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Russia Not Seeking to End Ukraine War by May 9, Says FM

Russia is not looking to end its war in Ukraine by Victory Day on May 9, its foreign minister said, as the country looks set to mark the key anniversary under the cloud of a deadly conflict. Speaking with Italian outlet Mediaset, Sergei Lavrov insisted Moscow would not rush to…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Europe scrambles for long-term fix after Putin cuts off gas

European energy providers open Russian rouble accounts for gas, challenging bloc’s united front against Moscow.

Al Jazeera

Ukraine to Evacuate More Civilians from Besieged Mariupol

Ukrainian authorities are planning to evacuate more civilians from Mariupol on Monday, after dozens were finally brought to safety following weeks trapped under heavy fire in the strategic port city's Azovstal steel complex. The plant has endured a Russian blockade since Moscow's invasion on February 24, with stories of the…

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Ukraine’s Black Sea port city of Odesa hit by Russian rocket strike – as it happened

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So what if Zelensky is Jewish, ‘Hitler also had Jewish blood’, says Russia’s foreign minister

Israeli foreign minister slams Russia’s ‘unforgivable, scandalous and horrible historical error’

The Independent UK

Oil Falls on China Growth Concerns Even as EU Weighs Russia Import Ban

Oil prices fell on Monday in holiday-sapped trade in Asia as concerns about slowing economic growth in China, the world's top oil importer, outweighed fears of potential supply disruptions from a looming European Union ban on Russian crude. Brent crude futures fell $1.21, or 1.1%, to $105.93 a barrel at…

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Nadal Says Wimbledon Ban on Russian, Belarusian Players Unfairw

Australian Open champion Rafael Nadal labelled the ban on Russian and Belarusian players from this year's Wimbledon over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine as unfair. The All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) barred players from the two countries from competing at this year's grasscourt major in response to what Russia calls…

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Ukraine hopes to evacuate more civilians from besieged Mariupol steelworks

Zelenskiy said about 100 civilians evacuated after weeks sheltering in the Azovstal complex would arrive in Zaporizhzhia on Monday

The Guardian - UK

Civilians attempt evacuation from Ukraine’s besieged Mariupol

Ukrainian authorities attempted further evacuations from Mariupol on Monday, following an initial operation to remove around 100 civilians from the besieged Azovstal steel plant. Meanwhile, in Brussels, EU energy ministers held emergency talks as the bloc considers a phasing out of Russian oil imports. Read about the day’s events as…

France 24

Evacuation of civilians from Ukrainian steel plant begins

After nearly two months of siege, civilians holed up at a steel plant in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol began to be evacuated over the weekend

The Independent UK

Donbas nursing home residents evacuated after New Orleans fundraiser

Ukrainian expat raises money to rescue last 12 residents of hospice in Chasiv Yar on frontline of Russian invasion

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine and Russia: What you need to know right now

Ukraine said a new attempt was under way on Friday to evacuate scores of civilians trapped in a heavily bombed steel works in the city of Mariupol, after bloody fighting with Russian forces thwarted efforts to bring them to safety the previous day.

Reuters

Mariupol evacuee recounts terror in bunkers below Azovstal steelworks

Natalia Usmanova felt the bunker shake as Russian bombs rained down and fear gripped those hunkering underground

The Guardian - AU

Russian gas tycoon who defected mid-invasion says Putin 'must be hanged' for his crimes

Igor Volobuyev fled Russia just days into the war and now feels the need to "repent" after two decades of support for the Kremlin - and he wants to see the president pay with his life

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The Independent UK

Japan's Kishida in Thailand to talk about economics, Myanmar

Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is expected to talk with his Thai counterpart Prayuth Chan-ocha about economic matters, upheaval in Myanmar and Russia’s war in Ukraine when they meet Monday

Reuters

EU prepares next Russia sanctions including German-backed oil ban

The European Union was preparing sanctions on Russian oil sales over its invasion of Ukraine after a major shift on Monday by Germany, Russia's biggest energy customer, that could deprive Moscow of a large revenue stream within days.

Axios

UN "blocked" from delivering aid to starving Ukrainians in cities besieged by Russian forces

"Why would you deny innocent victims of war food, non-combatants?" U.N. World Food Program chief says on "60 Minutes."

Tribune News Service

Hungary would veto EU sanctions on Russian Energy, minister says

Hungary would veto any European proposal that leads to the restriction of energy imports from Russia, according to a senior minister in Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s government.

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The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 68 of the invasion

Around 100 civilians released from Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, Volodymyr Zelenskiy says he hopes evacuations will continue on Monday

ABC News

What do we know about the $450m superyacht linked to a Russian oligarch that's been seized in Fiji?

Fiji and the United States are embroiled in a court case over a superyacht allegedly belonging to a sanctioned Russian oligarch. The fate of the luxury vessel is expected to be handed down tomorrow.

Bangkok Post

War in Ukraine: Latest developments

KYIV: Here are the latest developments in the war in Ukraine:

Axios

U.S. to sell Russian oligarchs' yachts and other assets for Ukraine aid, Schumer says

"It's time for sanctioned Russian oligarchs to be held accountable" for their "ill-gotten wealth," he said.

Wales Online

Russian politician tells Brits to pray for 'moss-covered' Queen and claims fish and chips are from Russia

United Russia politician Andrey Isayev criticised the UK on state media channel Russia 1

Al Jazeera

Russia-Ukraine latest updates: Germany ‘ready’ to ban Russian oil

Ukraine news from May 2: Economy minister says Berlin could back embargo, as EU energy ministers debate fresh sanctions.

Los Angeles Times

Pelosi reaffirms US military, economic and humanitarian support for Ukraine

LVIV, Ukraine — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi reaffirmed U.S. military, economic and humanitarian support for Ukraine on Sunday, a day after she and a delegation of Democratic lawmakers met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the capital as intense fighting raged in the country’s eastern region.

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