Russia will threaten Finland after NATO application: ex-PM Stubb Alexander Stubb, who has long backed NATO membership, speaks to Al Jazeera about Helsinki’s decision to join alliance. Al Jazeera · Apr 28, 2022
West will send more tanks and planes to halt growing Russian brutality, says UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said the long-range Brimstone missiles the UK is sending to Ukraine ‘will be used over the ground’ Evening Standard · Apr 28, 2022
Emmanuel Macron’s victory is a boost for the survival of Ukraine — and Europe At the improbable age of 44, he is Europe’s elder statesman Evening Standard · Apr 28, 2022
DeSantis' war on "woke" is anti-American Vladimir Putin sent up a missile this week, and Florida's governor just had to shoot off one of his own Salon · Apr 28, 2022
UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace will push for 'cancerous growth' of Russia to be removed from Ukraine The Defence Secretary's comments come after a bullish speech from Foreign Secretary Liz Truss aiming to push Russia back over the border from territory it invaded in 2014. Daily Record · Apr 28, 2022
Elon's big decision: Good or evil? Twitter should be treated the way newspapers once were — as a public trust. If Musk gets that, this might work out Salon · Apr 28, 2022
His mother is Russian, his father Ukrainian: Seattle rapper 28AV is caught between both sides of the war SEATTLE — When the shelling started in Kharkiv, Danny Degtjar might have been on the other side the world. But for the Seattle rapper better known as 28AV, the videos that surfaced of residential buildings destroyed by Russian forces hit incredibly close to home. Tribune News Service · Apr 28, 2022
UK warns Putin he will be 'outgunned and outnumbered' after chilling nuclear hint Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said he wasn't 'rattled' by Putin's threats - and warned Britain has nuclear-armed submarines 'deep underwater, hiding, waiting, in case Britain needs to be protected' Daily Mirror · Apr 28, 2022
Germany's Scholz says Putin clinging to idea of 'forced peace' in Ukraine Chancellor Olaf Scholz said a strong German military was necessary as a deterrent against a Russian attack and criticized Russian President Vladimir Putin for clinging to the idea of a "forced peace" in Ukraine, which he said would not work. Reuters · Apr 28, 2022
What is Nato and why was it formed? Military alliance created in aftermath of Second World War in hope of bringing an end to bloody conflict between nations The Independent UK · Apr 28, 2022
Putin risks becoming a ‘cancerous growth’ and Ukraine needs support to drive his forces out entirely, UK says British defence secretary Ben Wallace says UK must help Ukraine to push Russian troops out of the country The Independent UK · Apr 28, 2022
Ukraine news – live: British man killed, second missing while fighting Russian army The Foreign Office is ‘urgently seeking information’ for the missing Briton The Independent UK · Apr 28, 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 · Apr 28, 2022
War in Ukraine: Latest developments KYIV, Ukraine: Here are the latest developments in the war in Ukraine: Bangkok Post · Apr 28, 2022
The Independent UK · Apr 28, 2022 Why has Russia invaded Ukraine? The conflict explained Vladimir Putin’s military assault continues in face of near-unanimous international condemnation
The Independent UK · Apr 28, 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 · Apr 28, 2022 World War 3: Seven times it has been wrongly declared or predicted Moscow’s remark echo a string of previous sinister predictions
Daily Mirror · Apr 28, 2022 Vladimir Putin facing dissent over 'serious' Ukraine error as allies want 'all out war' As Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues into its third month, Moscow has shifted its objectives from all out conquest to a battle for the east, in what Kyiv politicians dubbed 'the battle for The Donbas'
Daily Mirror · Apr 28, 2022 Russian state TV says nuclear strike 'more probable' than Kremlin losing Ukraine war Margarita Simonyan, editor of state broadcaster RT, has made a chilling threat on Russian state television during a week in which the Russian nuclear rhetoric has been ramped up significantly
Irish Mirror · Apr 28, 2022 European leaders condemn Russia’s move to cut off gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria as 'blackmail' while prices soar The supply was suspended after energy companies Bulgargaz and PGNiG did not comply with a statement issued by Russian President Vladimir Putin last month, which stipulated that all payments for gas were to be made in roubles in a bid to strengthen the Russian currency
Reuters · Apr 28, 2022 Exclusive-'We'll fight as long as we have to', Ukrainian fighter says from Mariupol A Ukrainian soldier holed up in a steel works in Mariupol said his forces would fight for as long as needed and he urged world leaders to find a way to save civilians and the hundreds of troops trapped in Russia's "medieval" siege.
Evening Standard · Apr 28, 2022 Putin could dig in ‘like a cancerous growth’ in Ukraine, says Defence Secretary Vladimir Putin could seek to consolidate Russia’s territorial gains in Ukraine and dig in like a “cancerous growth”, the UK’s Defence Secretary has warned.
Salon · Apr 28, 2022 Putin supporters willing to die for him “We will go to heaven, while they will simply croak"
Tribune News Service · Apr 28, 2022 Commentary: Blame Washington, not Putin, for rising prices How out of control is inflation? One measure says it all: Prices are now rising as fast in one month as they used to rise in a whole year when President Joe Biden took office.
Tribune News Service · Apr 28, 2022 Andreas Kluth: NATO needs to seal the deal with Sweden and Finland fast Rather like children in playgrounds, countries throughout history have had to decide how to deal with a bully. Appease him in the hope that he becomes meek? Avoid provoking him, at the cost of acquiescing to his brutality? Or counter with strength and willpower to stop and contain him?