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Wagner Group: what it would mean for the UK to designate Putin's private army a 'terrorist organisation'

The UK is reportedly planning to officially designate the Russian mercenary firm Wagner Group as a terrorist organisation. This would put Wagner on a list with 78 other groups, including ISIS, al Qaeda and newer white supremacist organisations.

The Conversation

‘We’ll get there’: the Ukrainian drone unit quietly knocking out Russian targets

Col Roman Kostenko on how nightly tactical operations are crucial to Kyiv’s preparation for a counteroffensive

The Guardian - UK

Friends raise funds to help Ukraine aid volunteer paralysed by moped crash

Darius Linkus and his wife Saule live in Trimley St Mary, Suffolk.

The Independent UK

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Eurovision is not political, say presenters after Zelensky address blocked

The European Broadcasting Union said on Thursday night that it had declined the Ukrainian leader’s request to speak to the audience on Saturday.

The Independent UK

Elena Ferrante and Marian Keyes among authors competing in Eurovision book contest

As musicians prepare for the Eurovision song contest on Saturday, entries for its literary counterpart have been announced

The Guardian - UK

Bristolian volunteer fighter killed in Ukraine after a year on frontline

Jay Morais, 52, died in a Kharkiv hospital after an intense fight with Russian troops in February

Bristol Post

China intensifies Ukraine peace effort

BEIJING: China will dispatch a special envoy to Ukraine, Russia and other European nations from Monday, as Beijing steps up its efforts for a diplomatic resolution to Moscow’s war.

Bangkok Post

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Communities torn as Ukraine turns its back on Moscow-linked church

As a crowd gathered outside the white-brick Orthodox church in the village of Karyshkiv in western Ukraine, raised voices quickly turned to shouting. Soon old women were crying.

Reuters

Ukraine's anti-graft prosecutor says rule of law trumps trophy convictions

Ukraine's crackdown on corruption has raised eyebrows in recent months by going after respected former technocrats who helped repair the country after the political upheaval of 2014.

Reuters

Biden meets with Spain's Sanchez, discusses Ukraine war

U.S. President Joe Biden and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez underscored their support for Ukraine in the war with Russia on Friday during a White House meeting that also touched on migration and defense cooperation.

Reuters

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 443 of the invasion

Russia’s defence ministry has denied reports that Ukrainian forces had broken through in Bakhmut; Turkey’s defence minister has said Black Sea grain initiative is approaching an extension

The Guardian - AU

Ukrainian historian Serhii Plokhy: ‘This may not be the last chapter of the Russian empire, but it’s an important one’

The Harvard academic on writing while grieving – and where his country goes from here

The Guardian - UK

Russian woman charged for ‘desecrating’ Putin grave

Irina Tsybaneva was found guilty of desecrating the Putin family plot in St Petersburg and handed a two-year suspended sentence

The Independent UK

Ukraine plays down talk of Bakhmut gains being start of counteroffensive

Ukrainian forces have advanced by about 2 km around the eastern city of Bakhmut this week and have not given up any positions there in that time, Deputy Defence Minister Hanna Maliar said on Friday.

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The Independent UK

Zelenskyy barred from addressing 'nonpolitical' Eurovision Song Contest

The Eurovision Song Contest has barred President Volodymyr Zelenskyy from addressing the final of the pan-continental music competition

Reuters

U.S., German ministers discuss efforts to counter Russian sanctions evasion

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen met German Finance Minister Christian Lindner on Friday, underscoring the importance of working together to counter evasion of Western sanctions imposed on Russia over its war in Ukraine, Treasury said.

France 24

Russia acknowledges retreat north of Bakhmut as Ukraine claims advances

Moscow acknowledged on Friday that its forces had fallen back north of Ukraine's battleground city of Bakhmut after a new Ukrainian offensive, in a retreat that the head of Russia's Wagner private army called a "rout". The rare acknowledgement came after Ukraine said its forces had made significant advances around…

Evening Standard

Rishi Sunak ‘disappointed’ by President Zelensky’s ban from addressing Eurovision Song Contest final

The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) barred the Ukrainian leader from making a video appearance over fears it would ‘politicise’ the competition

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The Guardian - UK

Eurovision represents everything that is nonsensically termed ‘woke’ – that’s what makes it so special

The high-camp contest, hosted this year by the UK on Ukraine’s behalf, is diverse, unifying, tolerant – all things we need more of, says the Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

The Independent UK

Ukrainian artists hope for more support after ‘wonderful’ Liverpool Eurovision

Two Ukrainian artists told of their ‘truly wonderful’ time at the Xpresia Festival as part of the Eurovision Culture Village.

Evening Standard

Putin’s troops have retreated from one area near eastern town of Bakhmut, Moscow admits

But Russia’s defence ministry denies swirl of reports that Ukrainian forces have broken through in various places along the front lines

The Guardian - UK

Friday briefing: What will Ukraine’s long-anticipated counteroffensive look like?

In today’s newsletter: After a long winter froze combat for months, Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s next move could be crucial to his country’s future

Reuters

Russia's war on Ukraine latest: Kyiv says it destroys incoming missiles

Ukraine said it had shot down six Russian hypersonic Kinzhal missiles in a single night, thwarting a weapon Moscow has touted as a next-generation hypersonic missile that was all but unstoppable.

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war: Zelenskiy thanks UK for Storm Shadow missiles; Kremlin denies ground lost in Bakhmut – as it happened

Ukrainian president says he thanked Rishi Sunak for long-range missiles in telephone call

The Guardian - UK

‘I must work. I can’t cry’: capturing Russia’s attacks on Ukrainian civilians

Dmytro Pletenchuk, a press officer, took photos in the aftermath of last week’s devastating shelling in Kherson

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