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US TV reporter reacts to news that Irish fishermen 'won' after previous Russia report

Russia had announced it was set to launch rockets off Ireland's south-west coast

Irish Mirror · Jan 31, 2022

US and UK Ready to Punish Putin Associates If Russia Invades Ukraine

The United States and its allies have prepared a list of Russian elites in or near President Vladimir Putin's inner circle to punish with sanctions if Russia sends troops into Ukraine, a senior US official said on Monday. Britain urged Putin to "step back from the brink" after the Russian…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jan 31, 2022

Ukraine crisis: UK considering further military deployments and ‘unprecedented’ sanctions – as it happened

British foreign secretary Liz Truss says ‘those in and around the Kremlin will have nowhere to hide’

The Guardian - UK · Jan 31, 2022

Latest Ukraine updates: Russia, US exchange harsh words at UN

Ukraine news from January 31: Russia accuses the West of ‘whipping up tensions’ over Ukraine.

Al Jazeera · Jan 31, 2022

Russian Navy Holds Anti-submarine Drills in Norwegian Sea

Vessels of Russia's Northern Fleet have completed anti-submarine drills in the Norwegian Sea, the Russian defense ministry said on Monday, part of a broader naval exercise amid a stand-off with the United States and NATO. Russian military moves are being closely watched by the West at a time when a…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jan 31, 2022

Kremlin says proposed British sanctions against Russia inflame European tensions

Moscow also claims that sanctions would hurt the UK

The Independent UK · Jan 31, 2022

Anti-corruption campaigner calls on UK to target oligarchs close to Putin

Bill Browder says hitting Russian president’s finances is most effective way to halt invasion of Ukraine

The Guardian - UK · Jan 31, 2022

Daniil Medvedev threatens to skip Wimbledon after blast at Australian Open "idiots"

Daniil Medvedev expressed his sadness at his treatment from the Australian Open crowd. The Russian suffered an agonising defeat to Rafael Nadal in the final at Melbourne Park

Daily Mirror · Jan 31, 2022

Hungarian PM Orbán to visit ally Putin in Moscow

Seen as Putin’s closest EU ally, his meeting with Russian president will be watched nervously in Europe’s capitals

The Guardian - UK · Jan 31, 2022

Ukrainians cope with fake bomb threats as Moscow mounts hybrid war

Amid fears of a Russian military attack, Ukrainians are also coping with a wave of fake bomb threats as Moscow mounts a hybrid war to sow panic among the public, according to Ukrainian security services. FRANCE 24’s Gulliver Cragg reports from the central Ukrainian city of Zhytomyr.

France 24 · Jan 31, 2022