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Ukraine: Russia-backed separatist stirs fears of chemical weapons

Russia has allegedly used banned weapons several times in the past, including in the 2002 Moscow hostage crisis.

Al Jazeera

Putin Vows War Will Continue as Russian Troops Mount in East

Russia vowed to continue its bloody offensive in Ukraine as the war neared its seventh week Wednesday, as President Vladimir Putin insisted the campaign was going as planned despite a major withdrawal and significant losses. Thwarted in their push toward the capital, Kyiv, Russian troops focused on the eastern region…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Why does Russia want to block Ukraine from joining Nato?

Vladimir Putin vehemently opposed to neighbouring state signing up to western military alliance

The Independent UK

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Why has Russia invaded Ukraine? The conflict explained

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

The Independent UK

Steven Seagal tells Putin allies ‘I love you all’ during 70th birthday party in Moscow

‘We stand together, through thick and through thin,’ former Hollywood action star told gathering

The Independent UK

Putin vows war will continue as Russian troops mount in east

Russia is vowing to continue its bloody offensive in Ukraine as the war’s sixth week wraps up Wednesday

The Independent UK

U.S. urges release of Putin critic detained in Moscow hours after calling Kremlin "murderers"

The Washington Post said its contributor's detention for "disobeying a police order" was a "trumped-up" charge.

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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.

Reuters

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.

Reuters

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The Guardian - UK

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

Reuters

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.

Al Jazeera

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.

ABC News

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.

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Evening Standard

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.

Asharq Al-Awsat

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…

The Guardian - UK

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

Reuters

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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