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Nine NATO countries pledge new military aid for Ukraine

(This Jan.19 story has been officially corrected to say that 9 countries were involved, not 11, in the headline and lead; removes Germany and Spain from paragraph 3, after Estonia revised its statement)

Reuters

DAVOS 2023: Moldova's Sandu asks allies for air defences, says Russia trying to destabilise country

Moldova has asked allies to strengthen its air defence capabilities as war rages in neighbouring Ukraine, although what the country calls Russian efforts to destabilise it have so far failed, President Maia Sandu said on Thursday.

Reuters

Iran slams EU Parliament for proposal to brand Revolutionary Guard as terrorists

Tehran reacted angrily after the European Parliament called on Thursday for the EU to list Iran's Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist organisation. The parliamentary motion blames the powerful force for the repression of protesters and the supply of drones to Russia.

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Blogger killed by poison sent to her in hospital died due to neglect, inquest finds

Mental health blogger Beth Matthews had a large following on social media, where she previously discussed a ‘failed suicide attempt’ in 2019 - she died at the The Priory Hospital Cheadle Royal in March last year after receiving a package from Russia

Daily Mirror

Russia to stay a threat even if it loses war, says top NATO officer

Russia will remain a threat to NATO even if its forces are defeated in Ukraine, a top military official in the Western alliance said on Thursday.

Reuters

Russia's Putin holds second phone call in just over a week with Iranian president

Russian President Vladimir Putin held a telephone call with his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi on Thursday, the Kremlin said, their second conversation in nine days.

Reuters

Russia, China to hold naval drills off South Africa

Russia and China will conduct naval drills off the coast of South Africa next month in another indication of their strengthening relationships with Africa’s most developed country amid the war in Ukraine and global financial uncertainty

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Poland reviews security after divers found near key port

Poland's prime minister has requested a security review of strategic infrastructure after three foreign divers were rescued from near a key oil port where they had no authorization to be

The Independent UK

ECHR asks Britain to respond to election interference legal claim

The European Court of Human Rights on Thursday requested a response from the British government to a legal claim brought by three lawmakers who accuse it of failing to properly investigate alleged Russian interference in elections.

Reuters

Vladimir Putin orders 21 mobile crematoriums amid 'colossal' Russian war losses

The Kremlin is acutely aware of its toll of "irretrievable losses" and wants to hide the scale of deaths of mobilised troops from everydays Russians - so has deployed several mobile crematoriums to help Vladimir Putin cover his tracks

Daily Mirror

EU's Michel in Kyiv with message of support for Ukraine

European Council President Charles Michel declared during a visit to Kyiv on Thursday that "we must spare no effort" in helping Ukraine join the 27-member bloc.

Reuters

He fled Russia's draft, now he's stranded in a South Korean airport

For two months now, 23-year-old Russian Vladimir Maraktayev has been living in an airport departure lounge.

Reuters

Ukraine’s defeat in Donbas is a victory for Russia’s growing mafia state

The map is moving again. In Eastern Ukraine, after months of severe retreats, Vladimir Putin’s forces made their first significant advance: capturing the salt mine town of Soledar. It wasn’t, however, General Valery Gerasimov, the Kremlin’s military chief in Ukraine, who first rushed to claim victory — posing in a…

Evening Standard

2 Swedes Get Lengthy Sentences in Russia Espionage Case

Two Iranian-born Swedish brothers were given lengthy prison sentences on Thursday for spying for Russia and its military intelligence service GRU for a decade. The oldest of the two naturalized Swedes — Peyman Kia — was sentenced to life, while his younger brother, Payam Kia, was sentenced to nine years…

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Ukraine President Zelensky says Vladimir Putin could be dead in bombshell speech

Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, urging his allies to send more weapons to his army before new Russian offensives

Reuters

Davos 2023: Ex-UK PM Johnson urges allies to double down on Ukraine support

Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday urged allies to double down on sending military equipment to support Ukraine and speed up an end to the war with Russia.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Trudy Rubin: As Russia murders civilians in Dnipro, why won't NATO send weapons that could end the war?

To understand why Russia's war on Ukraine remains the key foreign issue for Americans in 2023, you should watch the video of a Ukrainian mother whose son died when a Russian missile blasted a nine-story apartment building in Dnipro on Saturday.

Reuters

Brothers found guilty of spying for Russia in Sweden

A Swedish court on Thursday found a former security services and armed forces employee and his younger brother guilty of spying for Russia' foreign military intelligence agency over the past decade.

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Kremlin: The sooner Ukraine accepts our demands, sooner conflict can end

The Kremlin said on Thursday that the sooner Ukraine accepted Russia's demands, the sooner the conflict there could end.

The Independent UK

Zelenskyy ramps up pressure on Western allies to send tanks

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has bared his frustration about not obtaining enough tanks from some Western countries to help Ukraine’s defend against Russian forces

The Guardian - UK

Boris Johnson urges west to ignore Putin threats and give Ukraine tanks

Former PM calls for heavy weapons supplies and brands Russian nuclear threats as ‘nonsense’ in Davos appearance

The Independent UK

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has bared his frustration about not obtaining enough tanks from some Western countries to help Ukraine’s defend against Russian forces

Reuters

Russia's Wagner boss heralds Bakhmut area advances, warns victory still distant

The founder of Russia's Wagner mercenary group Yevgeny Prigozhin said on Thursday that his forces had taken the village of Klishchiivka, on the edge of the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, but said that Ukrainian forces could not be forced from Bakhmut swiftly.

France 24

Tanks 'must be delivered' to Ukraine, EU's Charles Michel says after visit to Kyiv

European Council president Charles Michel said tanks "must be delivered" to Ukraine after he visited the war-torn country on Thursday for talks with President Volodymyr Zelensky. The Ukrainian president said earlier in the day that investigators were examining the causes for a helicopter crash near Kyiv that killed the country's…

Daily Mirror

Boris Johnson compares Vladimir Putin to 'the fat boy in Dickens' in bizarre speech

The former prime minister also urged his audience at the World Economic Forum in Davos to "stop worrying about Kremlinology" insisting Russia will "never" use nuclear weapons

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