The Latest Breaking News from Russia

Irish cabinet to cut excise duty on petrol and diesel

Response to warning over impact of Ukraine-Russia war piles pressure on UK chancellor to follow suit

The Guardian - UK · Mar 9, 2022

Fears rise Russia could open southwestern front against Ukraine as invasion stutters

Exclusive: Officials warn of ‘real threat’ that Putin could turn to Russian troops in Kremlin-controlled Transnistria, an unrecognised breakaway state to the west of Ukraine

The Independent UK · Mar 9, 2022

Evacuation efforts resume in Ukraine; power cut to Chernobyl plant

KOZELETS, Ukraine — As basic survival grows increasingly precarious, civilian evacuation efforts resumed Wednesday in Ukrainian cities battered by a Russian assault that shows no let-up after two weeks of relentless bombardment.

Los Angeles Times · Mar 9, 2022

Russian officials ‘privately denouncing clusterf***’ invasion

‘They’re carefully enunciating the word clusterf***,” a source tells Russian journalist Farida Rustamova

The Independent UK · Mar 9, 2022

Germany's Scholz says no sense in military solution in Ukraine

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Wednesday there was no sense in a military solution to the Ukraine conflict and he hoped, instead, that a solution could be found in talks between Russia and Ukraine.

Reuters · Mar 9, 2022

VW, Audi Stop Offering Some PHEVs Due To Russia - Ukraine Conflict

The company says the Russia-Ukraine conflict is creating supply chain shortages that will make building certain plug-in hybrid models impossible.

InsideEVs · Mar 9, 2022

Brittney Griner’s Russian ordeal is a byproduct of WNBA’s shoestring funding

Top female players are forced to chase good-paying gigs abroad while their well-paid male counterparts can enjoy home comforts

The Guardian - US · Mar 9, 2022

World's oldest tennis player refusing to evacuate Ukraine insisting he's 'not afraid of anyone'

Leonid Stanislavskyi, 97, holds the Guinness World Record for being the oldest tennis player in the world and insists that he's "not afraid" of Vladimir Putin's forces following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Daily Record · Mar 9, 2022

"There’s lots of confusion": Ukrainian deli owners abused after being mistaken as Russian

“It’s like a bad dream, you just want to wake up"

Wales Online · Mar 9, 2022

Evening Standard Comment: Ukrainian children are dying — Putin cares nothing for human life

Last week, five-year-old Semyon was killed by a Russian bullet. His sister, Polina, 10, perished too. Yesterday, six-year-old Tanya died from dehydration in Mariupol, a city with no water, trapped beneath the rubble of her home.

Evening Standard · Mar 9, 2022