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Ukraine's Zelenskiy mocks Putin for saying war is going to plan

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Wednesday mocked Moscow's insistence that the war against his nation was going well, asking how President Vladimir Putin could have approved a plan that involved so many Russians dying.

Reuters

As Russia menaces Ukraine’s east, Putin says peace talks hit ‘dead end’

KYIV, Ukraine — As Russian forces pressed ahead Tuesday in their drive to seize the strategic southern port of Mariupol and encircle Ukrainian defenders in the country’s east, Russian President Vladimir Putin defended his invasion as a noble cause.

Los Angeles Times

Ukraine's Zelenskiy proposes swapping pro-Russian politician for prisoners

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Wednesday proposed swapping senior pro-Russian politician Viktor Medvedchuk for male and female prisoners of war being held by Moscow's forces.

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EXPLAINER: New front, same challenges for Russian offensive

Russia is readying a massive, new offensive in eastern Ukraine, hoping to reverse its fortunes on the battlefield after a catastrophic start to seven weeks of war

The Independent UK

‘New stage of terror’ possible, Zelenskyy warns as Russia menaces Ukraine’s east and Putin vows to press on

KYIV, Ukraine — As Russian forces pressed ahead Tuesday in their drive to seize the strategic southern port of Mariupol and encircle Ukrainian defenders in the country’s east, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the nearly 7-week-old war could be entering a “new stage of terror” for his embattled country, and again…

Los Angeles Times

Russian court sentences journalists to corrective labour for protest violations

Four journalists who worked for a Moscow student magazine were sentenced to two years of corrective labour by a Russian court on Tuesday for encouraging minors to take part in anti-Kremlin protests, Interfax news agency reported.

Reuters

Russian court dismisses appeal of jailed former U.S. Marine Trevor Reed

A Moscow court declined on Tuesday to rule on an appeal from a jailed former U.S. marine, who is seeking to overturn a nine-year sentence for an attack on two Russian police officers which he denies.

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Civilians flee eastern Ukraine ahead of new Russian offensive

Governor of Luhansk urges people to evacuate as Vladimir Putin insists Moscow will achieve its ‘noble’ aims

The Guardian - UK

Abandoned in east Ukraine, cats and dogs look for new homes in Russia

With the trunk of her car filled to the brim with pet carriers, Yulia drives across the conflict-torn Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine to pick up cats and dogs abandoned by owners who fled in the hope of finding them new homes in Russia.

Reuters

Putin says Russia ‘had no other choice’ in Ukraine

Putin reaffirms that Russia’s military aims to protect people in rebel-controlled areas of eastern Ukraine.

Al Jazeera

Vladimir Putin says Russian invasion of Ukraine 'noble' and the 'right decision'

Russian President Vladimir Putin warns the West that attempts to isolate Moscow will fail, citing the success of the Soviet space program as evidence Russia can achieve spectacular leaps forward in tough conditions.

ABC News

Cambridge-educated Russian opposition activist detained Vladimir Kara-Murza detained in Moscow

A prominent Russian opposition activist has been detained in Moscow, according to reports.

Evening Standard

Putin Warns the West: Russia Cannot Be Isolated - Or Held Back

President Vladimir Putin warned the West on Tuesday that attempts to isolate Moscow would fail, citing the success of the Soviet space program as evidence that Russia could achieve spectacular leaps forward in tough conditions. Russia says it will never again depend on the West after the United States and…

Asharq Al-Awsat

First Thing: Russia using weapons ‘smuggled by Iran’ in Ukraine

Anti-tank missiles and RPG’s are being supplied through undercover networks via Iraq, militia there say. Plus, how sonic pollution hurts marine life

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Putin says Russia will achieve 'noble' aims of its Ukraine military campaign

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Moscow's military operation in Ukraine would undoubtedly achieve what he said were its "noble" objectives.

The Independent UK

Live Updates | Separatists deny using chemical weapons

A spokesman for Moscow-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine has denied using chemical weapons to uproot Ukrainian troops in the port city of Mariupol

Al Jazeera

Who is the general leading Russia’s new war strategy in Ukraine?

Dubbed the ‘butcher’ of Aleppo and Grozny, Aleksandr Dvornikov, was honoured with a Hero of Russia medal in 2016.

Al Jazeera

Vladimir Kara-Murza: Prominent Russian anti-war activist held

Opposition politician Vladimir Kara-Murza repeatedly criticised Russia’s military intervention in Ukraine.

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukraine Braces for Fall of Mariupol to Russia

Russia was poised Monday to take the strategic city of Mariupol and unleash a massive offensive in eastern Ukraine, as fresh diplomatic efforts with Moscow to broker a peace offered little hope of de-escalation. With the war grinding toward its seventh week, Austria's leader said he had raised alleged Russian…

The Guardian - UK

Civilians flee eastern Ukraine in advance of a widely forecast attack – as it happened

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Biden says Russia appears to be committing ‘genocide’ in Ukraine

US President Joe Biden on Tuesday said “evidence is mounting” that Russia is committing genocide in Ukraine, although it would be up to lawyers to make a final determination. Earlier Tuesday, Kyiv said ongoing talks with Russia to end the war were “extremely difficult” after Moscow accused Ukrainian negotiators of…

The Guardian - UK

Russia ‘using weapons smuggled by Iran from Iraq against Ukraine’

Iraqi militias and others say undercover networks being used to supply materiel such as RPGs and anti-tank missiles

Reuters

Putin's top ally in Ukraine arrested, say authorities

Ukraine on Tuesday said it arrested the Kremlin's most prominent ally in the country as Russian President Vladimir Putin gave his strongest signal yet the war will grind on, warning peace talks were at a dead end.

The Independent UK

Austrian chancellor says Putin meeting was ‘not a friendly visit’

‘The conversation with president Putin was very direct, open and tough,’ Nehammer says

The Guardian - UK

Prominent Russian opposition activist jailed in Moscow

Vladimir Kara-Murza is a critic of the invasion of Ukraine and described the Kremlin as a ‘regime of murderers’

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