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Seven die in fire at Russia defence institute – reports

Fire at a weapons research facility in Tver was followed hours later by reports of a blaze at key chemical plant in Kineshma

The Guardian - AU

Boris Johnson to offer India defence support in bid to loosen ties with Russia

The Prime Minister wants New Delhi to reduce the amount of arms it buys from Moscow.

The Independent UK

Organization of American States suspends Russia's permanent observer status

The Organization of American States (OAS) said on Thursday it adopted a resolution suspending Russia as a permanent observer to the inter-governmental institution over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.

Reuters

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Marine Le Pen, the Rassemblement National and Russia: history of a strategic alliance

Days before the second round of the French presidential elections, far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen (Rassemblement National, RN) spelled out some of her foreign policy priorities: limit military support to Ukraine and steer clear from voting new sanctions against Russia; leave NATO’s integrated command; and relaunch a “strategic rapprochement…

The Conversation

Tennis-Ukraine's Svitolina says anti-war Russians, Belarusians should not face ban

Elina Svitolina said Russian and Belarusian players who denounce Moscow's invasion of her country Ukraine should be allowed to participate at Wimbledon.

Reuters

Failure to end Ukrainian resistance in Mariupol ‘hampering Russian advance’

Western officials said President Putin may want to score a military success ahead of May 9 Victory Day parade in Moscow.

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: Why the battle for Mariupol's steel mill matters

Russian President Vladimir Putin is claiming control over Ukraine’s seaside city of Mariupol even as its defenders are holding out inside a massive steel mill near the water

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Explainer-Mariupol, the ruined port city that Russia says it has "liberated"

The port city of Mariupol on the Sea of Azov, reduced to a wasteland littered with bodies by nearly two months of siege and bombardment that Ukraine says killed tens of thousands of civilians, is a big strategic prize for Russia.

Reuters

Russia Ukraine war: Who is Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov?

Ramzan Kadyrov is a key ally of the Russian president and one of the most feared men in Moscow

The Independent UK

Zelenskiy says visit to Moscow 'out of the question' right now - report

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has ruled out heading to Moscow for direct talks with Russian leaders on ending the war, he was quoted on Thursday as saying.

Reuters

Factbox-What is the chain of command for a potential Russian nuclear strike?

President Vladimir Putin has once again promoted Russia's nuclear might against the backdrop of the Ukraine conflict, saying on Wednesday that a new ballistic missile system should make Moscow's enemies stop and think.

Reuters

Russia: programme of 'patriotic education' aims to create next generation of Putin faithful

As Russia shifts the focus of its “special military operation” in Ukraine to the Donbas region, there seems no end in sight to the fighting. Casualties on both sides are mounting. While Ukraine is able to call on its citizens to help defend their homeland from Russian aggression, Moscow’s ability…

The Conversation

Kremlin asks why Zelenskiy is not seeing its proposal

The Kremlin said on Thursday that Moscow was still waiting for Ukraine's response to Russia's latest written proposal in peace talks between the two sides, and questioned why Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy was unaware of the document.

Reuters

Mariupol timeline: How the Ukrainian seaport became a city under siege

A coastal export hub, home to 400,000 people just two months ago, the city has borne the brunt of Russian brutality as Moscow seeks land bridge between Crimea and Donbas

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Special Report: Sanctioned weapons mogul who supplied Russia’s troops has ties to Philip Morris

A longtime Russian business associate of American tobacco giant Philip Morris International Inc - a billionaire whose holdings have included a major stake in a weapons plant supplying Russia’s military - has been sanctioned in Europe for aiding Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, according to a Reuters review of business registries…

Reuters

Russia closes Baltic consulates, expels employees

Russia has ordered the closure of the Latvian, Lithuanian and Estonian consulates and asked their employees to leave in a retaliatory move, Moscow's foreign ministry said on Thursday.

France 24

Ukrainian novelist Andrey Kurkov on identity and language in the Donbas

Moscow has officially begun a "new phase" of its war in Ukraine, shifting its attention to the largely Russian-speaking Donbas. Prior to the February invasion, Russian proxies, who created pro-Moscow statelets, controlled around a third of the Donbas region. With striking prescience, novelist Andrey Kurkov explored the conflict from the…

Evening Standard

Londoner’s Diary: Stranded in Ukraine, star of gay love film cancelled by Moscow

In today’s Diary: More woes for film Firebird / Pete Doherty to release memoir / Police silent on Jemima Goldsmith protests / Piers Morgan on his secret Tory away day invite

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Al Jazeera

UN chief asks to meet Putin, Zelenskyy to negotiate end to war

Antonio Guterres sends separate letters asking Russia and Ukraine’s leaders to receive him in Moscow and Kyiv.

The Independent UK

Why has Russia invaded Ukraine? The conflict explained

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

Radio France Internationale

G20 walk out in condemnation of Russia's war in Ukraine

Senior officials from Britain, the United States and Canada walked out on Russia's representatives at a Group of 20 meeting on Wednesday with many members condemning Moscow's war in Ukraine, exposing deep divisions within the bloc of the world's major economies.

The Guardian - UK

The film Putin doesn’t want the world to see: Firebird, a gay love story about fighter pilots

It has been accused of ‘shaming Moscow’ and ‘punching the Russian soldier in the face’. But the makers of this powerful drama about dogfights and dangerous desires refuse to be silenced

The Guardian - UK

‘There will be no way back’: will war change Finland’s pragmatic approach to Russia?

Finland’s parliament has begun discussing report outlining implications and risks of Nato membership

Al Jazeera

Why Chinese bankcard chips may not ease Putin’s economic pain

Russia has turned to China for microchips it needs to meet surging demand for its domestic bank cards.

Reuters

Putin claims victory in Mariupol; Ukrainian fighters hold on

Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed victory on Thursday in the biggest battle of the Ukraine war, declaring the port city of Mariupol "liberated," although hundreds of Ukrainian troops and civilians were still holding out inside a giant steel works.

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