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Russia unlikely to challenge UK and Ireland bid for Euro 2028, hints former World Cup chief Alexey Sorokin

A leading Russian football executive has claimed the country's ban from the World Cup is unfair, but hinted they would not challenge the UK and Ireland for the 2028 European Championship, suggesting a bid for Euro 2032 was more likely.

Evening Standard

Russian media organisations and bosses sanctioned by UK over Ukraine war

The Kremlin-funded TV-Novosti broadcaster and the organisation behind the Sputnik news agency have been hit with sanctions.

The Independent UK

Russia's Putin assured his commitment to humanitarian access in Ukraine, Norway PM says

Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere said Vladimir Putin had assured him Russia would contribute to securing humanitarian access to besieged civilians in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol.

Reuters

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Turkey Says Gas Pipeline With Israel Not Possible in Short Term

A possible gas pipeline project between Turkey and Israel is not possible in the short-term and building an alternative system to cut Russian dependence will not happen quickly, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Thursday, Reuters reported.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Turkey juggles relationships with Russia, Ukraine amid economic crisis

Turkey has played a major role in the search for an end to the Ukraine war as the host for this week’s talks between Moscow and Kyiv – the product of an ambivalent stance experts say is largely rooted in the troubled Turkish economy’s deep links to both countries.

France 24

Russian general dubbed ‘butcher of Mariupol’ among new list of sanctions announced by Liz Truss

Propagandists also targeted in expansion of sanctions list

The Independent UK

Russian troops branded 'cowards' by commander in leaked voice note after defying Putin

A furious Siberian-based Interior Ministry commander recorded a six-minute voice note telling Russian riot police called on to fight in the war that they'd live a life of shame

Daily Mirror

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Close ties allow Russian propaganda to spread swiftly through China, report claims

A cyber monitoring group says Chinese sources are amplifying disinformation about Ukrainian ‘nazism’

The Guardian - AU

Arrest Vladimir Putin for war crimes if he goes to G20 summit, top Tory urges

Former Foreign Office Minister Harriett Baldwin says Russian President Vladimir Putin should be detained if he turns up at the G20 in Bali in November

Daily Mirror

The young Russian soldiers sent to die in Vladimir Putin’s bloody invasion

The spiralling death toll among Russian troops was laid bare on Thursday as some of the young soldiers who died in Ukraine were named.

Evening Standard

Russian family prefers exile to 'unbearable' pro-war mood at home

A day after Russia invaded Ukraine, married couple Olga and Nikolai Kustov locked up their St Petersburg apartment, took their children out of school, and moved to a foreign country.

Reuters

Western intelligence: Putin's advisers are "too afraid to tell him the truth" on Ukraine

There is perhaps "no bigger insult" than calling Putin, a former KGB officer, "misinformed."

Axios

Marie Yovanovitch on Trump and Putin

The ambassador Trump fired talks about the threat to democracy, and how Ukraine's struggle has "inspired the world"

Salon

Ukraine at a ‘turning point’, says Zelensky as he warns other nations could wage war if ‘we don’t stop Putin’

‘Freedom should be armed no worse than tyranny,’ says Volodmyr Zelensky in appeal to the US

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Reuters

Russia drafts 134,500 conscripts but says they won't go to Ukraine

President Vladimir Putin on Thursday signed a decree ordering 134,500 new conscripts into the army as part of Russia's annual spring draft, but the defence ministry said the call-up had nothing to do with the war in Ukraine.

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: Ukraine prepares for new wave of attacks in east

Russian forces continue to bombard Chernihiv and parts of Kyiv despite announcing their withdrawal. Plus, 500 ghost flights leave the UK monthly

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine braces for fresh wave of attacks in east as Russia builds forces in Donbas

Volodymyr Zelenskiy says fierce resistance has pressured Russian forces in Kyiv but Ukraine is preparing for strikes in other regions

Daily Mirror

BBC's Strictly keeps Russian dancers as Katya Jones finally speaks out on Ukraine war

The professional line up for this year's Strictly Come Dancing has been announced, with Russian stars Katya Jones and Luba Mushtuk back for another series

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Daily Record

Lanarkshire dad who worked in war-torn Ukraine raises thousands for Red Cross aid mission

James Frame worked in Kyiv just weeks before Russian troops invaded

Reuters

Georgia says breakaway region's referendum on joining Russia 'unacceptable' - TASS

Georgian Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani said on Thursday that talk of a referendum in the Georgian breakaway region of South Ossetia on joining Russia was unacceptable, TASS news agency reported.

The Independent UK

MoD: Russian forces continue to shell Chernihiv despite pledge to scale back

The head of GCHQ said Vladimir Putin’s advisers are afraid to tell him the truth about the state of the conflict.

The Times of India

India supports release of oil from reserves to cool prices: Rameswar Teli

NEW DELHI: As oil prices dived on news that the US was considering record release from the reserves, India on Thursday said it supports the initiative to let out from the strategic stockpile to cool rising oil prices.

The Independent UK

‘We are not hiding’: Russian Football Union defends presence at FIFA Congress

Russian national teams and clubs have been suspended by FIFA and UEFA, but the ban does not apply to the country’s federation.

The Independent UK

‘Liberated from what?’ Ukrainian woman’s harrowing ordeal of deportation to Russia

Kyiv has accused Moscow of forcibly relocating thousands of people from Mariupol to Russia

The Independent UK

H&M sales slow after closures in Russia

Earlier this month, the company paused all sales in Russia, Belarus and Ukraine, affecting 185 stores.

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