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Insurers count the cost of ships snagged in Ukraine crisis

Insurers are facing half a billion dollars in claims for up to 60 commercial ships still stuck in Ukraine a year after the start of the war with Russia, industry sources said.

Reuters · Feb 24, 2023

What Vladimir Putin could do next from using nuclear weapons to desperate new offensive

Vladimir Putin is still statistically losing the war which sadly makes any signs of his brutalities diminishing slim. But what might happen next and what can we expect the war criminal to do in order to try to make more gains?

Daily Mirror · Feb 24, 2023

Ukraine: Beijing's peace initiative offers glimpse at how China plans to win the war

Beijing’s “Position on the Political Settlement of the Ukraine Crisis” has now been officially released by the country’s foreign ministry, after being foreshadowed by China’s top diplomat, Wang Yi, at the recent Munich Security Conference.

The Conversation · Feb 24, 2023

IOC insists plans for Russian Olympic participation at Paris 2024 in line with UN push for peace

The International Olympic Committee has been heavily criticised over its stance.

The Independent UK · Feb 24, 2023

Ukraine war: major developments since Russia's invasion

After stunning Ukrainian counter-attacks forced Russian invaders into humiliating retreat on several fronts in the second half of 2022, Moscow has rebounded with small but steady advances in eastern Ukraine as the war marks its first anniversary.

Reuters · Feb 24, 2023

Vladimir Putin to ‘put screws harder and harder’ into Ukraine as his war aims fail

A war crimes investigator who analysed Russian activity in Syria for the United Nations, told The Mirror he fears civilian deaths will increase as Vladimir Putin's aims fail a year on

Daily Mirror · Feb 24, 2023

Stephen Jarrett obituary

Other lives: Unicef employee for 38 years who eventually specialised in the procurement and global supply of vaccines

The Guardian - UK · Feb 24, 2023

Ukraine war: Total number of civilian casualties in Putin’s invasion

Exactly a year has passed since Russia launched ‘special military operation’ against neighbouring state

The Independent UK · Feb 24, 2023

The UK’s asylum questionnaires plan has inflamed left and right alike. All the while, lives remain in limbo

Some say the form is a crackdown. Others see it as an amnesty. But either way, 80,000 will be kept waiting, says Enver Solomon, chief executive of the Refugee Council

The Guardian - UK · Feb 24, 2023

How many people have died in Ukraine since Russia invaded?

Civilians, Ukrainian soldiers, Russian troops and foreign aid workers are among the dead one year on from the start of the war

Manchester Evening News · Feb 24, 2023