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Russian officer sentenced to 6.5 years for deserting amid war he opposed

A Russian security officer who fled the country because he objected to the invasion of Ukraine has been sentenced to six-and-a-half years in high-security prison, the Taiga.info news website reported on Friday.

Reuters

Brokering peace in Ukraine would be good for Xi and China: is he adroit enough to pull it off?

The war is a test of China’s ability to manage its interests. Putin, Zelenskiy, the EU, the global south: it’s trying to keep them all on side, says Yu Jie, a senior research fellow at Chatham House

The Guardian - UK

People convinced Vladimir Putin is using body doubles as his chin keeps changing

Russian social media is ablaze with rumours that Vladimir Putin uses multiple body doubles after Ukrainian officials questioned whether his visit to Mariupol in Ukraine was performed by a doppelgänger.

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Ukrainian forces to soon launch counter-offensive, says top commander, as Putin spring advance stutters

Ukraine’s top ground forces commander said his forces would soon launch a counter-offensive after Vladimir Putin’s spring advance has so far failed to achieve any significant victories.

Evening Standard

Elderly Ukrainian helicopters pummel Russians from afar

The Ukrainian army is using Soviet-era helicopters on missions to the front lines in the fight against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

The Independent UK

Ukraine Prepares Counteroffensive as Russia’s Assault on Bakhmut Flags

Ukrainian troops, on the defensive for months, will soon counterattack as Russia's offensive looks to be faltering, a commander said, but President Volodymyr Zelenskiy warned that without a faster supply of arms the war could last years. The Ukrainian military said early on Friday that 1,020 Russian troops had been…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Activists, everyday Russians and a soldier punished for war talk

Almost 500 Russians have been charged under wartime censorship laws. We look at 12 cases.

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‘We are refugees now, even our cat’: a Kherson mother’s UK diary

Olha fled the Ukrainian city a year ago this week and has faced many challenges, including enrolling her children in school

The Guardian - UK

UN accuses Russia and Ukraine of ‘summary executions’ of prisoners

The United Nations said Friday it was “deeply concerned” by what it described as summary executions of prisoners of war carried out by Russian and Ukrainian forces on the battlefield. Earlier in the day, Russia’s former President Dmitry Medvedev said Russian forces may have to advance as far as Kyiv…

France 24

Price of diesel fuel remains stubbornly higher than petrol

Russia's invasion of Ukraine is partly to blame for inflated diesel prices, which remain stubbornly higher than the price of petrol

The New Daily

Russia-Ukraine war: UN reports dozens of summary executions of PoWs; Nordic nations agree joint air defence plan – as it happened

Mission says it documented some 40 summary executions in 13 months; Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland agree plan to counter Russian threat

The Guardian - AU

Cost of diesel stubbornly high as war ratchets up price

The consumer watchdog has blamed the cost of diesel remaining significantly higher than the cost of regular petrol partly on Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

AAP

Ukraine-Russia war – latest: Battle for Bakhmut ‘stabilising’ due to Kyiv’s ‘tremendous efforts’

Several thousand, many elderly and with disabilities, are estimated to remain in the city

The Independent UK

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 394

As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its 394th day, we take a look at the main developments.

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Zelenskyy calls on EU to give jets, missiles or expect a long war

Ukraine president’s comments on need for weapons represents an unusually open display of frustration with EU leaders.

Reuters

Russia presses along Ukraine front after reports of Bakhmut slowdown

Russian forces attacked northern and southern stretches of the front in Ukraine's eastern Donbas region on Friday, even as Kyiv said Moscow's assault was flagging near the city of Bakhmut.

The Independent UK

UK should stay out of talks to halt Russia’s invasion of Ukraine – Lord Owen

The former foreign secretary said Rishi Sunak should not talk to Vladimir Putin and any peace talks should be conducted by the two warring countries.

ABC News

Ukraine says Russia's Bakhmut assault losing steam, counterstrike coming soon

Ukrainian troops will launch a long-awaited counter assault "very soon" now that Russia's offensive in Bakhmut is losing steam, Ukraine's top ground forces commander says.

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Russia doping suspension lifted, but war ban keeps athletes out

The Russian Athletics Federation is still excluded from international competition due to a ban over the war in Ukraine.

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Gaps seen in economic cooperation stance

BEIJING -- Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin confirmed Tuesday during their meeting in Moscow that their nations will further strengthen economic cooperation in areas including natural gas and currency trading. China is offering support to Russia, which is suffering from U.S. and European sanctions over its…

Reuters

Current funding for Ukraine should last for much of the year - Blinken

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken reassured members of Congress on Thursday that the billions of dollars already approved for Ukraine should last for much of the year, and insisted that measures were in place to ensure it is well spent.

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Russian forces appear to lose steam as Ukraine prepares offensive

Putin strengthens his ties with China in 56th week of the war, but his forces seem to lose momentum on the battlefield.

Reuters

Zelenskiy tells Europe: Be quicker with military aid or face a long war

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Thursday urged Europe to increase and speed up supplies of modern weaponry and impose tougher sanctions on Russia, saying otherwise the war could drag on for years.

The Independent UK

Russian officials seek another opposition activist's arrest

A Russian court has issued an arrest warrant for an opposition activist on charges of disparaging the military, and authorities have declared other activists and bloggers “foreign agents” amid efforts to muzzle criticism of Russia’s action in Ukraine

Evening Standard

King Charles says he is determined to return to Ukraine ‘before I get too old’

The monarch was speaking as he officially opened the new European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Headquarters

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