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Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 624

UK ministry of defence says Russian military ‘overextended’; Hungary says EU should not start membership talks with Ukraine

The Guardian - AU · Nov 9, 2023

Russia reportedly is using Ukrainian POWs to fight in their homeland on Moscow's side

A Russian news agency is reporting that the country is preparing to send a battalion of Ukrainian prisoners of war to the front lines in their homeland to fight on Moscow’s side in the war

The Independent UK · Nov 8, 2023

Moldova and Ukraine’s accelerated path to EU marks Russia’s waning influence

Invasion of Ukraine has fast-tracked timetable for the countries to join bloc after years of ‘economic warfare’

The Guardian - UK · Nov 8, 2023

Russia seeks an 8-year prison term for an artist and musician who protested the war in Ukraine

Russian authorities are seeking an eight-year prison term for an artist and musician who was jailed after protesting the war in Ukraine

The Independent UK · Nov 8, 2023

Russian artist facing eight years in prison after supermarket protest against Ukraine war

Alexandra Skochilenko reportedly swapped price tags with pieces of paper calling for an end to the conflict

Evening Standard · Nov 8, 2023

Russia's decision to ditch cold war arms limitation treaty raises tensions with Nato

Russia has pulled out of an important cold war-era treaty which limited categories of conventional military equipment that Nato and the then-Warsaw Pact could deploy. The 1990 Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) was intended to use the warming of relations between east and west to minimise the…

The Conversation · Nov 8, 2023

‘In the Rearview’: Filmmaker who drove hundreds to safety documents plight of Ukrainians

“In the Rearview”, about filmmaker Maciek Hamela’s efforts to rescue civilians stranded by war, is a gripping testimony to the plight of the millions of Ukrainians displaced by Russia’s invasion. As the award-winning documentary opens in French cinemas on Wednesday, its Polish director hopes it will remind viewers of what…

France 24 · Nov 8, 2023

Car bomb kills Russia-backed politician in east Ukraine

Numerous attacks have targeted Moscow-installed officials in the Ukrainian regions to which Russia lays claim.

Al Jazeera · Nov 8, 2023

Junta-led Myanmar holds joint naval exercise with top arms supplier Russia

The military-run Southeast Asian nation of Myanmar is holding its first joint naval exercise with Russia, state media reported Tuesday, with the countries carrying out maneuvers in the Andaman Sea.

France 24 · Nov 8, 2023

A top Chinese military official visits Moscow for talks on expanding ties

A senior Chinese military official is visiting Moscow and is hailing strong ties between the countries during a trip that underlined growing cooperation between them

The Independent UK · Nov 8, 2023