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Russia close to encircling Ukraine's Bakhmut after months of fighting

Russian artillery pounded the last routes out of Bakhmut recently, aiming to complete the encirclement of the besieged Ukrainian city and bring Moscow closer to its first major victory in half a year after the bloodiest battle of the war.

The Times of India

Russian minister’s claim Ukraine war ‘launched against us’ met with laughter

Sergei Lavrov says Moscow ‘trying to stop’ war in remarks at India’s Raisina Dialogue conference

The Guardian - UK

Race to get last children out of Bakhmut as city becomes ‘hell on earth’

With Russian forces closing in, police try to persuade remaining citizens to get out and access routes come under fire• Russia–Ukraine war: latest updates

The Guardian - UK

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North Korea's state media backs Russian call for probe into pipeline blast

North Korean state media weighed in on Saturday on allegations that Western nations were involved in blasts that damaged Russia's undersea Nord Stream gas pipelines last year, in the latest move by Pyongyang to express support for Moscow.

Reuters

Ukrainian forces under ‘severe pressure’ and deploying ‘elite units’ to Bakhmut, UK says

In its latest intelligence update, the MoD tweeted that Kyiv is ‘reinforcing the area with elite units’ and destroying key bridges, but Russian forces are making further advances

Evening Standard

Daily Dose Ep 1293: 300 new Covid cases in India, Sputnik V scientist found dead

Gurmehar Kaur brings you the news from West Bengal, Karnataka, Russia and India’s health ministry.

Newslaundry

Russia's Wagner boss publishes video showing coffins of dead Ukrainian troops being shipped home

Yevgeny Prigozhin, founder of Russia's Wagner Group mercenary force, published a video on Saturday showing what he said were coffins containing bodies of Ukrainian soldiers being repatriated to territory held by Kyiv.

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An American walked her pet cow in Moscow's Red Square. Spoiler alert: Trouble ensued

Animal rights activist Alicia Day says she routinely walks her farm animals in public to encourage people to think twice about eating meat. Why she chose to do so in the center of Moscow isn't clear.

WEKU

Ukrainians defending Bakhmut under severe pressure from Russian onslaught

Regular army and Wagner units advancing into northern suburbs of north-east Donetsk city, MoD reports

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine war: Victory this year or ‘Ukrainians will become increasingly ground down,’ MP warns

Ukraine must make significant progress this year or the conflict will turn into a long drawn-out war of attrition, an MP has warned.

Evening Standard

Ukraine is dominating the election in Estonia, a key NATO ally. Here's what to watch

Prime Minister Kaja Kallas has led the former Soviet republic since 2021. She's an outspoken critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, and a vocal supporter of Ukraine.

WEKU

Audience in Delhi openly laughs as Lavrov says Ukraine war ‘launched against’ Russia

‘You know, the war, which we are trying to stop, which was launched against us,’ says Russian foreign minister

The Independent UK

Ukrainian forces face continued heavy Russian attacks, army says

Russia has spent six months trying to take the city - at a cost of 1,000 soldiers a day according to Ukraine

Evening Standard

Rightwing Republicans rail against US aid for Ukraine: ‘We’ve done enough’

War emerges as a wedge issue in the forthcoming Republican primary election as far right at CPAC call for US to end support

The Guardian - US

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France 24

Ukrainian forces cling to Bakhmut under severe Russian pressure

Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu on Saturday has carried out an inspection of the front line in eastern Ukraine, according to the ministry, as fighting raged around the besieged city of Bakhmut. Ukrainian forces defending the eastern city are facing increasingly strong pressure from Russian forces, British intelligence said. Read…

The Guardian - AU

As it happened: street fighting in Bakhmut as battle rages for control of the city

UK intelligence says Ukraine attempting to reinforce contested city with elite units but resupply lines increasingly limited

The Independent UK

China: Defense boost to meet 'complex security challenges'

China says increases in its defense budget have been “appropriate and reasonable” and are aimed at "meeting the complex security challenges and for China to fulfill its responsibilities as a major country."

The Guardian - UK

‘Putin has gone mad from power’: Kremlin critic Ilya Yashin speaks out from Russian prison

Sentenced to eight years in jail, Yashin discusses the war in Ukraine, Russian opposition and how the west can help

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Asharq Al-Awsat

US Sending Bridge-launchers to Ukraine for Spring Fight

The US announced a new $400 million military aid package for Ukraine on Friday that for the first time includes armored vehicles that can launch bridges — allowing troops to cross rivers or other gaps as Russian and Ukrainian forces remain entrenched on opposite sides of the Dnieper River. The…

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 374 of the invasion

Situation in besieged city of Bakhmut appears dire as Joe Biden and Olaf Scholz meet to coordinate support for Ukraine

Bangkok Post

The United Nations mustn't be powerless

The first anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine has been a good opportunity to reflect on the war's global implications. In addition to untold human misery, Russia's aggression triggered a historic food and energy crisis and caused global inflation to spike, endangering the world's fragile economic recovery from Covid-19. But…

ABC News

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov claims US hypocrisy, says Ukraine war 'was launched against us'

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov provokes laughter after referring to the invasion of Ukraine as "the war which was launched against us" during a diplomatic forum in India.

France 24

Germany’s Scholz announced tectonic policy shifts, but a year on, not much has budged

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz visited Washington for talks with US President Joe Biden on Friday, with Ukraine the sole item on the agenda. This comes just over a year after Scholz’s momentous “Zeitenwende” speech in reaction to the Russian invasion, in which he vowed radical changes to Germany’s defence and…

The Independent UK

Zelenskyy tells US, Europe law chiefs Russia must face court

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has met with U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland and top European legal officials, and called for Russia to face international prosecution for war crimes

France 24

Biden, Scholz meet, pledge support for Ukraine for ‘as long as it takes’

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Western allies would support Ukraine for “as long as it takes” as he visited the White House on Friday for a private meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden.

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