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The European Union, which at a summit on Thursday and Friday will discuss whether to make Ukraine a membership candidate, has admitted over 15 countries in the past three decades.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Britain says Russia boosts pressure in advance on Ukraine's Lysychansk

Russian forces advancing towards the Ukrainian city of Lysychansk are putting increasing pressure on the surrounding region, including the twin city of Sievierodonetsk, Britain's defence ministry said on Thursday.

Reuters

First Turkish Grain Ship Leaves Mariupol Port

The Turkish dry cargo ship, Azov Concord, left on Wednesday Ukraine’s Russian-occupied port of Mariupol following a round of talks between Turkey and Russia in Moscow. Azov Concord became the first foreign ship to leave the port with a grain shipment, after being stuck there for days. This came following…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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European leaders to debate Ukraine EU membership

European leaders gathering in Brussels are expected to formally grant Ukraine "candidate status" to join the bloc on Thursday - a symbolic move in a process that could take decades.

Radio France Internationale

EU Debates Ukraine Candidacy as Russia Makes Life 'Hell' in East

EU leaders will gather in Brussels Thursday to discuss calls to formally grant war-torn Ukraine "candidate status" to join the bloc, as Russian forces slowly advance in the eastern Donbas region despite fierce resistance from Kyiv's military. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he had been conducting a "telephone marathon" on…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Fight for key Donbas cities reaching "fearsome climax," Ukraine warns

Russian forces aim to destroy Donbas "step by step," Volodymyr Zelensky said ahead of EU membership talks in Brussels.

Axios

Russian forces capture two settlements near Ukraine's Lysychansk

Russian forces have captured the settlements of Loskutivka and Rai-Oleksandrivka south of Ukraine's cities of Lysychansk and Sievierodonetsk, which are the focus of the Russian offensive in the region, Luhansk governor Serhiy Gaidai said on Thursday.

Reuters

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China’s Xi talks of Russia-Ukraine war as ‘alarm for humanity’

Speaking at a virtual business forum, Chinese president also questions the utility of sanctions against Russia.

Al Jazeera

Ukraine granted EU candidacy status – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Prolonged Russia-Ukraine war shakes up global energy stability

The prolonged Russia-Ukraine war started in February and dragging on into the second quarter of 2022, has caused a hike in global crude oil prices to high levels. The average price of ICE Brent crude oil increased from 13.86 USD per barrel in the first quarter of 2022 to 111.63…

Bangkok Post

Ukraine news - live: EU grants Kyiv candidate status as Zelensky hails ‘historic moment’

Ukraine has been formally accepted as a candidate for EU membership

The Independent UK

Ukraine becomes EU membership candidate as Donbas battles reach 'fearsome climax'

Ukraine became a candidate to join the European Union on Thursday, a bold geopolitical step triggered by Russia's invasion that Kyiv and Brussels hailed as an "historic moment".

Reuters

Vic quarantine site could house refugees

Refugees fleeing Afghanistan and Ukraine could be settled at a quarantine centre in Melbourne's north, Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews says.

AAP

Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 120 of the invasion

Russian forces edge closer to seizing the last pocket of resistance in Ukraine’s eastern Luhansk; footage shows drone crashing into oil refinery inside Russia’s borders

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Finland fires warning to Putin as nation vows to fight if attacked

Finns would be motivated if the time came, says forces chief

Financial Times

Estonia’s PM says country would be ‘wiped from map’ under existing Nato plans

Kallas says alliance strategy would see Baltic states overrun in event of Russian invasion before being taken back

The Independent UK

Aiden Aslin: ‘Time running out’ to stop execution of Briton sentenced to death by Donetsk separatists

Family of 28-year-old say his captors have told him ‘nobody from UK has made contact and that he will be executed’

The Independent UK

Dog search team steps up training ahead of Ukraine deployment to find bodies

John Miskelly and Emma Dryburgh are ready to fly to the country to help with the grim task of uncovering corpses.

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Daily Mirror

Girl, 4, originally denied visa and sent back to Ukraine finally wins UK u-turn

Little Alika Zubets was forced back to war-torn Ukraine after being denied a UK visa. But now in a major government U-turn, she could be granted safety

Reuters

G7, NATO leaders to ratchet up pressure on Russia, keeping eye on China -U.S. officials

Leaders from the Group of Seven rich nations and the NATO alliance will seek to increase pressure on Russia over its war in Ukraine at meetings next week, while making clear that they remain concerned about China, senior U.S. administration officials said on Wednesday.

The Independent UK

Nato summit to host Asia-Pacific leaders for first time in show of ‘democratic’ unity aimed at Russia and China

‘Russia obviously continues to be the most serious and immediate threat to the alliance, but the strategic concept will also addressed the multifaceted and longer term challenges posed by the PRC to Euro-Atlantic security’

Reuters

U.S. urges countries to reach out if having issues with Russian food, fertilizer exports

Countries should ask the United States for help if they have any problems importing Russian food and fertilizer, a senior U.S. official said on Wednesday, stressing that such goods were not subject to U.S. sanctions over Moscow's war in Ukraine.

Daily Mirror

Russia's rebranded McDonald's sells 120,000 burgers on opening day

Big Macs and McFlurrys are off the menu in Russia after the chain pulled out of the country over its actions in Ukraine - but the new firm Vkusno & tochka, or "Tasty and that's it" reportedly had a record-breaking opening day

Bangkok Post

NESDC sees rising global risks in 2023

Structural changes in geopolitics are likely to create more risks for the Thai economy next year, warns the state planning unit's chief.

The Guardian - UK

British man facing death sentence in Donetsk told: ‘Time is running out’

Aiden Aslin has been told his execution in Russian-occupied Ukraine will be carried out, his family say

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