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Russian defence minister: conscripts not being sent to Ukraine - TASS

Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Tuesday that conscripts were not being sent to Ukraine to fight in Russia's "special military operation", the Russian state news agency TASS reported.

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Puffy-faced Vladimir Putin struggles to stay awake as he looks exhausted during meeting

Vladimir Putin - who is rumoured to be taking steroids as part of treatment for thyroid cancer - met with Defence Minister Sergei Shogou yesterday to congratulate troops on the so-called "liberation" of Luhansk in Ukraine's east

Daily Mirror

Ukraine-Russia latest updates: Donetsk governor urges evacuation

Ukraine news from July 5: Governor says mass evacuation will save lives and enable Ukraine to better fight Russians.

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Putin declares victory in Luhansk as Ukraine faces more ‘grinding’ war

The Russian president’s declaration came as Russian forces tried to press their offensive deeper into eastern Ukraine

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Ukraine PM calls for confiscated assets from Russian oligarchs to fund recovery – as it happened

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Russia Claims Capture of Pivotal City in Eastern Ukraine

Russia's defense minister said Russian forces took control Sunday of the last major Ukrainian-held city in Ukraine's Luhansk province, bringing Moscow closer to its stated goal of seizing all of Ukraine’s Donbas region. Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu told President Vladimir Putin that Russia's troops together with members of a local…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russian defence minister tells Putin Ukraine's Luhansk region has been 'liberated'

Russia's Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu informed President Vladimir Putin that all of Ukraine's Luhansk region had been "liberated" by Russian and separatist forces, the defence ministry said on Sunday.

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Russians holed up in school blasted by new missile supplied to Ukraine by the West

At least 40 Russian military personnel were hit by the missile which tore through a school in Izyum, Ukraine, which was said to be being used as a base for Vladimir Putin's forces

Daily Mirror

Top Russian army general seen on Ukrainian soil for first time as invasion intensifies

Russian defence minister Sergei Shoigu flew in on a military helicopter and paid special attention to the organisation of comprehensive support for hostilities, his ministry said

Daily Mirror

Russia’s Shoigu Visits Troops Involved in Ukraine Operation

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu inspected Russian troop units involved in Ukraine, the defense ministry said on Sunday. "At the command posts of Russian units, Army General Sergei Shoigu heard reports from the commanders on the current situation and actions of the Russian Armed Forces in the main operational areas,"…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Vladimir Putin 'to be overthrown by three rivals in hammer to head' says CIA insider

Former CIA Moscow station chief Daniel Hoffman says defence minister Sergei Shoigu may be central to a mutiny to overthrow the president

Daily Mirror

Russia's Shoigu visits troops involved in Ukraine operation- ministry

Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu inspected Russian troop units involved in Ukraine, the defence ministry said on Sunday.

Reuters

Vladimir Putin's rumoured girlfriend given two new homes in NATO country, source says

The claim has emerged from Russian-born Israeli businessman Leonid Nevzlin, 62, who is a former co-owner of the oil giant Yukos and a leading enemy of Putin

Daily Mirror

Mission accomplished? The meaning of Russia’s claimed land bridge to Crimea

Analysis: As its defence minister trumpets a key goal, Russia is pushing hard to subjugate areas of southern Ukraine it controls

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Russian forces control most of eastern Ukraine's Severodonetsk, governor says

Russian forces control most of the strategic Ukrainian city of Severodonetsk and are heavily shelling the twin city of Lysychansk, causing major damage, the governor of Luhansk region said on Wednesday. This comes as fighting intensifies in Ukraine's eastern Donbas region. Read about the day’s events as they unfolded on…

The Independent UK

Russia draws closer to capture of Ukraine's Donbas region

Russia is drawing closer to its goal of fully capturing Ukraine’s eastern industrial heartland of coal mines and factories

The Independent UK

Russia admits to sending 600 conscripts to fight in Ukraine

Conscripts were returned to Russia ‘as soon as possible’, a military prosecutor claimed

Al Jazeera

Russia-Ukraine latest: UN says war impact on world ‘severe’

War in Ukraine’s effect on food, energy, finance is ‘systemic, severe, and speeding up’, UN chief Antonio Guterres says.

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Russian, Turkish defence ministers discuss Syria, grain exports from Ukraine

The Russian and Turkish defence ministers discussed a potential grain exports corridor from Ukraine and northern Syria on Tuesday, Turkey's defence ministry said, as Ankara and Moscow prepare for talks between their foreign ministers.

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Russia Claims Advances in Ukraine amid Fierce Fighting

Russia on Tuesday claimed to have taken control of 97% of one of the two provinces that make up Ukraine's Donbas, bringing the Kremlin closer to its goal of fully capturing the eastern industrial heartland of coal mines and factories. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said Moscow’s forces hold nearly…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Turkey Tells Russia it Will Respond to Destabilizing Moves in North Syria

Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar told Russian counterpart Sergei Shoigu in a call on Tuesday that Turkey would respond to moves aimed at disrupting stability in northern Syria, his office said, as Ankara gears for talks with Moscow ahead of an expected offensive in the region. President Tayyip Erdogan announced…

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Turkey tells Russia it will respond to destabilising moves in north Syria

Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar told Russian counterpart Sergei Shoigu in a call on Tuesday that Turkey would respond to moves aimed at disrupting stability in northern Syria, his office said, as Ankara gears for talks with Moscow ahead of an expected offensive in the region.

The Guardian - UK

Plan to ship grain out of Ukraine dealt blow due to mines

Turkish offer to escort ships through Black Sea blockade would face six-month wait for mine clearance, says Ukraine

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia Says Mariupol, Berdyansk Ports Ready to Ship Grain

Russia's defense minister said on Tuesday the Ukrainian ports of Berdyansk and Mariupol, seized by Russian forces, have been de-mined and are ready to resume grain shipments. "The de-mining of Mariupol's port has been completed.

Reuters

Russia says two Ukrainian ports ready to ship grain but Kyiv must demine coast

Russia said on Tuesday that two major Ukrainian ports on the Sea of Azov seized by Russian forces were ready to resume grain shipments, but the Kremlin said Kyiv still needed to demine the approaches to its ports for exports to take place.

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