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Boris Johnson hails ‘historic day’ as Finland and Sweden officially apply to join Nato in rebuff to Putin

Boris Johnson hailed a “historic day” on Wednesday as Finland and Sweden officially applied to join Nato in a major rebuff to Vladimir Putin.

Evening Standard

Why did Russia invade Ukraine? The conflict explained

Vladimir Putin’s military assault continues in face of near-unanimous international condemnation

The Independent UK

U.S. officials seek clarity on Turkey's view of NATO expansion

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will meet his Turkish counterpart on Wednesday amid the contradictory signals from Ankara over the expected applications from Finland and Sweden.

WEKU

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The Battle for Kharkiv: How Ukraine’s second city was reclaimed from Russian forces

Kim Sengupta reports from a city that might have welcomed Russian invaders but instead drove them out in a determined campaign

The Independent UK

Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine struggling with ‘significant resourcing issues’, says UK

Russian President forced to turn to ‘disparate personnel’ after his forces suffer heavy losses

Evening Standard

Finland and Sweden may join Nato – but even they can’t guarantee that will make them safer

The Finns have long relied on realpolitik and the Swedes on neutrality. Joining the historic military alliance could change everything, says Thomas Meaney of the Max Planck Society in Göttingen

The Guardian - UK

Who is Sanna Marin? Finland’s outgoing prime minister announces divorce from husband

In keeping with her status as a true millennial leader, the 37-year-old announces her divorce on Instagram. We explore her colourful time as the world’s youngest leader, which will end this year after her April election defeat

Evening Standard

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Ukraine hopes to swap steel mill fighters for Russian POWs

Ukrainian fighters extracted from the last bastion of resistance in Mariupol were taken to a former penal colony in enemy-controlled territory, and a top military official hoped they could be exchanged for Russian prisoners of war

The Independent UK

Biden: US will work with Finland and Sweden in event of ‘aggression’ – as it happened

US president pledges support for Finland and Sweden while Nato applications are considered; Russian soldier in war crimes trial pleads guilty

The Guardian - AU

Will Turkey upend NATO expansion? US officials seek clarity

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is taking an increasingly tough line against the NATO membership bids of Finland and Sweden despite far less strident statements from some of his top aides

The Independent UK

Russia says more Ukraine fighters surrender in Mariupol; U.S. reopens Kyiv embassy

Russia said on Wednesday nearly 700 more Ukrainian fighters had surrendered in Mariupol, while the United States became the latest Western country to reopen its Kyiv embassy after a three-month closure.

Reuters

Russia accused of 'conning' Azovstal fighters who may now face trial as 'Nazis'

Ukrainian fighters, holed up at the Azovstal steelworks, surrendered on the agreement of a prisoner exchange but now Russian MPs are calling for them to be tried as "Nazi war criminals"

Daily Mirror

The battle of Mariupol: How it played out and what it looked like

Hundreds of Ukrainian fighters have surrendered at Mariupol's Azovstal steelworks, bringing an end to the most devastating siege of Russia's war in Ukraine. Here's how the fight for Mariupol played out from the beginning.

ABC News

Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 84 of the invasion

Kremlin says 694 Ukrainian fighters from Azovstal plant have surrendered; UK says Russia facing ‘resourcing problems’

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Rep. Ted Budd, former state Chief Justice Cheri Beasley win North Carolina’s Senate primaries

An endorsement by former President Donald Trump and $11 million from a conservative political interest group proved just the ticket for Ted Budd to win Tuesday the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in North Carolina.

Foreign Affairs

Bosnia’s Dangerous Path

How U.S. Policy Is Making a Bad Situation Worse

The Independent UK

Trevelyan plans to ‘de-Putinise’ world economy by ending reliance on Russian gas

International Trade Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan will set out plans to boost green technology to help wean countries off fossil fuels.

WEKU

Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (May 17)

A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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Los Angeles Times

Will the fall of Mariupol change the course of Ukraine war?

WASHINGTON — Russian President Vladimir Putin declared his forces had conquered the strategic Ukrainian port of Mariupol a month ago. Only now, however, does that seem to be true.

Al Jazeera

Russia-Ukraine live news: Biden endorses Sweden, Finland NATO bid

President Biden pledges his support and said the US ‘will work’ with the two countries in case of ‘aggression’.

Reuters

Putin takes Mariupol, but wider Donbas victory slipping from reach

Even as the Kremlin prepares to take full control of the ruins of Mariupol city, it faces the growing prospect of defeat in its bid to conquer all of Ukraine's eastern Donbas because its badly mauled forces lack the manpower for significant advances.

ABC News

Vladimir Putin's war has not gone to plan. Here are Russia's three biggest failures in Ukraine so far

From the battle for Snake Island to a spate of military general deaths and the devastating loss of a battalion crossing a river, Russia's mistakes on the battlefield have left Vladimir Putin in an embarrassing position.

Evening Standard

Vladimir Putin’s troops ‘whacked’ in the Donbas as he rushed them into battle too early, says UK

Armed forces minister James Heappey said Russian troops had suffered heavy losses after refocussing on east of Ukraine

Daily Mirror

'Unkillable' Ukrainian shot and buried alive with tortured brothers crawls out of grave

Mykola Kulichenko, from the village of Vyshneve, just outside Kyiv in the Bucha Raion of Kyiv Oblast, was chucked into a grave alongside his older brother in March with Vladimir Putin's forces believing he was dead

Newsroom.co.nz

NZ grower sending apples to Russia defends trade as 'humanitarian'

There's anger at a decision by NZ's biggest grower to keep selling its fruit to the pariah power, flouting self-imposed industry boycotts.

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