The Ukrainians using embroidery to stand up to Russia How artists, volunteers and designers turned a Ukrainian folk blouse and craft into symbols of defiance. Al Jazeera · Jan 22, 2023
Navy Seal deserter killed while fighting in Ukraine becomes 6th American to die in war Daniel Swift died on Wednesday after being injured in Dnipro, a US Navy official said. It is not clear why Mr Swift, who deserted the American military in 2019, was in Ukraine, the source added Daily Mirror · Jan 22, 2023
Ukraine news – live: Putin ally claims US and Brussels ‘leading world to a terrible war’ Leaders in West ‘must realise their responsibility to humanity’, claims Duma speaker Viacheslav Volodin The Independent UK · Jan 22, 2023
Signs of strain as France and Germany mark 60 years of friendship Russia's invasion of Ukraine and a changing world order are straining ties between France and Germany as they prepare to celebrate 60 years since a post-World War II treaty sealed their reconciliation. Radio France Internationale · Jan 22, 2023
Putin ally says West's deliveries of new weapons to Kyiv will lead to global catastrophe A close ally of President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday that deliveries of offensive weapons to Kyiv that threaten Russia's territories will lead to a global catastrophe and make arguments against using weapons of mass destruction untenable. Reuters · Jan 22, 2023
Ukrainian living in Glasgow tells of moment she returned home and witnessed mass blackouts A Glasgow University Postdoctoral Research Associate from Ukraine, Anastasia Klimash, returned to her Dnipro to visit her friends and family following the Russian invasion. Glasgow Live · Jan 22, 2023
And Then What? by Catherine Ashton review – colourful insider account of European diplomacy The first and presumably last Briton ever to lead European foreign policy gives us a glimpse of a collaborative approach now sadly lost The Guardian - UK · Jan 22, 2023
Ukraine is fighting for all of us. Now Europe must fight Putin too As Russia threatens another offensive, this is the moment of maximum danger. Ukraine’s allies must move fast and decisively The Guardian - UK · Jan 22, 2023
Ukraine's tragic week shows there's no safe place in war This past week has been an especially tragic one for Ukraine The Independent UK · Jan 22, 2023
France, Germany renew alliance strained amid war in Ukraine France and Germany are seeking to overcome differences laid bare by Russia's war in Ukraine and shore up their alliance with a day of ceremonies and talks on Europe’s security, energy and other challenges The Independent UK · Jan 22, 2023
Russia-Ukraine war live: Boris Johnson says Ukrainians should get ‘all the tools they need’ – as it happened Former UK prime minister weighs in on tank debate as he visits Borodyanka; Polish PM criticises German silence on tanks as ‘unacceptable’ The Guardian - AU · Jan 22, 2023
‘We do our work because we are angry’: Navalny’s right-hand woman Maria Pevchikh on taking on Putin It’s two years since the arrest and imprisonment of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. Here his deputy talks about continuing his fearless anti-corruption work – and why she won’t give up hope of his release The Guardian - UK · Jan 22, 2023
The Observer view on Belarus’s rogue regime and its ties to Russia As Belarus’s democratically elected president is tried for treason in absentia, she demands deeper sanctions on the brutal regime The Guardian - UK · Jan 22, 2023
Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania urge Germany to send tanks to Ukraine The Baltic states of Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania made a joint call to Germany on Saturday to step up its leadership and send its main battle tanks to Ukraine, putting further pressure on Berlin to move faster on aiding Kyiv in its war against Russia. Reuters · Jan 22, 2023
Reuters · Jan 22, 2023 Russia increases shelling in regions outside Ukraine's Donbas - officials Russia increased shelling of Ukraine's eastern regions outside the main front line in the Donbas industrial area, officials from the Zaporizhzhia and Sumy regions said on Saturday.
The Guardian - UK · Jan 22, 2023 Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 333 of the invasion Former UK PM Boris Johnson makes surprise visit to Ukraine; Russia claims to have made advances in Zaporizhzhia region
Reuters · Jan 21, 2023 Japan PM Kishida weighs Feb. Ukraine visit to hold talks with Zelenskiy -Yomiuri Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is considering visiting Kyiv in February and holding talks with Ukraine's President Volodomyr Zelenskiy, the Yomiuri newspaper said, citing Japanese government sources.
Reuters · Jan 21, 2023 New German defence minister to travel to Ukraine soon - Bild am Sonntag Germany's new defence minister Boris Pistorius plans to visit Ukraine soon, he told a German newspaper, as Berlin faces pressure to allow the shipment of German-made tanks to Ukraine.
Reason · Jan 21, 2023 Canada Grants Refugee Status to Russian Fleeing Conscription Western nations should adopt a general policy of granting refuge to Russians seeking to avoid conscription, and otherwise fleeing Vladimir Putin's increasingly repressive regime.
Evening Standard · Jan 21, 2023 Ukraine urges West to ‘think faster’ over tank deliveries as Russia launches offensive in Zaporizhzhia Ukrainian official says ‘indecision’ over sending Leopard 2 tanks is ‘killing more of our people’
Daily Mirror · Jan 21, 2023 Russian teenager calling for peace in Ukraine could face up to ten years in jail Russian student Olesya Kryvtsova, 19, has been charged with 'discrediting the army' and 'justifying terrorism after sharing anti-war messages on her social media pages
Al Jazeera · Jan 21, 2023 What’s stopping German-made Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine? Ukraine has urged Germany to provide the stealth tanks but NATO has failed to agree amid Russian threats.
Daily Mirror · Jan 21, 2023 Putin's enemy fears for his life after receiving bullet and death threat in post Former FSB spy Boris Karpichkov, who received a sinister death threat, believes neither the police nor MI5 can protect him, claiming they have done little to protect him when similar threats arrived
ABC News · Jan 21, 2023 With his luxury watch and murky Soviet past, Patriarch Kirill is Putin's spiritual leader and power broker The head of the Russian Orthodox Church wields enormous influence over more than 100 million believers and is a powerful ally to President Vladimir Putin — nowhere moreso than in the ideological battle for Ukraine.
Tribune News Service · Jan 21, 2023 US labels Russia’s Wagner Group a criminal organization in new bid to blunt its power WASHINGTON — The Biden administration designated Russia’s Wagner Group a transnational criminal organization in a new effort to blunt the mercenary company’s powerful role on the battlefield in Ukraine and around the world.