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Iconic Russian Singer Asks to Be Named ‘Foreign Agent’

Iconic Russian singer Alla Pugacheva, hugely popular since Soviet times, says she wants to be placed on Russia’s foreign agents list in solidarity with her husband who has been designated as one. The statement by Pugacheva on Instagram on Sunday is a notable slap from a prominent figure at Russian…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia says claims it carried out war crimes in Izyum are a ‘lie’

Ukraine’s leaders have accused Moscow of carrying out a ‘genocide’

The Independent UK

Valery Polyakov, took longest single trip to space, dies

Russia's space agency says Valery Polyakov, the Soviet cosmonaut who set the record for the longest single spaceflight, has died at age 80

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Alla Pugacheva: Russian singing superstar slams Ukraine war and asks to be declared ‘foreign agent’

Russian megastar’s remarks on Ukraine likely to infuriate the Kremlin

The Independent UK

Doyle McManus: Putin's brutality in Ukraine can get worse. Get ready for a chilly winter

Russia's imperious president, Vladimir Putin, may have just endured his worst week since the collapse of the Soviet Union, which he says was the greatest tragedy of the 20th century.

Los Angeles Times

Putin ally deepens Russia's 'strategic partnership' with China

One of President Vladimir Putin's closest allies sought on Monday to deepen a strategic partnership with China, expanding defence cooperation and strengthening coordination between Moscow and Beijing on major geopolitical issues.

Reuters

In Ukraine's liberated Izium, traumatised residents face further hardship

The Ukrainian city of Izium is now associated in people's minds with the mass burial site discovered just outside it, but the plight of those still living there is also a cause for concern. During its assault on Izium in March, Russia heavily bombarded the town centre. In early September,…

France 24

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‘Russian Vacuum’ in Syria, ‘Messages of Fire’ & Normalization

Day after day, signs of normalization of ties between Damascus and Ankara are building up. Day by day, Iran’s incursions into Syria are growing. Also, the range of Israeli raids on Iranian and military sites in Syria is expanding with more US involvement in these attacks.

Asharq Al-Awsat

‘Gigantic mistake’: Biden warned China’s Xi over aiding Russia

Call was ‘not to threaten’ the Chinese leader but to warn of the consequences of ignoring sanctions, US president says.

Al Jazeera

Russia targets another nuclear power plant in Ukraine

‘Russia endangers the whole world,’ says Ukraine’s President Zelensky

The Independent UK

Ukraine Says Russia Strikes Pivdennoukrainsk Nuclear Power Plant, Reactors Undamaged

Russian troops struck the Pivdennoukrainsk nuclear power plant in Ukraine's southern Mykolaiv region early on Monday but its reactors have not been damaged and are working normally, Ukraine's state nuclear company Energoatom said. A blast took place 300 meters (yards) away from the reactors and damaged power plant buildings shortly…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia says ready for U.S. prisoner swap talks but scolds embassy

Russia's foreign ministry said on Monday that it was ready for talks on a prisoner exchange to free U.S. citizens jailed in Russia, but that the American embassy in Moscow was "not fulfilling its official duties" to maintain dialogue.

Reuters

Jay Ambrose: Things are looking better for Ukraine, or maybe not

Volodymyr Zelenskyy is a tough, smart, caring leader, and he just got the battlefield best of Vladimir Putin, a do-or-die, obsessed, evil leader. The clever, tricky, intelligence-guided triumph was obviously encouraging and inspiriting for Zelenskyy’s fellow Ukrainians who have suffered so much.

Tribune News Service

Ukraine says Russian missile struck close from nuclear plant

Ukrainian officials say a Russian missile strike has hit just 300 meters (yards) from a nuclear power plant in the country's south

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Russia and China Agree to Deepen Defense Cooperation, Joint Exercises

One of President Vladimir Putin's closest allies sought on Monday to deepen a strategic partnership with China, expanding defense cooperation and strengthening coordination between Moscow and Beijing on major geopolitical issues. Since the invasion of Ukraine, Putin has tilted more strongly towards China as the war and severe Western sanctions…

Radio France Internationale

US leader Biden warns China and Russia, hedges on re-election plans

American President Joe Biden on Sunday issued forceful warnings to China and Russia, and expressed optimism over the US economic rebound. The US leader surprised many by hedging on whether he will seek re-election.

Reuters

Russia may have lost four combat jets in Ukraine in last 10 days, UK says

Russia has highly likely lost at least four combat jets in Ukraine within the last 10 days, taking its attrition to about 55 since the beginning of its invasion, the British military said on Monday.

The Guardian - AU

Russian strike at Pivdennoukrainsk nuclear power plant but reactors not damaged – as it happened

Reactors not damaged after Russian strikes at nuclear power plant in southern Mykolaiv region

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Ukraine war: 146 bodies exhumed from mass grave near Izium, governor says

Children were among the deceased found

Daily Mirror

Full list of world leaders attending Queen’s funeral – and will Donald Trump be there?

Following the Queen's death on September 8, leaders from around the world have made the journey to London for Her Majesty's funeral at Westminster Abbey today (September 19)

The National (Scotland)

Ukraine claims villagers near Russian border were tortured by Putin's army

PROSECUTORS in an area of Ukraine where Russian forces recently retreated in the face of a Ukrainian counteroffensive are making fresh accusations…

France 24

Ukraine accuses Russia of strike on southern nuclear plant

Ukraine's nuclear energy agency on Monday accused Moscow's troops of an attack on the country's second largest nuclear plant in the south. The accusations come after the Moscow-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in Ukraine – Europe's largest atomic facility – faced frequent shelling in recent months, raising fears of a nuclear…

Tribune News Service

US should send extra $12B in aid to Ukraine, Schumer says

As Ukraine continues a major counteroffensive against Russia’s invasion, the U.S. should send another $12 billion in aid for the embattled nation, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Sunday.

The Guardian - AU

Origin Energy to quit Beetaloo gas project but green groups warn environmental threat remains

Sale will come at a loss but distance company from both environmental controversy and Russian oligarch

AAP

Positive signs from China, India: envoy

China and India have tacitly put public pressure on Russia to end the war in Ukraine after largely remaining neutral and not explicitly condemning the invasion.

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