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Russia forcing disabled Ukrainians 'blind or missing arms' to fight on frontline

Two disabled men claim they were mobilised to fight for Putin despite being physically unable to fight - with one saying he saw men without arms and others with "cerebral spastic infantile paralysis" being sent into battle

Daily Mirror

Putin Promises to Bolster Russia’s IT Security in Face of Cyber Attacks

President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that the number of cyber attacks on Russia by foreign "state structures" had increased several times over and that Russia must bolster its cyber defenses by reducing the use of foreign software and hardware. The websites of many state-owned companies and news websites have…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukraine Neighbors Endure War in Different Ways

The only 10 residents left in the Commune, an apartment complex in the eastern Ukraine town of Slatyne, share the hardships of Russia’s invasion, from relentless shellfire and exploding rounds to a lack of power and running water. But the inhabitants of two of the blocks, which sit barely 100…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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G7 Countries to Provide $19.8 Billion in Aid to Ukraine

The Group of Seven leading economies agreed Friday to provide $19.8 billion in economic aid to Ukraine to help keep tight finances from hindering its ability to defend itself from Russia’s invasion. German Finance Minister Christian Lindner told reporters that $9.5 billion of the total amount was mobilized at meetings…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia halts gas supplies to Finland

Russia is halting its supply of natural gas to Finland.

Evening Standard

West Rushes More Aid as Mariupol Teeters and Fighting Rages

The West moved to pour billions more in aid into Ukraine on Friday, as Russia shifted forces freed up by the imminent fall of the pulverized port city of Mariupol and fighting raged in the country’s industrial heartland in the east. Ukraine said its troops repelled a Russian attack in…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Coup against Vladimir Putin 'possible' as senior officials believe 'war is lost'

Moscow expert and investigative journalist Christo Grozev says a coup against the Russian leader is now a realistic possibility.

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US carries out military drills in Estonia with NATO as tensions with Russia ramp up

Soldiers from The Rifles regiment will deploy to Estonia in June to replace the Royal Tank Regiment - and UK forces will also form two new HQs in the Baltics

Daily Mirror

‘A historic change’: how Sweden and Finland trod separate paths to Nato

Two countries’ neutrality was rooted in different geographies, histories and national identities

The Guardian - UK

Deliberations start in Russian soldier's war crimes trial

The lawyer for a Russian soldier who is the first to go on trial for an alleged war crime in Ukraine has asked a Kyiv court to acquit his client

The Independent UK

Russia may scrap age limits for soldiers to bolster Ukraine invasion force

Legislation would allow recruitment of older professionals as military faces infantry shortage

The Guardian - UK

Europe is determined to cut fossil fuel ties with Russia, even though getting Hungary on board won't be easy

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has forced Europe to rethink its energy policy – especially its deep dependence on Russia for about one-third of its fossil fuel imports. The European Union is negotiating among its members over a plan to ban imports of Russian oil, although questions remain about issues such…

The Conversation

Ukrainian fighter's wife hopes prisoner swap pans out with Russia

As Ukrainian fighters left the Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol this week and ended their dramatic last stand against Russia's siege, Mariia Zimareva tried in vain to spot her husband amid the flood of news pictures being published.

Reuters

Russia to cut natural gas supplies to Finland days after Helsinki applied to join Nato

Finnish energy company Gasum says customers will not be affected

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Cosmopolitan no more: Russians feel sting of cultural and economic rift

Magazines, production lines and consumer choices suffer as isolation from the west bites

WEKU

Two versions of history collide as Finland and Sweden seek to join NATO

Finland and Sweden have long kept a careful balance — and neutral position — between the West and Russia. But that changed after Moscow invaded Ukraine.

The Independent UK

The AP Interview: US trade rep. sees opportunity in recovery

The top U.S. trade negotiator says with world economies all suffering from more than two years of the coronavirus pandemic and global supply problems exacerbated by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the United States has an “incredible opportunity” to engage with other nations and forge new partnerships and agreements

The Guardian - UK

Intense fighting around Severodonetsk as Zelenskiy says Donbas is ‘hell’

Russian forces thought to be trying to cut one of the main supply routes to Ukrainian defenders in the area

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Daily Mirror

Churchgoers in Ukraine desperately pray for Vladimir Putin’s death amid Russia war

A young boy in a Ukrainian church is video saying to the congregation: “Stop Putin's plans. If he has a disease, then we pray the Russians will not come up with a cure for it that could stop it"

The Independent UK

Russia and Belarus ban a ‘protective measure’ not a sanction, IOC insist

Russia has appealed against its exclusion from international sport

Edinburgh Live

Sainsbury's to make major petrol station change by end of 2022

Supermarket giant Sainsbury's are said to be banning Russian diesel at all 315 of their stations by the end of 2022 in order to show their support with Ukraine amid the ongoing conflict.

Reuters

A prison cell, blood and 'zombies': Trevor Reed describes detention in Russia

Former U.S. Marine Trevor Reed described his experience in a Russian psychiatric facility in an interview broadcast on Friday, detailing squalid conditions amid severely mentally ill inmates.

Daily Mirror

Turkey's President Erdogan to speak with Finland over NATO application row

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said he will speak to Finland on Saturday, while maintaining his opposition to Finnish and Swedish NATO membership bids over their history of hosting members of groups Ankara deems terrorists

Reuters

African Development Bank approves $1.5 billion emergency food facility

The African Development Bank on Friday approved a $1.5 billion emergency food production facility for 20 million farmers on the continent to avert a looming food crisis brought on by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, a statement from the bank said.

Reuters

One war, two worlds: Ukraine neighbours face shelling with defiance or despair

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