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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…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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

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The Guardian - UK

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…

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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

The Guardian - UK

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.

Reuters

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

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

The Independent 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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Mariupol mayor says 10,000 killed as west fears fresh Russian assault on eastern Ukraine

Russia wants a ‘diminished’ victory in time for annual 9 May parade in Moscow, west believes

The Independent UK

New phase of Ukraine war brings no obvious route to end fighting

Analysis: west faces dilemma as Moscow and Kyiv prepare for trial of strength in Donbas

The Guardian - UK

Putin could TRIPLE troop numbers in Donbas as Moscow plots new assault on east Ukraine - officials

It came amid warnings that Russian soldiers had become “desensitised” to the horrors of war in Ukraine.

Daily Mirror

Mariupol Mayor Says Siege Has Killed More than 10,000 Civilians

The mayor of the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol said Monday that more than 10,000 civilians have died in the Russian siege of his city, and that the death toll could surpass 20,000, with corpses that were "carpeted through the streets.” Speaking by phone Monday to The Associated Press, Mayor…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Austrian chancellor tells Putin to end Ukraine war

Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer says he told Russian President Vladimir Putin to end his invasion of Ukraine and raised the issue of “serious war crimes" committed by Russian troops

The Independent UK

Draining Russia of a new generation of talented émigrés

If anything good can come from continuing diplomatic relations with Russia, it might be our embassy in Moscow helping skilled Russians to flee the Putin regime.

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Russia Says West Helping Ukraine Prepare Fake Allegations of War Crimes

Moscow said on Monday that the United States and Britain were helping Ukraine prepare fake claims about the alleged persecution of civilians in Ukraine to feed to international media in an attempt to smear Russia. Since Russian troops withdrew from towns and villages around the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, Ukrainian troops…

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Austrian Chancellor Tells Putin to End Ukraine War

Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer said Monday that he urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the invasion of Ukraine and raised the issue of "serious war crimes” committed by the Russian military. Nehammer was the first European leader to meet Putin in Moscow since Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine…

Reuters

Russia says West helping Ukraine prepare fake allegations of war crimes

The Independent UK

Russia could triple troop numbers in bid to take Donbas, say Western officials

Moscow’s troops are ill-disciplined but becoming desensitised to war and committing ‘revolting’ acts, one official said.

Reuters

Russian ambassador accuses Poland of seizing diplomatic property

Russia's ambassador to Poland on Monday accused the Polish authorities of seizing Russian diplomatic property in Warsaw as the two countries' already fraught relations have soured further over Moscow's military campaign in Ukraine.

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Army experience drives Ukraine's Vereshchuk to secure prisoner release

It's the five years spent serving in the Ukrainian army that drives Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk's passion to secure the release of every single prisoner of war being held in Russia.

Reuters

Austrian leader holds 'open and tough' talks with Putin in Moscow

Austria's Chancellor Karl Nehammer held "direct, open and tough" talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Monday, in a visit that drew mixed European reactions including surprise, scepticism and condemnation.

Los Angeles Times

Russia’s Ukraine invasion has escalated a brewing battle over space

WASHINGTON — A 57-second video posted by the Russian government last month caught the attention of scientists and diplomats, but not in a way that inspired optimism about the future of global cooperation in outer space.

The Independent UK

Polish panel: Russia behind Polish leader's plane crash

A Polish government special commission has reinforced its previous allegations that the 2010 plane crash that killed President Lech Kaczynski and 95 others in Russia was the result of Moscow's assassination plan

The Guardian - UK

Austrian chancellor confronts Putin over Ukraine war crimes

Karl Nehammer becomes first western leader to hold face-to-face talks with Russian president since invasion of Ukraine

Reuters

Russia will not pause military operation in Ukraine for peace talks

Russia will not pause its military operation in Ukraine for subsequent rounds of peace talks, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday.

Radio France Internationale

French bank Société Générale loses billions in Russian pull-out

French banking group Société Générale has announced that it is ceasing activities in Russia and selling its majority stake in the indigenous operation Rosbank, French firms have been urged to leave Russia in the wake of Moscow's invasion of neighbouring Ukraine.

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