Damage to Russian-controlled nuclear power plant sparks ‘hydrogen leakage’ warning Volodymyr Zelensky says the situation remains “very risky and dangerous” Evening Standard · Aug 27, 2022
Ukrainian 'traitor' who switched sides to Russia assassinated in car bomb attack After defecting the to the Moscow-based Luhansk People's Republic, former internal security service officer Askyar Laishev died after being attacked by resistance officers Daily Mirror · Aug 27, 2022
Ukrainian child refugees in Nottingham given psychological help as they fear helicopters 'will drop bombs' 'Cities where my family live have been bombed' Nottingham Post · Aug 27, 2022
Putin orders benefit payments for people arriving in Russia from Ukraine Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday signed a decree introducing financial benefits for people who left Ukrainian territory to come to Russia, including pensioners, pregnant women and disabled people. Reuters · Aug 27, 2022
UK donating undersea minehunter drones to help Ukraine clear coastline It comes as Vladimir Putin ordered the Russian military to increase by 137,000 troops from next year The Independent UK · Aug 27, 2022
Commentary: Rewriting how Russia’s war in Ukraine could end Six months into Russia’s latest war with Ukraine, it’s hard to see how it ends. Complete military victory by either side is unlikely. This means the end of this war will be shaped by the battlefield, but it won’t be secured there. It will come from negotiations molded by motivations… Chicago Tribune · Aug 27, 2022
Mamlouk-Fidan Talks: Mutual Demands, Russian Solutions The security talks led by the Director of the Syrian National Security Office, Major General Ali Mamlouk, and the Director of Turkish Intelligence, Hakan Fidan, in Moscow highlighted a continuous gap between the two parties on the one hand, and the increasing Russian desire to find a solution to it.… Asharq Al-Awsat · Aug 27, 2022
Russia-Ukraine war latest: what we know on day 185 of the invasion Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant reconnected to grid after being cut off; UN inspectors set to visit facility in days; EU leaders to meet over energy crisis The Guardian - AU · Aug 27, 2022
Suicide or Kremlin hit? Friends of Putin critic Dan Rapaport raise fears over mystery death Dan Rapoport’s outspoken criticism of the Russian president and support for Alexei Navalny would have placed him squarely within the Moscow’s crosshairs, friends say The Independent UK · Aug 26, 2022
Russia can't stop war, even if Ukraine drops NATO hopes -Putin ally A top ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that Moscow would not stop its military campaign in Ukraine even if Kyiv formally renounced its aspirations to join NATO. Reuters · Aug 26, 2022
Forecasts predict when energy bills will go back down again - but experts warn 'era of cheap energy is over' Analysts say the energy price cap could rise to as much as £7,200 before falling again Manchester Evening News · Aug 26, 2022
Olga's life changed when Russia attacked Ukraine. Six months on, she's stopped asking when the war will end On February 24, Ukrainian resident Olga Polotska took shelter in her central Kyiv flat, and her life changed in a moment. ABC News · Aug 26, 2022
What happened in the Russia-Ukraine war this week? Catch up with the must-read news and analysis War’s six months of horror; shelling cuts Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant from Ukraine grid; five predictions for conflict’s next six months The Guardian - AU · Aug 26, 2022
Vladimir Putin prepares for 'long war' in Ukraine and drafts in extra 140,000 troops Russian President Vladimir Putin's plan would see his military personnel increase to 1.15million, 15 times the size of the British Army amid his invasion of Ukraine Daily Mirror · Aug 26, 2022
Reuters · Aug 26, 2022 Belarus leader says his warplanes have been modified to carry nuclear weapons Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said on Friday that his military's SU-24 warplanes had been modified to carry nuclear weapons and that Minsk would react immediately if the West caused it any problems.
The New Daily · Aug 26, 2022 The Ferguson Report: Governor-General ‘acts on government advice’ unlike anyone rational Warning: acting on the advice of the government if your Governor-General does not mean that the "government" has given that "advice".
The Independent UK · Aug 26, 2022 Russia burns off ‘$10m of gas a day meant for Europe’ after huge flame seen near Nord Stream pipeline Blaze at Portovaya plant visible from neighbouring Finland amid fears for climate impact
Daily Mirror · Aug 26, 2022 Nadhim Zahawi suggests Brits cut energy use as Tories branded 'missing in action' The Chancellor said everyone needs to 'look at our energy consumption' - days after No10 insisted people should not feel they should cut down after grim warnings about gas supplies and spiralling prices
Birmingham Post · Aug 26, 2022 Energy price cap rise: 'Zero creative thinking from government' Companies are calling on ministers to do more to support businesses with soaring energy bills
Asharq Al-Awsat · Aug 26, 2022 Lukashenko Says Belarusian Planes Re-Fitted to Carry Nuclear Weapons The authoritarian leader of Belarus said Friday that the country's warplanes have been modified to carry nuclear weapons in line with an agreement with ally Russia. President Alexander Lukashenko said the upgrade followed his June meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, who offered to make Belarusian combat aircraft nuclear-capable at…
Tribune News Service · Aug 26, 2022 Martin Schram: Putin’s trumped-up war Every time Vladimir Putin’s obliging generals dispatch a soldier to the front lines of their “special military operation” in Ukraine, they give him a gift from their supreme commander.
Daily Mirror · Aug 26, 2022 Putin close aide cheats death after being targeted by 'massive' Ukrainian shelling The brute was giving awards to fighters in the Somalia Battalion, a separatist military unit of the self-declared Donetsk People's Republic [DPR] when he had to flee to a bunker
The Independent UK · Aug 26, 2022 Russia divestment promises by US states largely unfulfilled U.S. governors and other state officials responded to Russia's invasion of Ukraine earlier this year with public calls to divest state pension, university and other funds from Russian assets
Liverpool Echo · Aug 26, 2022 Energy cap: Chancellor blames Putin for price hikes that will plunge families into poverty Households are being warned of a 'dark winter' ahead
Evening Standard · Aug 26, 2022 Vladimir Putin has ‘fired’ six generals for advancing too slowly in Ukraine, says UK Vladimir Putin has “highly likely” fired six generals for advancing too slowly in his Ukraine war, British defence chiefs said on Friday.