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Top European leaders visit Kyiv amid fierce Russian attacks in the Donbas

TORETSK, Ukraine — The leaders of the European Union’s three most influential countries arrived in Ukraine on Thursday in one of the biggest displays of support for the beleaguered nation after four months of Russian assault.

Los Angeles Times

Russian Sanctions Hurting Small Italian Fashion Producers

Fine Italian knitwear packed in boxes addressed to retailers in Moscow, St. Petersburg and Kursk sit stacked in a Lombardy warehouse awaiting dispatch. Although not subject to sanctions to punish Russia for invading Ukraine, the garments are not likely to ship any time soon. Missing payments from the Russian retailers…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia arrests belly dancer, 33, on suspicion of high treason and being a spy

Yekaterina ‘Katya’ Zavalishina - a Russian university graduate - is being held as a suspected spy in the Russian capital by the FSB, Russia’s counterintelligence service

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Ukraine news - live: Russian spy tried to infiltrate the Hague, claims Dutch intelligence

The Netherlands has classed the attempt to access information as a ‘high-level threat’

The Independent UK

European leaders visit Ukraine, dangling hope of EU membership

The leaders of Germany, France and Italy, all criticised in the past by Kyiv for support viewed as too cautious, visited Ukraine on Thursday and offered the hope of EU membership to a country pleading for weapons to fend off Russia's invasion.

Reuters

Fears grow for 500 Ukrainians trapped in chemical plant - including 40 children

More than 500 civilians, including 40 children, are stranded at the Azot chemical plant. Severodonetsk has for weeks been the main focal point of the war between Russia and Ukraine

Daily Mirror

Russia expresses 'serious concern' to Israeli ambassador over Syria air strikes

Russia expressed "serious concern" on Wednesday to Israel's ambassador about air strikes that shut down Syria's Damascus International Airport last week, the foreign ministry said in a statement.

Reuters

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Vladimir Putin grabs table so hard his hand bulges with veins in tense TV appearance

The Russian leader was seen gripping a table so hard his veins bulged during a meeting with CEO of RusNano State Corporation Sergey Kulikov in Moscow

Daily Mirror

Turkey Says Ukraine Grain Ships Could Avoid Mines, Russia Offers Safe Passage

Russia said on Wednesday it has offered "safe passage" for Ukraine grain shipments from the country's Black Sea ports, but is not responsible for establishing the corridors, as Turkey suggested that ships could be guided around sea mines. Ukrainian grain shipments have stalled since Russia's invasion and ports blockade, stoking…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukraine ignores Russian ultimatum to surrender Sievierodonetsk

Fears grow over the hundreds of civilians believed to be sheltering in the city’s Azot chemical plant

The Guardian - UK

Exclusive-U.S. targets Russia with tech to evade censorship of Ukraine news

The U.S. government has pushed new, increased funding into three technology companies since the start of the Ukraine conflict to help Russians sidestep censors and access Western media, according to five people familiar with the situation.

Reuters

The Baltic states want more NATO. They won't get all they seek

Since Russia invaded Ukraine in February, the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have been calling for their region to receive the biggest build-up of combat-ready NATO forces in Europe since the end of the Cold War, to be agreed at a summit on June 28-30 in Madrid.

Reuters

Alexander Govor: The Siberian billionaire behind the ‘Russian McDonald’s’

First 15 branches of Vkusno i Tochka open in Moscow, without McNuggets or McFlurrys, after American fast-food giant boycotts country over war in Ukraine

The Independent UK

Moscow willing to listen to UK appeal over death sentence for Nottinghamshire man Aiden Aslin

There have been suggestions a prisoner swap could be negotiated

Nottingham Post

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Macron toughens tone on Russia before possible Ukraine visit

President Emmanuel Macron voiced a tougher line on Russia on Wednesday after visiting French and allied troops at a NATO base in Romania, seeking to assuage concerns in Ukraine and among some European allies over his previous stance towards Moscow.

The Independent UK

Why did Russia invade Ukraine?

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

The Times of India

EU bought 61% of Russia's fossil fuels in first 100 days of Ukraine war

NEW DELHI: Russia's invasion of Ukraine since late February has pushed up energy prices to record highs and tightened global supplies.

The Independent UK

Nato chief calls for more artillery for Ukraine as Moscow ‘invites’ Aslin appeal

Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said she will do ‘whatever is necessary’ to secure the release of Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner.

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Bangkok Post

Indonesia leader to meet Putin in Moscow

Indonesian President Joko Widodo will visit Moscow for a meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on June 30, according to a Russian news agency.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia Considers Turkey’s Possible Military Operation in Syria Unwise

Russia considers Turkey's possible military operation in Syria unwise as it could escalate and destabilize the situation, the RIA news agency cited Russia's Syria envoy Alexander Lavrentyev as saying on Wednesday. Lavrentyev also said Moscow no longer considered Geneva a suitable venue for talks between Syrians, according to the TASS…

Wales Online

Moscow willing to consider UK appeal over British fighters sentenced to death

Putin spokesman says there has been no British approach over captured pair Aiden Aslin and Sean Pinner

WEKU

Russia extends Brittney Griner's detention until at least July 2

WNBA star Brittney Griner will remain in Russian custody through at least July 2, Russian state media reported. The U.S. says she is being wrongfully detained.

The Independent UK

WNBA star Griner's Russia detention extended for third time

U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner will remain in Russian custody through at least July 2 after her detention was extended for a third time, Russian state-run media has reported

The Independent UK

Moscow bans scores of British journalists from entering Russia

In total, 29 journalists have been banned

Reuters

Russia bans 29 British journalists, along with defence figures

Russia has banned dozens of British journalists, media representatives and defence figures from entering the country, the foreign ministry said on Tuesday.

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