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The Independent UK

Putin’s nuclear threat shows a desperate man out of options

Using such weapons has no tactical purpose – it would only lose the Russian president support at home and abroad, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian - UK

4 Russian-controlled Ukraine regions vote on whether to join Russia

The referendums have been slammed by world leaders as a sham that could lead to the annexation of nearly 15% of Ukraine.

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'Crucial' vote could move Italy to right; many might boycott

Italian voters cast ballots on Sunday in an election that has been billed as crucial as Europe reels from the repercussions of war in Ukraine

The Independent UK

Britons freed from Russian captivity in Ukraine ‘evacuated by Roman Abramovich on his luxury jet’

Billionaire told he looked like Roman Abramovich, to which he replied, ‘That’s because I am him, sir’

The Independent UK

Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine begin voting in ‘referendums’ on joining Russia branded ‘shams’ in West

The Kremlin-orchestrated votes in Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia are widely considered to be illegitmate

Evening Standard

Brits freed from Russia captivity welcomed onto flight by Roman Abramovich

John Harding revealed that Roman Abramovich had played a "key part" in their release

Manchester Evening News

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‘Ukrainian suicide drone’ washes up on beach near Russian base after evading patrols

A remote-controlled boat which was thought to be packed with explosives washed up in Omega Bay, near the Crimean port of Sevastopol, with Russian forces confirming they have now destroyed the weapon

Daily Mirror

Moscow-held regions of Ukraine vote whether to join Russia

Voting has begun in Moscow-held regions of Ukraine on referendums to become part of Russia

The Independent UK

West scrambles to bridge North-South divide aggravated by Ukraine war

The Western argument to internationally isolate Russia over its Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine has been simple: it breaches the founding charter of the United Nations by violating Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity.

Reuters

World opinion shifts against Russia as Ukraine worries grow

The tide of international opinion appears to have decisively shifted against Russia, as a number of non-aligned countries joined the United States and its allies in condemning Russia’s war in Ukraine and its threats to the principles of the international rules-based order

The Independent UK

Ukraine pushes east into Donbas as Russia holds 'sham' annexation polls

The Ukrainian military has recaptured a village in the eastern Donetsk region, as well as territory around the key town of Bakhmut in Donbas, a senior officer said on Friday. The military gains come as Moscow-proxies held votes on annexation by Russia. Read about the day’s events as they unfolded…

France 24

Putin Lauds Saudi Crown Prince’s Role in Prisoner Swap

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz made a phone call to Russian President Vladimir Putin after the Kingdom succeeded in arranging the freeing of 10 prisoners of different nationalities as part of a prisoner release between Moscow and Kyiv, the Saudi Press Agency reported Thursday. Putin thanked the Crown…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukraine war – live: 436 bodies exhumed from Izium mass grave after Russian withdrawal

Signs of torture found on 30 corpses, says governor of Kharkiv

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The Independent UK

After days focused on Ukraine, other concerns emerge at UN

After three days in which the war in Ukraine consumed world leaders at the United Nations, other conflicts and concerns are beginning to emerge

Financial Times

Why trade couldn’t buy peace

We thought globalisation was immune from geopolitical risk. We were wrong

Al Jazeera

Four occupied Ukraine regions begin vote on joining Russia

Referendums are due to get underway on Friday, in votes seen as paving the way for an escalation of the war.

The Conversation

Politics with Michelle Grattan: Ukraine ambassador urges Australian embassy in Kyiv to reopen ASAP

The Ukraine conflict has escalated this week, with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin announcing a partial military mobilisation and once again raising the threat of nuclear weapons.

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Los Angeles Times

US targets 'bad actors,' levying sanctions against Iran and rallying leaders against Russia

UNITED NATIONS — Signaling that the Russian war in Ukraine has triggered an existential crisis for the United Nations, several of its key members on Thursday harshly denounced Moscow's actions, but failed to take new steps to stop the bloodshed and food, energy and humanitarian crises unleashed worldwide.

Reuters

Russia holds votes in occupied parts of Ukraine; Kyiv says residents coerced

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Daily Mirror

Russians protesting Ukraine war 'set fire to government offices with Molotov cocktails'

Huge protests across Russia have seen protestors set fire to government buildings by throwing Molotov cocktails after Vladimir Putin announced the mobilisation of 300,000 reservists

Axios

Putin doubles down in Ukraine with biggest gamble yet

"He’s now staking his regime on this war."

The Independent UK

Norway's prime minister on Ukraine: 'The war has to stop'

As a NATO member and neighbor of Russia, Norway’s geographical and geopolitical location has proved relevant in the context of the war in Ukraine

Reuters

Voting begins in Russia's annexation plan for swathes of Ukraine

Voting began on Friday in four Ukrainian regions mostly held by Russian forces, the start of a plan by President Vladimir Putin annex a big chunk of Ukraine in what the West says is violation of international law that significantly escalates the war.

The Independent UK

GLIMPSES: Lavrov's quick entrance and exit at United Nations

After days of speeches by world leaders taking subtle and not-so-subtle shots at Russia for its invasion of Ukraine during the annual U.N. General Assembly, in walked Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov

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