In Ukraine, power plant workers fight to save their 'child' When Ukraine was at peace, its energy workers were largely unheralded The Independent UK · Jan 12, 2023
Ukraine Response Should Be 'Replicated', HRW Urges Governments Human Rights Watch on Thursday hailed the international response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, urging governments to show the same concern for civilians caught up in other conflicts. "Amongst the fog of war and the darkness that we have seen in this war in Ukraine, there has been a shining… Asharq Al-Awsat · Jan 12, 2023
Cracks in authoritarian regimes offer hope in a dark year, says Human Rights Watch Watchdog praises protests in China and Iran and international response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in annual report on the state of human rights The Guardian - UK · Jan 12, 2023
Zelensky vows to give troops ‘everything’ to defend critical Bakhmut and Soledar President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday vowed to give the Ukrainian forces defending the cities of Bakhmut and Soledar “everything necessary” to keep Russian troops at bay. The fall of the key salt-mining town of Soledar could offer Russian forces an inroad for conquering other areas of Donetsk province that remain… France 24 · Jan 12, 2023
AP News Digest 3 am Here are the AP’s latest coverage plans, top stories and promotable content. All times EST. For up-to-the minute information on AP’s coverage, visit Coverage Plan. The Independent UK · Jan 12, 2023
Ukraine news – live: Putin looking for scapegoats as Russian troops suffer weapons shortage Russia likely controls ‘most, if not all’, of key mining town Soledar The Independent UK · Jan 12, 2023
Satellite images show devastation to Russian-controlled mining town Schools and agricultural warehouses reduced to ashes in Soledar, satellite images show The Independent UK · Jan 12, 2023
Rights group: Litany of crises in 2022 but also good signs A leading rights group says widespread opposition to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine demonstrates the power of a unified response against human rights abuses The Independent UK · Jan 12, 2023
Arsenal and Chelsea encounter fresh Mykhaylo Mudryk problem after FIFA transfer ruling Arsenal and Chelsea are locked in a transfer battle to sign Mykhaylo Mudryk in January - but Shakhtar Donetsk are demanding a big fee for the Ukraine international Daily Mirror · Jan 12, 2023
Ukraine says its forces hold out after 'hot' night in Soledar Ukraine said on Friday its forces were still holding out in the eastern salt mining town of Soledar after a "hot" night of fighting in what has become one of the bloodiest battlefields of the entire war. Reuters · Jan 11, 2023
Reasonings behind sky-high food prices Due to war, inflation, and extreme weather, food prices have skyrocketed. How long will this continue? Salon · Jan 11, 2023
World 'on brink' of recession WASHINGTON: The World Bank slashed its 2023 growth forecasts on Tuesday to levels teetering on the brink of recession for many countries as the impact of central bank rate hikes intensifies, Russia's war in Ukraine continues, and the world's major economic engines sputter. Bangkok Post · Jan 11, 2023
Falling Russian fossil fuel revenues could deal a lethal blow to Putin's war machine Vladimir Putin is starting to see the main financing mechanism for his war in Ukraine dry up. Fortune · Jan 11, 2023
Russia appoints top soldier Valery Gerasimov to oversee Ukraine campaign In the latest shake-up of Russia's military command, Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov will replace the man known as "General Armageddon". ABC News · Jan 11, 2023
Daily Mirror · Jan 11, 2023 Zelensky claims there will be 'no WW3' as troops defend Ukraine against Russia Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said 'the tide is turning' and it is clear his country will win the war against Russia. However, he warned there are 'still battles and tears ahead'
Evening Standard · Jan 11, 2023 Putin replaces commander of Russia’s war in Ukraine after just three months Sergei Surovikin dubbed ‘General Armageddon’ for his brutal tactics in previous wars, led Russia’s relentless assaults on Ukrainian energy infrastructure
France 24 · Jan 11, 2023 Ukraine's Bakhmut: Inside the frontline city The eastern city of Bakhmut has become the most active and violent frontline in the Ukraine war. It is constantly pounded with both Russian and Ukrainian artillery, and infantry is fighting on the streets. Our reporters James André and Mayssa Awad spent six days inside Bakhmut. They followed Ukrainian soldiers…
The Independent UK · Jan 11, 2023 Top Russian military officer put in charge of Ukraine action Russia’s top military officer has been put in charge of troops fighting in Ukraine on Wednesday
Al Jazeera · Jan 11, 2023 Top Russian general put in charge of ‘more dangerous’ Ukraine war Move makes General Valery Gerasimov directly accountable for the fate of the faltering Ukraine campaign.
Reuters · Jan 11, 2023 Russia's Wagner Group says it found body of a missing Briton in Ukraine Forces from Russia's Wagner Group on Wednesday found the body of one of two British voluntary aid workers reported missing in eastern Ukraine, the private military firm said in a statement.
Daily Mirror · Jan 11, 2023 Plan to ease homeless and refugee housing crisis by putting them up on CRUISE ships High demand for public housing for people seeking refuge from Ukraine and elsewhere, or even those without a roof over their head, has left a need for “radical measures”, councillors said
France 24 · Jan 11, 2023 The battle for Bakhmut: Russia's bloody bid for Ukraine breakthrough Soledar, a salt-mining town of 10,000 people in eastern Ukraine, is the new focal point of a war where the Kremlin badly needs some good news from the battlefield. We ask who controls the town that's a gateway to the Donbas city of Bakhmut, where the Russians have been pushing…
The Independent UK · Jan 11, 2023 Putin authorises military shake-up in Ukraine – as Zelensky mocks claims town of Soledar has been seized Kyiv officials say intensity of fighting comparable to Second World War, with Russian mercenary group claiming ‘complete liberation’ of town
The Guardian - UK · Jan 11, 2023 Russia replaces general in charge of Ukraine war in latest military shake-up Valery Gerasimov to replace Sergei Surovikin, who was appointed in October, as Zelenskiy mocks claims of Russian victory in Soledar
Roll Call · Jan 11, 2023 Funding uncertainty weighs on UN maternal health agency - Roll Call The U.S. has ping-ponged between supporting the United Nations Population Fund and pulling its funding altogether.