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Trafigura hands out $1.7bn in dividends on profits fuelled by Ukraine war

Commodity trader posted record profits of $7bn after ‘exceptionally strong’ year

The Guardian - UK

Vladimir Putin guzzles champagne as he blames Ukraine for Russian's military strikes

Vladimir Putin appears to confess to war crimes and blame Ukraine for strikes while guzzling champagne at a reception at the Kremlin in Moscow

Daily Mirror

Ukraine war: what the Northern Ireland peace process can tell us about ending this conflict

Most armed conflicts end not with a total victory but with messy compromises. This is especially the case when the objectives on either side are incompatible and both are escalating their efforts to secure a victory which is unachievable.

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Four 'fronts' in the Ukraine-Russia war to look out for as winter bites

Russia had expected to be victorious long before now. Its initial plan envisaged ground assaults across Ukraine in the first ten days and a rapid capitulation thereafter. But Kyiv did not fall – and Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, refused to leave the capital, saying, “I need ammunition, not a ride,”…

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Strikes in Russia leave Ukraine allies uneasy at Putin reply

While this week’s drone attacks on Russian airfields that the Kremlin blamed on Ukraine were of largely symbolic value, Kyiv’s apparent readiness to take the war to Vladimir Putin may be constrained by nervousness among its allies over his potential reaction.

Tribune News Service

Putin vows to persist with strikes in Ukraine, ignoring West

The Kremlin says it’s up to Ukraine’s president to end the conflict in the country, suggesting terms that Kyiv has repeatedly rejected

The Independent UK

Analysis-Macron's mixed messages on Ukraine unnerve some Western allies

When NATO's 30 foreign ministers met in Bucharest in November to map out further aid plans for Ukraine and regional players under pressure from Russia, there was a notable ministerial absence: France.

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US basketball star Brittney Griner freed from Russia in prisoner swap involving arms dealer Viktor Bout

The high-level prisoner swap, at a time of heightened tensions over Ukraine, was announced by US President Joe Biden on Thursday

Evening Standard

Kremlin appears to scale back its ambitions in Ukraine

Russia said on Thursday that it was still set on securing at least the bulk of the parts of east and south Ukraine that it has claimed as its own, but appeared to give up on seizing other areas in the west and northeast that Ukraine has recaptured.

Reuters

Russia frees WNBA star Brittney Griner in prisoner swap

The swap, at a time of heightened tensions over Ukraine, achieved a top goal for President Joe Biden, but carried a heavy price — and left behind an American jailed for nearly four years in Russia.

Chicago Sun-Times

2022 was year the horror of war returned to Europe

This was the year war returned to Europe, and few facets of life were left untouched

The Independent UK

US basketball star Brittney Griner freed in prisoner swap for arms dealer Viktor Bout

Russia freed WNBA star Brittney Griner on Thursday in a dramatic high-level prisoner exchange, with the U.S. releasing notorious Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, American officials said. The swap, at a time of heightened tensions over Ukraine, achieved a top goal for President Joe Biden, but carried a heavy price…

France 24

Ukraine war: why the Kinburn spit is of vital military significance and opens up the recapture of Crimea

The Kinburn spit, a tiny headland at the mouth of the Dniepro river, has been described as having “enormous strategic importance” in the next phase of the Ukraine war. Ukraine has indicated its intention to liberate it and an operation seems to be under way to do so.

The Conversation

Putin is losing the ground war, but Europe must dig in for the economic battle

There is more than one front in Europe’s almost 10- month-long war. The first is in the mud, where the worst trenches and dugouts in Eastern Ukraine are starting to bear more than a passing resemblance to scenes from the First World War. The second can be seen from space:…

Evening Standard

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Reuters

EU states to top up fund used for Ukraine arms purchases by 2 billion euros

European Union countries will replenish a fund that has been used to pay for military support for Ukraine with another 2 billion euros ($2.10 billion), two diplomats told Reuters on Thursday.

Reuters

Russia says goal of Zaporizhzhia nuclear safety zone is to 'stop Ukraine shelling'

The Russian Foreign Ministry said on Thursday that the main goal of a proposed safety zone around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine was to "stop Ukraine shelling" the facility, while Kyiv said Moscow was storing advanced weapons on the site.

Reuters

Ukraine detains couple suspected of spying for Russia in Odesa

The Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) has detained a married couple suspected of spying for Russia in the Black Sea city of Odesa, one of Ukraine's largest ports.

The Independent UK

Nobel laureate: No lasting peace in Ukraine without justice

The Ukrainian rights activist who leads the group that won this year's Nobel Peace Prize says there will be no lasting peace in Ukraine until there is justice and human rights

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Russia and Ukraine enter grim winter campaign as war losses mount

With neither side ready for talks, there are increasing suggestions the war will go on for a long time.

Evening Standard

Wimbledon consider reversing blanket ban on Russian and Belarusian players in 2023 amid Ukraine war

Wimbledon are looking at reversing the blanket ban on Russian and Belarusian players at next year’s tournament.

Reuters

Kremlin: Russia plans to 'liberate' parts of Ukraine that Moscow annexed

(This story has been refiled to fix typo in 'plans' in the headline)

Reuters

A Ukrainian woman's harrowing quest to find her family

Nina Melenets finally buried her son in November, more than seven months after she said he was killed by shelling in their village in eastern Ukraine.

Reuters

Ukraine faces 'significant' power shortages after Russian attacks

Ukraine enforced new emergency power cuts on Thursday as it tried to repair energy infrastructure damaged in Russian air strikes which the national grid operator said had caused significant supply shortages.

Reuters

Red Cross visits POWs held by Russia and Ukraine, commends progress

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) gained access to both Ukrainian and Russian prisoners of war last week and more visits are planned in what it described in a Thursday statement as "important progress".

The Conversation

Ukraine war: new figures suggest only one in four Russians support it, but that won't be enough to oust Putin

Leaked internal Russian government polling recently indicated that as few as one in four Russians may be in favour of the war in Ukraine. Analysts believe that the forced mobilisation of over 300,000 civilians and the high level of casualties have all contributed to waning support for Russia’s war effort.

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