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The Latest Breaking News from Vladimir Putin

Ukraine girds for Russian offensive in the east

(Adds unconfirmed reports of chemical weapons use in Mariupol)

Reuters

Vladimir Putin's 'strategic blunder' could see Finland and Sweden join NATO by summer

Washington is reportedly banking on the growth of the western alliance from 30 to 32 members, as a direct consequence of President Putin’s invasion of Ukraine

Daily Mirror

U.S. national security adviser says Kremlin "planned" attacks on civilians in Ukraine

"The larger issue of broad-scale war crimes and atrocities in Ukraine lies at the feet of ... the Russian president," Jake Sullivan said.

Axios

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Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 47 of the invasion

Zelenskiy says Mariupol death toll probably in tens of thousands; Austrian chancellor has ‘direct, open and tough talks’ with Putin

The Guardian - AU

The Case for Pursuing the Issue of Russian War Crimes in Ukraine - Even Though Putin is Highly Unlikely to Ever be Tried and Punished

Putin and other Russian leaders are likely guilty of massive war crimes. And there is real, though limited, value to pursuing the issue.

Reason

May 9 Russian holiday will be pivotal, dangerous deadline

The annual WWII Victory Day commemoration is a date with significant symbolism in Russian domestic politics.

Axios

How Le Pen tried to soften image to reach French election runoff

Centrist Macron may find it hard to make criticism of far-right opponent’s racist, anti-Muslim platform stick in next round

The Guardian - UK

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Austrian chancellor to meet Putin in Moscow

Chancellor Karl Nehammer will be the first European leader to meet Vladimir Putin since the invasion of Ukraine.

Al Jazeera

France faces bruising runoff after Macron and Le Pen top first-round vote

Projected results in first part of presidential race put centrist leader on 27.6% and far-right candidate on 23.4%

The Guardian - UK

'It didn’t feel real': A Ukrainian journey - from fleeing war to being welcomed in Greater Manchester

Maria Romanenko, who has temporarily set up home in Reddish, gives her account of what it was like leaving her war-torn country behind

Manchester Evening News

Who is General Alexander Dvornikov? The ‘brutal’ Russian commander now in charge of Ukraine invasion

The 60-year-old is known as the ‘butcher of Syria’ for ‘ruthless’ tactics during the Syrian civil war

The Independent UK

Austrian leader to meet Putin in Moscow, hoping to build bridges

Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Monday, he said, adding he hoped to help build bridges between Russia and Ukraine and stop the "war of aggression".

Reuters

Analysis: Russia lost the battle for Kyiv with its hasty assault on a Ukrainian airport

HOSTOMEL, Ukraine — Days after Russian forces retreated from Kyiv, the northern outskirts of the Ukrainian capital are littered with the charred remains of blown-up and abandoned Russian tanks, armored personnel carriers and other equipment.

Los Angeles Times

Aleksandr Dvornikov: Russian general who helped turn tide of Syrian war

Analysis: career military officer and ‘blood and soil nationalist’ now faces different set of challenges in Ukraine

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New Russian war chief will bring more brutality in Ukraine, US warns

Moscow promotes Alexander Dvornikov, who led Russian troops in Syria, as it regroups for Donbas battle

The Guardian - UK

‘They made him kneel and shot him in the head’: the savage occupation of Bucha

Exclusive: resident recounts the murder of her nephew, just one of the casualties of the carnage wrought by Russian forces

Manchester Evening News

'We will meet in heaven': Ukraine girl, nine, pens heartbreaking letter to her mum killed in Russian attack

It's understood the youngster's mother was killed when a car they were in together was shelled - an MP has shared details

Evening Standard

Energy embargo could end Russian attacks ‘within a month or two’ says Putin’s former advisor

Russian attacks on Ukraine would stop “within a month or two” if the Western allies stopped buying its oil and gas, according to a former economic adviser to President Putin.

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The Hindu

Ukraine crisis to headline India-U.S. 2+2 dialogue

Defence, S&T, climate and public health, building supply chains are high on the agenda

Salon

China delivered missiles to Serbia

The delivery of HQ-22 surface-to-air missiles to the Serbian military was made by the Chinese Air Force today

The Guardian - US

‘Criminal and evil’: White House doubles down on condemning Russian attacks

National security adviser calls brutal attacks, including missile strike on rail station, war crimes but stops short of calling it genocide

Al Jazeera

Prominent Russian activist detained after Moscow anti-war protest

Oleg Orlov, of the now-banned Memorial human rights group, staged a one-man protest against the war in Ukraine.

The Conversation

Libraries around the world are helping safeguard Ukrainian books and culture

My mother was born in Sambir, Ukraine, and my father in Przemyśl, Poland. They both spent their childhoods as refugees.

The Independent UK

Nadine Dorries attacks ‘lefty lynch mob’ over Channel 4 sale and says Thatcher wanted to privatise it

The contentious decision to sell off the publicly owned broadcaster has sparked outrage from opposition parties

Reuters

Pro-Russian protesters in Germany outnumbered by Ukraine supporters

Around 600 pro-Russian protesters in a 350-car motorcade set off on a demonstration in Hanover in the north of Germany on Sunday, where there was also a counter-demonstration of around 700 people supporting Ukraine in the city centre, local police said.

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