Ukraine invasion: Why is Kyiv being likened to the ‘next Grozny’? Boris Johnson warns Vladimir Putin intends to ‘Grozny-fy’ Ukrainian capital The Independent UK · May 3, 2022
Why is Nato reluctant to enforce a no-fly zone over Ukraine? Military alliance wary of provoking wider war with Vladimir Putin’s Russia by deploying peacekeeping planes to shield skies over Kyiv and block air strikes The Independent UK · May 3, 2022
Why is Belarus supporting Russia and how is it involved in Ukraine? Soviet relic Alexander Lukashenko increasingly dependent on Vladimir Putin’s patronage for survival as grip on power slips and economy teeters on brink of disaster The Independent UK · May 3, 2022
What weapons does Ukraine have to fight Russia and does it have nuclear missiles? Volodymyr Zelensky continues to urge Europe to send more military support The Independent UK · May 3, 2022
Martial law in Russia: What is it and how does it impact the war in Ukraine? Russian president Vladimir Putin set to crack down on political dissent at home as war enters a second week The Independent UK · May 3, 2022
EU prepares oil sanctions against Russia as Hungary resists ban Slovakia is also seeking an exemption against approving a ban on Russian oil The Independent UK · May 3, 2022
Only Vladimir Putin's death will end war, Ukraine top spy chief says amid health rumours Major-General Kyrylo Budanov has said the Russian leader's death is inevitable during the course of the invasion before predicting that the country would declare mass-mobilisation on May 9 Daily Mirror · May 3, 2022
France's Macron to speak with Russia's Putin later on Tuesday French President Emmanuel Macron will speak with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin via the phone at around midday Paris time later on Tuesday, said Macron's office. Reuters · May 3, 2022
War in Ukraine: Latest developments Here are the latest developments in the war in Ukraine: Bangkok Post · May 3, 2022
Ukraine-Russia war: What is the Nord Stream 2 pipeline and how might the crisis impact it? Lucrative natural gas pipeline running to Germany under Baltic Sea blocked by chancellor Olaf Scholz in response to Vladimir Putin’s aggression The Independent UK · May 3, 2022
Ukraine crisis: What are the Minsk agreements? Emmanuel Macron insisted revival of accords from 2014 and 2015 ‘only path on which peace can be built’ The Independent UK · May 3, 2022
Ukraine: Where is Donbas, and what are the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics? Pro-Russian separatist regions in Donbas declared independence from Kyiv in 2014 The Independent UK · May 3, 2022
Why does Russia want to block Ukraine from joining Nato? Vladimir Putin vehemently opposed to neighbouring state signing up to western military alliance The Independent UK · May 3, 2022
U.S. relieved as China appears to heed warnings on Russia Two months after warning that Beijing appeared poised to help Russia in its fight against Ukraine, senior U.S. officials say they have not detected overt Chinese military and economic support, a welcome development in the tense U.S.-China relationship. Reuters · May 3, 2022
The Independent UK · May 3, 2022 Ukraine-Russia maps: Where is the invasion taking place? Vladimir Putin’s ‘special military operation’ brings bloody warfare to cities of western neighbour
The Independent UK · May 3, 2022 Why did Russia invade Ukraine? The conflict explained Vladimir Putin’s military assault continues in face of near-unanimous international condemnation
Evening Standard · May 3, 2022 More Britons back Boris Johnson’s handling of Ukraine war, new poll reveals The Ipsos survey for The Standard showed 58% of adults in Britain are satisfied with the way the Government is responding to Vladimir Putin’s invasion, up from 46% in March
The Independent UK · May 3, 2022 How likely is it that Russia will launch a nuclear attack? Vladimir Putin has placed the Kremlin’s strategic nuclear weapons forces on ‘high alert’, prompting fears over what could happen next
The Independent UK · May 3, 2022 More than a million Ukrainians taken to Russia in past two months Around 11,550 people were taken to Russia from Ukraine in the last 24 hours
The Independent UK · May 3, 2022 Russia sanctions: Mercedes-Benz and L’Oreal join firms severing ties over Ukraine invasion - see full list Banks, businesses, oligarchs, politicians and military leaders all targeted with harsh economic penalties by Western democracies as punishment for Vladimir Putin’s actions
ABC News · May 3, 2022 Russian forces storm Mariupol steel plant where 200 civilians remain, as other attacks devastate towns in eastern Ukraine Russian troops storm the Azovstal steel plant amid a UN effort to evacuate civilians from the facility, which helped at least 101 people arrive in Zaporizhzhia.
Evening Standard · May 3, 2022 Britain is leading the world in helping Ukraine fight back against Putin’s ‘barbaric’ invasion, says PM The Prime Minister stressed that the UK had intervened to stop Ukraine from being ‘overwhelmed and obliterated’
Irish Mirror · May 3, 2022 Vladimir Putin's Ireland nuclear threat 'horrific' as expert reveals why he's so concerned “There's no way of stopping this underwater drone. The warhead on it has a yield of up to 100 megatonnes"
Asharq Al-Awsat · May 3, 2022 Pope Says he Wants to Go to Moscow to Meet Putin over Ukraine Pope Francis said in an interview published on Tuesday that he asked for a meeting in Moscow with Russian President Vladimir Putin to try to stop the war in Ukraine but had not received a reply. The pope also told Italy's Corriere Della Sera newspaper that Patriarch Kirill of the…
Tribune News Service · May 3, 2022 Editorial: Stolen election claims undermine Biden successes President Joe Biden deserves better grades than he’s getting from public opinion polls.