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What Putin's shake-up of top commanders could mean for the war in Ukraine

Jealousy. Power struggles. Political infighting. This week's shake-up of Putin's top commanders in charge of Russia's invasion in Ukraine have it all, according to some security experts.

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Russia deploys vessels in response to possible ‘threat’ at Black Sea base

In its latest intelligence update, the MoD said it is ‘unlikely’ that the deployment on Wednesday ‘signifies preparation for unusual maritime-launched cruise-missile strikes’

Evening Standard

Emergency blackouts in 'most regions' of Ukraine due to Russian shelling, minister says

Most regions in Ukraine are experiencing emergency blackouts in the wake of Russian shelling and there will be ‘difficult days’ ahead, Ukraine’s energy minister said Saturday. Russian missile strikes were reported throughout Ukraine on Saturday, including a hit on infrastructure facilities in Kyiv and explosions in the Dniprovskiy district of…

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Russian Missile Attack Hits Infrastructure in Kyiv

A Russian missile attack hit critical infrastructure in Kyiv on Saturday morning and explosions rang out in the Dniprovskiy district of the Ukrainian capital, a senior presidential official and other officials said. Reuters journalists heard a series of explosions in Kyiv before an air raid siren sounded in Kyiv. Officials…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Violence soars in Mali in the year after Russians arrive

Western officials say violence against civilians in Mali has risen in the year since hundreds of Russian mercenaries have started working alongside the West African country's armed forces to stem a decade-long insurgency by Islamic extremists

The Independent UK

Which Russian empress hired a herd of cats? Try our kids’ quiz

Five multiple-choice questions – set by children – to test your knowledge, and a chance to submit your own junior brainteasers for future quizzes

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine’s Leader Wants to Visit UN on Invasion Anniversary

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wants to visit the United Nations to address a high-level meeting of the 193-member General Assembly on the eve of the first anniversary of Russia’s Feb.

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 325 of the invasion

UN nuclear watchdog boosting presence in Ukraine; hundreds of civilians trapped in eastern town of Soledar

The Guardian - AU

Ukraine's leader wants to visit UN on invasion anniversary

A senior Ukrainian Foreign Ministry official says President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wants to visit the United Nations to address a high-level meeting of the 193-member General Assembly on the eve of the first anniversary of Russia’s Feb. 24 invasion of his country if the security situation permits

The Independent UK

Zelenskyy mocks Russian forces fighting for ‘credit’ over Soledar

Head of the Wagner mercenary group had accused Russia’s military establishment of trying to ‘steal victory’ in Soledar.

Al Jazeera

Vladimir Putin ‘will nominate his heir this year and retire to avoid revolution’

The Russian president reportedly fears being ousted by the head of a private army called the 'Wagner Group' and plans to hand over power and take refuge in his remote mansion

Daily Mirror

Michigan man returns to US after being jailed in Russia for 9 months

WASHINGTON — Taylor Dudley, a Lansing, Michigan, man who spent nine months in Russian captivity, returned with his mother to Michigan on Friday after flying overnight from Poland.

Tribune News Service

Stalling Global Car Sales In 2023

Sales are estimated at between 79 and 81 million units. China and India are growing. Europe and USA are flat. Russia is bad.

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Why the salt mines of Soledar, a 'network of underground cities', are prized by Russian mercenaries

Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the landscape around Soledar is covered in Russian corpses. The head of Russia's feared Wagner Group calls neighbouring Bakhmut a "meat grinder". So why do the Russians keep coming?

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Reuters

U.S.-Japan warn against use of force or coercion anywhere in world

The United States and Japan on Friday reiterated the importance of peace and stability in Taiwan Strait and warned against any use of a nuclear weapon by Russia in Ukraine.

The Independent UK

Russia claims victory in Soledar – but Ukraine says its troops are holding on

Taking of Donetsk town would be a symbolic win for Vladimir Putin, but the scale of casualties may make it a pyrrhic victory

ABC News

International Chess Federation prepares to announce chess world championship host city

The world's most prestigious chess match has been under a cloud of uncertainty for months since reigning champion Magnus Carlsen announced he would not defend his title.

The Guardian - AU

What happened in the Russia-Ukraine war this week? Catch up with the must-read news and analysis

The battle for Soledar; Putin reshuffles his military top brass again; west considers giving tanks to Ukraine

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Kyiv says battles ongoing in Soledar and denies Russians have taken town – as it happened

Spokesperson for Ukraine army says statements from Russia that it has captured Soledar ‘are not true’

The Independent UK

Olympic skater Kamila Valieva bore ‘no fault’ for failed drugs test, Russian investigation finds

The result of the Russian anti-doping agency’s overdue investigation has been made public by the World Anti-Doping Agency, which says it is considering appealing against the findings

Reuters

Russian proxy in east Ukraine accuses Briton of spying

Authorities in Russian-occupied eastern Ukraine have accused a Briton who worked as an international conflict monitor of spying for Ukraine, a Russian news agency said on Friday.

The Guardian - UK

Wada ‘concern’ as Rusada clears Valieva of wrongdoing over doping scandal

Kamila Valieva, whose positive doping test was the biggest story at the 2022 Winter Olympics, has been cleared by a Russian Anti-Doping Agency tribunal

Sports Illustrated

Russia Finds ‘No Fault’ for Kamila Valieva in Doping Case, But WADA Is Likely to Appeal

The controversy surrounding the 16-year-old figure skater’s positive test that overshadowed last year’s Beijing Winter Olympics is yet to be resolved.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Germany in Talks with Iraq over Possible Gas Imports

Germany is in talks with Iraq over the possibility of importing natural gas from the oil-rich country, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Friday, as Berlin scrambles to diversify its energy sources to replace a drop in Russian fossil fuel shipments. "We also talked about possible gas deliveries to Germany and…

Daily Mirror

Russian troops waging ferocious battle in Ukraine as Vladimir Putin reshuffles generals

Vladimir Putin has gathered a Chechen warlord and a notorious mercenary leader after appointing General Valery Gerasimov as head of Russian forces as troops continue to shell Ukraine

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