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Zelenskiy’s Unlikely Journey from Comedy to Ukrainian Hero

When Volodymyr Zelenskiy was growing up in southeastern Ukraine, his Jewish family spoke Russian and his father once forbade the younger Zelenskiy from going abroad to study in Israel. Instead, Zelenskiy studied law at home.

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Ukraine's Zelenskiy welcomes peace talks proposals in video message

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy welcomed proposals by Turkey and Azerbaijan to hold peace talks with Russia, and singled out his conversation with Italy's Prime Minister Mario Draghi as key to agreements for more international support to Ukraine.

Reuters

Streets quiet in Kyiv, city reeling from night of fighting

Soldiers picking through charred debris scattered near the smouldering remains of a truck and a few civilians taking fresh air before a curfew were among scarce signs of life in Ukraine's capital on Saturday, after a second night of artillery barrages.

Reuters

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Germany to send thousands of weapons to Ukraine in major reversal

Germany had previously opposed arming Ukraine due to its "historical responsibilities."

Axios

US announces $350 million in additional military aid to Ukraine

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden has committed an additional $350 million in military assistance to Ukraine, including anti-armor munitions, small arms and other equipment, to help the former Soviet republic defend itself against Russia’s onslaught, a Pentagon spokesman said Saturday.

Los Angeles Times

Russia suspends cooperation with Europe on space launches from French Guiana

Russia's space agency Roskosmos is suspending cooperation with Europe on space launches from the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana in response to Western sanctions over Ukraine, Roskosmos head Dmitry Rogozin said on Saturday.

Reuters

Biden Approves $350 Million in Military Aid for Ukraine

President Joe Biden instructed the US State Department to release up to an additional $350 million worth of weapons from US stocks to Ukraine on Friday as it struggles to repulse a Russian invasion. In a memorandum to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Biden directed that $350 million allocated through…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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'We hear missiles all around us': South Shields couple kept apart as wife trapped in Ukraine under Russian invasion

Ludi has not been able to flee Kyiv because of Russian forces 'circling' the city as the invasion reaches it's third day

Chronicle Live

Labour demands tax rise be scrapped as Russia sanctions hike cost of living

Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves urged the government to scrap the National Insurance increase - warning the war in Ukraine was already sending petrol prices towards £1.60 a litre

Daily Mirror

How Ukrainian defiance has derailed Putin’s plans

It’s too early to describe the Kremlin operation as a failure, but it has not succeeded yet in its mission to seize and subjugate its neighbour

The Guardian - UK

Biden: Finland, Sweden comments on NATO show how Putin miscalculated - interview

U.S. President Joe Biden said in an interview released on Saturday that comments from neutral Finland and Sweden about possibly joining NATO show the depth of Russian President Vladimir Putin's miscalculation in invading Ukraine.

Reuters

Wladimir Klitschko issues desperate message amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine

Former heavyweight boxer Wladimir Klitschko has issued a heartfelt plea to the 'entire world' to halt the Russian invasion of Ukraine, as civilians desperately flee the country

Daily Mirror

Slovak government to give money to those sheltering refugees from Ukraine

Slovakia will support people who shelter refugees from Ukraine with financial aid to help accommodate the thousands fleeing Russia's invasion of their country, Finance Minister Igor Matovic said on Saturday.

Reuters

Manchester City and Everton unite in show of support for Ukraine in Russia conflict

Manchester City and Everton joined forces to send a powerful message of support to Ukraine in their conflict with Russia ahead of Saturday evening’s Premier League clash at Goodison Park.

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Putin and the West: From Curiosity to Cataclysm

Russian President Vladimir Putin's two decades of relations with the West, initially marked by fascination over what the ex-KGB agent stood for and then bursts of cooperation, have now reached a point of no return with his invasion of neighboring Ukraine. The attack has created an indelible rupture between Russia…

Reuters

Ukraine official says Russian troops approaching Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant

Russian troops are approaching Ukraine's nuclear power plant in Zaporizhzhia and have aimed their rockets at the site, Vadym Denysenko, an adviser to Ukraine's interior minister, said on Saturday.

Manchester Evening News

I left Salford to join Ukraine's revolution. This is what I know about this war

Stefan Jajecznyk, 32, from Salford, took part in the 2014 revolution and later followed army volunteers bringing supplies to soldiers fighting Russia-backed separatists in the east of Ukraine

The Independent UK

Milla Jovovich says she is ‘torn in two’ by conflict in Ukraine

The model, who was born in Kyiv, spent her early years in Russia

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The Independent UK

Russia moves weapons capable of inflicting mass casualties into position, claim intelligence officials

Exclusive: Officials in the west are anxious that Russia could turn to weapons capable of inflicting heavy casualties, reports Kim Sengupta in Kyiv

Reuters

EU nearing decision on cutting Russia off from Swift: French official

Discussions among European Union members about excluding Russia from the Swift international payment system are close to reaching a successful conclusion, a French presidential official said on Saturday.

The Independent UK

Man launches paint at Russian embassy, police say

The embassy’s walls were covered in chalk-written messages, Ukrainian flags, eggs and fake blood.

Reuters

Greece says six expats killed in Ukraine, summons Russian ambassador

Greece said on Saturday that six Greek nationals had been killed and six others wounded by Russian bombing near Mariupol in Ukraine, and that it had summoned Russia's ambassador to the foreign ministry on Monday after a verbal demarche.

The Guardian - US

Poll: US majority believes no Russian invasion with Trump as president

Caps-Harris poll shows 62% of respondents believe Putin would not have ordered troops into Ukraine with Trump in White House

Daily Mirror

Kremlin website down as Russian TV channels 'hacked to broadcast Ukrainian songs'

In a chilling video message posted online by the hacker collective called Anonymous, a member of the masked group speaks directly to Vladimir Putin calling on him to resign

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia Sees Military Coordination with Israel on Syria Continuing

Russia sees its military coordination with Israel over Syria continuing, the Russian embassy said on Saturday, after Moscow signaled displeasure with Israeli statements about the Ukraine crisis. Following the 2015 Russian intervention in the Syrian war, Israel set up a "de-confliction mechanism" with the big power to prevent them clashing…

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