The Latest Breaking News from Russia

UK launches crackdown on sanctions-busting by Russia’s allies

Biggest ever UK action on military suppliers in third countries comes after dramatic plea from Ukraine’s first lady in interview with Independent TV

The Independent UK · Aug 8, 2023

It’s almost 18 months since Russia invaded Ukraine, and peace seems no closer

Both countries still believe they can prevail, and that belief is more powerful than any evidence suggesting that neither side can truly win

The Guardian - US · Aug 8, 2023

Kremlin rushes out schoolbook praising Putin’s Ukraine invasion

Textbook written in just a few month seeks to justify war as Moscow tightens grip on historial narrative within Russia

The Independent UK · Aug 8, 2023

Russia-Ukraine war: Kyiv claims to have foiled Russian hacking of armed forces combat system – as it happened

Ukrainian special service says it has ‘blocked the illegal actions of Russian hackers who tried to penetrate military networks’

The Guardian - AU · Aug 8, 2023

Explainer: What’s behind the Niger coup?

After last week’s surprise coup in Niger, the Russian military group Wagner is taking advantage of the chaos and anti-French sentiment, says journalist Garé Amadou in Niamey, while ordinary Nigeriens are preparing for the worst

The Guardian - UK · Aug 8, 2023

Ukraine creates database of art linked to sanctions-hit Russians

Corruption agency hopes portal will ‘make it difficult for Russian oligarchs to sell such assets’

The Guardian - UK · Aug 8, 2023

India, Brazil and rest of global south break away from the US-led world order

NEW DELHI: Let Trade Run Free. Tie your currency to the US dollar. Align your foreign policy with America’s. The US and its Western partners wrote these economic rules, a cornerstone of the world order prevailing since World War II. Now developing countries, often called the Global South, are quietly…

The Times of India · Aug 8, 2023

Ukraine-Russia war – live: Putin’s troops ‘targeted rescue workers’ in deadly ‘double-tap’ attack in Pokrovsk

Rescue mission in Ukraine city Pokrovsk after strike by Russian missiles kills seven

The Independent UK · Aug 8, 2023

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 531

Here is the situation on Tuesday, August 8, 2023.

Al Jazeera · Aug 8, 2023

Russia releases history schoolbook praising Ukraine invasion

Textbook apparently written in just five months is part of Kremlin’s tightening of control over historical narrative in schools

The Guardian - UK · Aug 8, 2023