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Russia appears to deploy fresh stocks of Iranian kamikaze drones

Ukraine has reported attacks by Iranian-sourced one-way unmanned aerial vehicles for the first time in three weeks, the UK’s Ministry of Defence said.

The Independent UK

Army hospital first stop for freed athlete Griner

American basketball star Brittney Griner arrived back in the United States on Friday morning after being released from a Russian prison in exchange for Victor Bout, an arms dealer known as the “Merchant of Death”.

Bangkok Post

Russia's Bout feels terrible, wants drawings back from U.S. -TASS

Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout feels terrible after his long prisoner swap journey and his family expects that the United States will hand over his documents and drawings to the Russian embassy, TASS news agency reported, citing his wife.

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Putin says West's desire for global dominance increases conflict risks

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday said the West's desire to maintain its dominance on the world stage was increasing the risks of conflict.

Reuters

Kremlin: Griner-Bout swap not sign of improving U.S.-Russia ties

The Kremlin said on Friday that a high-profile prisoner swap should not be seen as a step towards improving bilateral relations between Moscow and Washington, Russian state news agencies reported.

Reuters

Putin suggests possibility of settlement to end war in Ukraine

Russian president still claims ‘special military operation’ going to plan during Kyrgyzstan press conference

The Guardian - AU

With vote ahead, Polish leader turns up anti-German rhetoric

Poland's nationalist conservative ruling party has ratcheted up its anti-German rhetoric ahead of elections next year

The Independent UK

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Helping Ukraine is 'self-preservation,' finance chief says

Ukraine's finance minister says crucial Western financial aid is “not charity” but “self-preservation" as donor countries share the price of turning back Russian aggression

The Independent UK

Litvinenko to Dance Monsters: the seven best shows to stream this week

David Tennant plays the former Russian spy who was poisoned in London then reported his own murder – and giant bears face off against human emojis in a dance-off with a twist

The Guardian - UK

Germany at a crossroads: what a nuclear power station tells us about its energy dilemma

Neckarwestheim’s nuclear power station was granted a stay of execution amid Russian gas shortage. Some want it to stay while others can’t wait for it to go

The Guardian - UK

Site for planned Bristol retirement and leisure scheme set to become temporary housing for refugees

Investment firm FORE Partnership, care operator Amicala and developer Socius said a building on the former school grounds will provide short-term homes for people from Afghanistan, Sudan, Russia, and Ukraine

Birmingham Post

Putin says 'an agreement will have to be reached' for Ukraine conflict to end

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday that ultimately an agreement would need to be struck to end fighting in Ukraine, nearly ten months after the Kremlin launched its "special military operation" there. French energy group TotalEnergies said earlier that it was withdrawing its representatives from the board of Russian gas…

France 24

Russia-Ukraine war: Putin says ‘agreement will have to be reached’ to end conflict – as it happened

Russian president says negotiations to end war likely to be necessary but he is wary following Minsk agreements

The Guardian - AU

‘Hell. Just hell’: Ukraine and Russia’s war of attrition over Bakhmut

Soldiers say fighting in and around eastern Donetsk city is reminiscent of first world war-style trench conflict

Financial Times

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Daily Mirror

Inside creepy abandoned ‘nuclear powered’ lighthouse left to rot on remote island

The lighthouse at Cape Aniva, eastern Russia, requires a perilous climb over rocks to meet the base, with the 100ft tower now slowly degrading

The Independent UK

Ukraine-Russia news – live: Putin warns anyone attacking Moscow will be ‘wiped out’

President Putin made latest in series of threats against West, as US warns he is expanding his nuclear arsenal

The Guardian - AU

Ukrainians angry at Hoyts over Russian film festival that claims to show ‘Russia isn’t so far away’

Ukrainian community leader says the festival starting on Friday in Melbourne was an ‘insult’ and cultural propaganda

Reuters

U.S. plans sanctions on Russia, China - officials

The United States plans to impose new sanctions against Russia and China on Friday that include punishing Moscow for its use of Iranian drones in its war against Ukraine, two U.S. officials said on Thursday.

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Who is Paul Whelan, the former US marine who has been detained in Russia since 2018?

As news broke that US basketball star Brittney Griner had been released from Russian prison in exchange for arms dealer Viktor Bout, US officials didn't mince words: "This was not a choice of which American to bring home".

Los Angeles Times

Bill Plaschke: An American is coming home. So why are so many Americans upset Brittney Griner is free?

LOS ANGELES — An American who has been wrongfully detained for 10 months in brutal Russian prisons is coming home.

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 289 of the invasion

Brittney Griner freed in prison swap; Putin vows to continue attacking energy systems

Tribune News Service

Why getting Whelan freed from Russia is proving harder than Griner

WASHINGTON — For the second time this year, the family of Michigan's Paul Whelan was left "devastated" that Russia agreed to swap an American prisoner for the return of a Russian inmate, and that, again, that American wasn't Paul.

The Independent UK

US sending $275 million in military aid to Ukraine

Officials say the U.S. is sending an additional $275 million in military aid to Ukraine, including large amounts of ammunition and high-tech systems that can be used to detect and counter drones in its ongoing war with Russia

Axios

How the Biden admin says the prisoner swap that freed Brittney Griner happened

"It was a choice between bringing home one particular American — Brittney Griner — or bringing home none."

The Independent UK

Griner swap wasn't what US hoped for, but what it could get

The one-for-one swap involving Brittney Griner for Viktor Bout was not the one that U.S. officials had hoped to negotiate or were willing to accept

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