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U.S. pressure drives Russia, China and Iran closer together

U.S. adversaries are increasingly teaming up.

Axios

IAEA team plan to stay at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, chief says

Rafael Grossi praises work of plant staff and says inspectors will remain on Russian-occupied site

The Guardian - UK

IAEA mission determined to reach Ukrainian nuclear plant despite delays -spokesperson

Ukraine said a UN team on its way to inspect the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant on Thursday was stuck at a checkpoint about 20 km (12.4 miles) from the front line after reports of fresh shelling earlier in the day.

Reuters

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Russian oil chief dies after falling from hospital window - reports

A Russian businessman has died after falling out of a window at a Moscow hospital, reports have stated.

Evening Standard

Russia's Defence Ministry says situation at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant difficult but under control

Russia's Defence Ministry said on Thursday that the situation around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in Ukraine is "difficult but remains under full control", after reports of fighting in the nearby town of Enerhodar.

Reuters

Russia now so short of soldiers it may start using convicted criminals, US official says

Country could also start ‘compelling wounded soldiers to re-enter combat’

The Independent UK

Chairman of Russia’s Lukoil Dies after Falling from Window

Ravil Maganov, chairman of Russia's second-largest oil producer Lukoil, died on Thursday after falling from a hospital window in Moscow, a source familiar with the situation told Reuters. Some Russian media also reported the death of Maganov, 67, who was also Lukoil's vice president, citing unnamed sources. No immediate comment…

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Macron plugs ‘diplomacy of combat’, vows long-term support for Ukraine

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday that he would continue to dialogue with Russia to help prevent the Ukraine conflict escalating, but pledged France's unwavering support for Kyiv in what he said would be a long war.

France 24

Russia starts massive war games with China and other ally states

Vostok 2022 – which will last until September 7 – shows strengthening defence cooperation between Russia and China.

Al Jazeera

Lavrov: Russia doing everything for Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant to operate safely

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday that Russia was doing everything to ensure that Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant could operate safely, and for visiting inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency to be able to complete their tasks.

Reuters

Red Cross: Humanitarian response to Zaporizhzhia plant could be 'impossible'

The head of the International Committee of the Red Cross called on Thursday for all fighting near the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia power plant to stop, warning that little could be done to respond in the event of a major accident there.

Reuters

Ukraine: Russia wants to wreck IAEA mission with fresh shelling

The Ukrainian president's chief of staff accused Russia of seeking to "wreck" the International Atomic Energy Agency's inspection visit to the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, saying Russia shelled the plant again on Thursday.

Reuters

Clara Ferreira Marques: Putin will turn Gorbachev’s death to his advantage

Mikhail Gorbachev was a man who hoped for the best, and got the worst.

Tribune News Service

Commentary: Mikhail Gorbachev’s failures did not go deep enough

Mikhail Gorbachev failed at everything he tried as the Soviet Union’s last leader. The state he led could only change the world for the better by failing — and it did. But, alas, not for long.

Tribune News Service

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Commentary: The US, Russia and China need to talk. They’re not, and that’s dangerous

The world, we are often told, is now defined by great power competition, where states like China and Russia are either seeking to overthrow the so-called rules-based international order or stealthily working within the system to change it to their benefit.

Al Jazeera

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 190

As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its 190th day, we take a look at the main developments.

The Independent UK

S. Korea: China, Russia hold key to North's denuclearization

A top South Korean official says that China and Russia’s reluctance to toughen U.N. sanctions on North Korea is “the biggest challenge” facing international efforts to eliminate the North’s nuclear arsenal

The Times of India

India is new major player in Russian oil market once dominated by China

NEW DELHI: India has pushed into a corner of the Russian oil market once dominated by China, taking a record number of shipments of a Far Eastern grade as the fallout from Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine reshapes trade flows.

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Reuters

Top Russian oil official falls to death from hospital window - sources

Ravil Maganov, the chairman of Russia's second-largest oil producer Lukoil, died on Thursday after falling from a hospital window in Moscow, two sources familiar with the situation said, becoming the latest in a series of businessmen to meet with sudden unexplained deaths.

The Independent UK

UN inspectors head to Ukraine nuclear plant despite fighting

Russia and Ukraine have accused each other of waging attacks near Europe’s largest nuclear power plant just as a team of U.N. inspectors were heading to visit it

Daily Mirror

Top Russian oil tycoon and opponent of Ukraine war killed after plunging from 6th floor

The hospital where Ravil Maganov plunged from the sixth floor window is on Marshal Timoshenko Street in Moscow - the same one where the last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev died earlier this week

The Independent UK

Russia launches war games with China, others

Russia has launched weeklong war games that involve forces from China and other nations in a show of growing defense cooperation between Moscow and Beijing as they both face tensions with the U.S. The maneuvers are also intended to demonstrate that Moscow has a sufficient capability for massive drills even…

Evening Standard

Putin’s military command centres in Ukraine hit by ‘intensive long-range strikes’ in counterattack, says UK

Vladimir Putin’s military command centres in Ukraine are being hit with “intensive long-range strikes” as his forces are being pushed back by a counterattack, British defence chiefs said on Thursday.

Reuters

Russian Defence Ministry says Ukraine tried to capture Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant

Russia's Defence Ministry said on Thursday that Ukrainian forces had attempted to seize the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in southern Ukraine.

The Independent UK

History's bookends: Putin reversed many Gorbachev reforms

Mikhail Gorbachev stood for freedom, openness, peace and closer ties with the outside world

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