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What happened in the Russia-Ukraine war this week? Catch up with the must-read news and analysis

Ukraine launches long-awaited counteroffensive in south; UN team leads mission to nuclear power plant; Mikhail Gorbachev dies aged 91

The Guardian - AU

Mikhail Gorbachev: The leader who ended rather than started a war

Gorbachev the peacemaker seems the exception in a long history where Russia's leaders have used force to achieve political, national, or ideological goals, writes Robert Greenberg

Newsroom.co.nz

Group Of Russian Soldiers Hit By Ukrainian Ordnance On Eastern Front

Ukrainian Major Fityo Volodymyr confirmed that the footage was authentic and that the information was accurate.

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Russia scraps gas pipeline reopening, stoking European fuel fears

Russia has scrapped a Saturday deadline to resume flows via a major gas supply route to Germany, deepening Europe's difficulties in securing winter fuel, after saying it had found faults in the Nord Stream 1 pipeline during maintenance.

Reuters

Nord Stream 1: Gazprom announces indefinite shutdown of pipeline

Russian energy company had been due to resume gas delivery to Germany on Saturday morning

The Guardian - UK

Russia says gas line to Europe will remain closed as energy crisis escalates

Move came hours after G7 announced oil price cap to defund Putin war machine

Evening Standard

Factbox-Honour or disgrace - how Russia has buried its past leaders

Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, will be buried on Saturday in Moscow's Novodevichy cemetery but there is no official day of mourning and it will not be a state funeral.

Reuters

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Civilisations like India, China, Egypt have self esteem and can't be threatened: Sergey Lavrov

Our relations with India rest on a solid foundation, says Russia’s Foreign Minister

The Hindu

Ukraine's southern offensive relies on heavy weapons. Soldiers say there aren't enough

Progress has been slow but Ukrainian military officers say U.S.-supplied rockets and training are making a difference from when NPR visited in the spring.

WEKU

Russia’s Gazprom shuts European gas pipeline indefinitely as energy crisis escalates

The move proves Russia’s ‘cynicism’, says the EU

The Independent UK

U.S. ambassador to Russia will attend Gorbachev funeral - State Dept

U.S. Ambassador to Russia John Sullivan will attend the funeral of the last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in Moscow on Saturday, a State Department spokesperson said on Friday.

Reuters

India to host Quad senior officials’ meeting

Meeting comes ahead of PM Modi’s visit to SCO summit with Russia, China

The Hindu

Biden to request $11.7 billion in Ukraine aid, $22.4 billion for COVID relief

U.S. President Joe Biden will request $11.7 billion in emergency funding from Congress to provide lethal aid and budget support to Ukraine, and $22.4 billion for COVID-19 relief ahead of a potential fall case surge, the White House said on Friday.

Reuters

Gorbachev to be buried in low-key funeral snubbed by Putin

Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev is set to be buried in a ceremony falling short of a state funeral that will not be attended by Russian President Vladimir Putin or top international leaders

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The Guardian - UK

Once the world had Gorbachev and Mandela. Now we have Trump, Johnson and Truss

The Soviet leader’s death is a reminder that the ‘great man theory’ of history is truer than we might like to think, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

Radio France Internationale

France vows to restart stricken nuclear reactors before winter

France's Energy Transition Minister on Friday called for "collective responsibility" to avoid energy rationing this winter as she announced that France's fleet of nuclear reactors would be fully operational by the winter. The news comes as G7 countries agreed to "urgently" implement Russian oil price cap.

The Guardian - UK

Push to retake Kherson is symbol of Ukraine’s cautious confidence

Fact that counterattack is happening at all brings hope that Russia can be held back in some areas before winter sets in

Evening Standard

Putin’s army ‘struggling to adapt to Ukraine’s precision strike capability’ as southern counterattack begins

Vladimir Putin’s army is “struggling to adapt” to Ukraine’s precision missile strike capability as the Russian army faces a counterattack in the south of the country.

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Zenger

Ukrainian Forces Destroy Russian Self-Propelled Gun And Crew In Kharkiv Region

The footage was obtained from the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Wednesday, August 31.

The Independent UK

G-7 pledges to move forward with Russia oil price cap system

Finance ministers from the Group of Seven industrial powers have pledged to put in place a system designed to cap Russia’s income from oil sales, an idea the nations’ leaders had promised to explore in June

Daily Mirror

What is energy rationing and will the UK ration energy this winter?

There are concerns the UK could face blackouts this winter if Russian president Vladimir Putin limits the supply of gas to Europe, with worse-case scenario planning predicting a need for energy rationing

Reuters

Russia delays reopening of Nord Stream in blow to gas-starved Europe

Russia has scrapped a Saturday deadline to resume gas flows via the Nord Stream 1 pipeline, one of the main supply routes to Europe, after saying it discovered a fault during maintenance, deepening Europe's difficulties in securing fuel for winter.

The Hindu

Fertilizer scarcity may hamper crop cycle, cautions scientist

Bram Govaerts says the big challenge is how to feed the world, which arose because of climate change, COVID-19 and Ukraine and Russia conflict.

The Independent UK

EU's top executive backs price cap on Russian pipeline gas

The European Union’s top executive says the bloc’s electricity market is no longer working and has proposed a price cap on Russian pipeline gas

Foreign Affairs

How Europe Can Avoid a Deep Freeze

Only energy independence from Russia can stave off disaster.

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