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Morning mail: Russians flee military draft, more rain on way in NSW, Optus data breach

Friday: Personal information of potentially millions compromised as Australia’s second-largest telco suffers massive data breach. Plus: Qantas passenger’s three-month wait for lost bag

The Guardian - AU

Roman Abramovich negotiated release of British POWs jailed by Russian separatists in Ukraine

The freed men revealed the news to Co Down man, Alec Pettet on a London-bound flight from Saudi Arabia

Belfast Live

Russia defends Ukraine war as US, others condemn alleged abuses

Pressure on Russia has increased with world leaders calling for accountability over Moscow’s February 24 invasion.

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EXPLAINER: What's behind referendums in occupied Ukraine?

Four occupied regions in eastern and southern Ukraine are set to start voting Friday in Kremlin-engineered referendums on whether to become part of Russia, setting the stage for Moscow to annex the areas in a sharp escalation of the nearly seven-month war

The Independent UK

Russians flood borders and airports trying to escape Vladimir Putin's mobilisation order

Hundreds of thousands of young men and former soldiers will now be called up and sent to the battlefield in Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine, sparking a mass exodus

Daily Mirror

Ukraine celebrates release of over 200 captives in surprise swap with Russia

Commanders who led defence of Azovstal steelworks among those freed in exchange for Putin ally and 55 Russian soldiers

The Guardian - UK

It has been harrowing time, says family of Briton freed by Russian-backed forces

Shaun Pinner’s family hailed the ‘happy resolution’ after he was released from captivity alongside four other Britons.

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Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov walks out of UN meeting after defending war in Ukraine

The Russian leader left before he could face criticism of Vladimir Putin’s invasion, including from Foreign Secretary James Cleverly

Evening Standard

Czechs will not issue humanitarian visa to Russians fleeing mobilisation

The Czech Republic will not issue humanitarian visas to Russian citizens fleeing mobilisation orders, Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky said on Thursday.

Reuters

Russia’s nuclear threats ‘totally unacceptable’, says UN chief

António Guterres also denounces plans to annex parts of Ukraine as a violation of international law

The Guardian - UK

NATO says it will never recognize Russia's "sham" referendums in Ukraine

NATO on Thursday condemned Moscow's plans to hold referendums in Russian-occupied regions of Ukraine and called on all states to reject what it called "Russia's blatant attempts at territorial conquest".

Reuters

Family of Brit POW released from Ukraine say Russia put them through 'six months of hell'

Ang Wood said she thought she would never see her son Aiden Aslin alive again after he was captured earlier this year then sentenced to death by a court in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic

Daily Mirror

India says Ukraine conflict trajectory, outlook very concerning

India told the U.N. Security Council on Thursday that the trajectory of the Ukraine conflict was very concerning and that the outlook was more so, as New Delhi sharpened its calls for peace.

Reuters

Britons freed by Russian-backed forces hailed as ‘defenders of democracy’

It is understood that John Harding, Dylan Healy and Andrew Hill were set free alongside Shaun Pinner and Aiden Aslin.

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The Guardian - UK

‘It’s a 100% mobilisation’: day one of Russia’s drive to build its army

Reports ethnic minorities may be disproportionately affected while protesters in Moscow drafted on arrest

Reuters

Many POWs freed by Russia had suffered torture - senior Ukraine official

The head of Ukraine's military intelligence said on Thursday the percentage of released Ukrainian prisoners of war who had suffered torture while in Russian detention was "rather high".

The Independent UK

Foreign Secretary urges countries to reject Putin’s ‘sham referenda’ in Ukraine

James Cleverly said the ‘devastating consequences’ of Russia’s invasion become clearer each day.

The Guardian - UK

A cornered and desperate Putin is a dangerous prospect

Letters: That Vladimir Putin alone makes the decisions in Russia makes the situation much more risky, warns David Winnick. Plus letters from Pat Brandwood, Robert Forsyth, Dr Paul Dorfman, Keith Flett and John Bailey

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Evening Standard

British aid worker held by Russian separatists ‘murdered’, says MP

Paul Urey was detained by Russian-backed troops and later died on July 10

Reuters

Lights off, heat down: central Europe governments save power to set example

Turning off lights, lowering thermostats and installing motion detectors are among the ways central European governments have begun energy saving, as part of efforts to trim costs and avoid shortages in the incoming heating season to address cuts in gas supplies from Russia.

Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin 'will mobilise 1million civilian reservists to fight Ukraine' NOT 300,000

A source has claimed that Vladimir Putin will be allowed to call up a total of one million people, not 300,000 as officially announced. He is said to be scared to reveal the truth to Russians

Benzinga

Does Defeat Mean Death For Putin? As Ukraine Continues To 'Slay The Giant' With Palantir Software, CEO Alex Karp Says The Threat Of Nuclear War Is Real

In a rare address to the nation this week, Russian President Vladamir Putin made it clear he wouldn't hold back from using nuclear weapons in defense of Russia.

The Conversation

Calls by Zelensky and Biden for UN reform are supported by people around the world – new survey

In a landmark speech to the United Nations (UN), the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, demanded that Russia and other aggressors should be stripped of their veto power in the UN security council.

Reuters

Kazakhstan to host Russian-led bloc's military drills

A Russian-led security bloc will hold military drills in Kazakhstan from Sept. 26 to Oct. 8, the Kazakh defence ministry said on Thursday, telling the public not to be surprised by the arrival of foreign troops and military vehicles.

Al Jazeera

EU says members need a common policy on Russian arrivals

EU states need a joint position on Russians requesting to enter after fleeing their country, the bloc’s executive says.

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