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Latest Russia-Ukraine updates: Finland, Sweden to apply to NATO

News from May 15: Finland, Sweden announce decision to apply for NATO membership, setting aside decades of neutrality.

Al Jazeera

Envoy says Russian diplomats in U.S. are threatened, enticed by FBI

Russian diplomats in Washington are being threatened with violence and U.S. intelligence services try to make contact with them, Tass news agency cited the ambassador as saying on Saturday.

Reuters

Turkey blasts Swedish, Finnish support for rebels at NATO meeting

Turkey’s foreign minister described Swedish and Finnish support for Kurdish rebels as ‘unacceptable and outrageous’.

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Russia denies Ukraine forces damaged navy ship in Black Sea

Russia on Saturday dismissed Ukraine's claim it had damaged a modern navy logistics ship in the Black Sea and showed photos of what it said was the vessel with no signs of damage.

Reuters

Eurovision opens with 'give peace a chance' as Zelensky pleads for symbolic Ukraine win

As Russia's war on Ukraine continues, the Eurovision Song Contest opened this year's event with a moving tribute to the war-torn country

Daily Mirror

Ukraine appears to drive Russians from Kharkiv; Republicans meet Zelenskyy

LVIV, Ukraine — Russian troops appeared to be drawing back from the outskirts of Ukraine’s second-largest city Saturday even as fighting continued to rage in other parts of the embattled nation and senior Ukrainian officials predicted a “new, long-term phase” of conflict to last through much of the summer.

Los Angeles Times

Ukraine's Zelenskiy: situation in Donbas region remains very difficult

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Saturday said the situation in the Donbas region remained very difficult, adding that Russian forces were still trying to demonstrate some kind of victory.

Reuters

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Portugal blocks sale of Abramovich mansion, Publico newspaper says

Portugal government blocked mansion sale over its alleged ‘strong conviction’ that it belongs to sanctioned Russian Oligarch Abramovich

The Hindu

How the arrival of the Amadea superyacht wedged Fiji between a Russian oligarch and the United States government

Seizing the opulent superyachts of Vladimir Putin's nearest and dearest is a move designed to cut off the Russian leader from his wealthy friends, but in the case of the Amadea, it's the tiny island nation of Fiji that's wearing the cost.

ABC News

Finland downplays Turkey’s NATO concerns, informs Russia of plan

Finnish President Sauli Niinisto phoned Russian President Vladimir Putin to say the Nordic country plans to seek NATO membership in the near future and downplayed concerns Turkey may block Finland and its Nordic neighbor Sweden from joining the military alliance.

Tribune News Service

‘Things are still not safe’: Locals fear returning to scarred villages of Kharkiv despite Russian retreat

Though Russian forces have been pushed back from Kharkiv, families who fled their villages under threat of rape and death are yet to return, finds Kim Sengupta

The Independent UK

Moscow set to call referendum on Mariupol joining Russia, says Ukraine

Kremlin poised to hold referendum in ruined city in bid to secure grip on the region

The Guardian - UK

Top Senate Republican meets Zelenskiy, Russia says U.S. involvement dangerous

Mitch McConnell, the top Republican in the U.S. Senate, paid an unannounced visit to Kyiv on Saturday with other Republican senators and met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy for talks.

Reuters

Russia threatens to make "nuclear ashes" of a number of countries amid latest nuke warnings

"There will be nuclear ashes from you if you think that Russia should not exist"

Irish Mirror

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Republicans meet Zelenskyy as senior Ukrainian official warns of ‘extremely difficult weeks’ ahead

LVIV, Ukraine — As fighting continued to rage in Ukraine on Saturday, with Kyiv making gains in a northeast offensive and Russia mounting a push amid fierce defenses in villages of the eastern Donbas region, senior Ukrainian officials predicted a “new, long-term phase” of fighting to last through much of…

Reuters

Russian missile leaves widow with just one memento of late husband

The Russian missile turned Vera Kosolopenko’s small home into a fiery pyre that consumed the bible and all of the other precious mementoes that she cherished of her late husband.

The Guardian - UK

The Russian bank, the Bruce Willis ad and the $900m sanctions battle

Ministers warned that millions owed after alleged fraud by ex bosses of National Bank Trust could help fund Putin’s war effort

Daily Mirror

Ukrainian gold medallist shooter, 22, warns Putin's forces they 'won't have a chance'

Ukrainian gold medal shooter Kristina Dmitrenko now wants to change her focus and is eyeing a new target after joining forces in the frontline and using her shooting skills against Russia

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Portugal blocks mansion sale over 'strong conviction' it belongs to Abramovich

Portugal blocked the sale of a 10 million euro ($10.4 million) luxury house over a "strong conviction" it belonged to sanctions-hit Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich, Foreign Minister Joao Cravinho said on Saturday.

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: Why stakes are high in trial tied to Russia probe

The first trial resulting from special counsel John Durham’s investigation of the early days of the Trump-Russia probe hardly seems an explosive affair

Reuters

Turkey has offered sea evacuation for wounded Ukrainian fighters - Erdogan adviser

NATO member Turkey has proposed carrying out a sea evacuation of wounded fighters holed up in a steel works in the southern Ukrainian city of Mariupol, President Tayyip Erdogan's spokesman said on Saturday.

ABC News

Vladimir Putin warns Finland that swapping neutrality for NATO is a mistake

Russia's President tells his Finnish counterpart that ditching neutrality and joining NATO would be a mistake that could damage relations between their two countries.

Reuters

Hungary's new president condemns Putin's 'aggression', plans trip to Warsaw

Hungary's President Katalin Novak at her inauguration ceremony on Saturday condemned Russia's invasion of Ukraine and said her first trip would take her to Poland, in an apparent gesture to mend relations with Warsaw.

France 24

Eurovision: With Russia excluded, Ukraine wins the political contest

Italy will host the final of the 66th Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday evening with one country notably absent: Russia was excluded from the competition in February following its invasion of Ukraine. Despite the competition organisers' insistence that the contest is a non-political event, the conflict in Europe looks set…

Al Jazeera

Ukraine praises ‘liberation’ in the Battle of Kharkiv

Ukrainian forces reportedly prevented Russian troops from encircling the second-largest city and then expelled them.

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