditions, including a commitment to the rule of law and other democratic…

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Ukraine, in symbolic move, files European court case against Russia

Ukraine, in a symbolic move, on Thursday said it had formally filed a case against Russia at the European Court of Human Rights to end "the mass and gross human rights violations" by Moscow's forces during the war in Ukraine.

Daily Mirror

Putin 'weaponising hunger' as western officials warn global food crisis could last years

Moscow's grain blockade in Ukraine has sparked an "unprecedented scale of global food insecurity" which is hitting the poorest nations hardest

Daily Mirror

Russian state TV in chilling threat as it urges British Embassy address to be changed

The British Embassy in Moscow should be changed to "Sarmat Square" after Vladimir Putin's flagship Satan-2 nuclear bomb. It comes after petty Putin renamed the American Embassy's address

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Ukraine war: all eyes on Lithuania as sanctions close Russian land access to Kaliningrad

Tensions between Russia and Nato, already stretched considerably by the invasion of Ukraine, have ratcheted up even further over Kaliningrad, a small piece of Russian territory sandwiched between Poland and Lithuania on the Baltic coast and cut off from mainland Russia.

Asharq Al-Awsat

US Long-range Rocket Systems Arrive in Ukraine

Ukraine said on Thursday it had received US supplies of High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS), a powerful long-range weapon system that Kyiv hopes can help turn the tide on Russia's invasion. Moscow's forces are advancing in Ukraine's east in a bid to capture the industrial heartland known as the…

The Independent UK

Sanctioned Russian oligarch yacht in Dubai as pressure grows

A sleek $156 million superyacht belonging to a sanctioned Russian oligarch and parliamentarian is now docked in Dubai, the latest reminder of how the skyscraper-studded sheikhdom has become a haven for Russian money amid Moscow’s war on Ukraine

Benzinga

How Vladimir Putin's Russia Is Transporting Oil To India Via Dubai, Skirting Western Sanctions

Official data has shown that India is helping Russia export oil to the South Asian nation and elsewhere amid the global sanctions on Moscow for invading Ukraine.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lavrov Discusses ‘Regional Security’, ‘Nuclear Deal’ in Tehran

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian, at the start of a two-day visit, during which he will discuss the war in Ukraine, regional security and the Iranian nuclear talks. In a statement, the Russian foreign ministry said that discussions with…

Reuters

Russian oil tankers get India safety cover via Dubai company

India is providing safety certification for dozens of ships managed by a Dubai subsidiary of top Russian shipping group Sovcomflot, official data showed, enabling oil exports to India and elsewhere after Western certifiers withdrew their services due to global sanctions against Moscow.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Vienna Returns as World's 'Most Livable City'

The Austrian capital Vienna has made a comeback as the world's most livable city, according to an annual report from the Economist published Thursday. The Ukrainian capital Kyiv was not included this year after Russia invaded the country in late February, while Russian cities Moscow and St Petersburg fell in…

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