Captured Britons put on Russian TV asking Boris Johnson to help free them Moscow parades Shaun Pinner and Aiden Aslin, with pair calling for Ukraine to agree prisoner swap The Guardian - UK · Apr 18, 2022
How the image of a besieged and victimized Russia came to be so ingrained in the country's psyche The range of anti-Russian measures taken by countries around the world since the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is virtually unprecedented and hearkens back to the darkest days of the Cold War. The Conversation · Apr 18, 2022
Putin discusses Russia-Ukraine talks, Middle East with Palestinian leader Abbas Russian President Vladimir Putin held a phone call with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas about negotiations between Russia and Ukraine, the Kremlin said on Monday. Reuters · Apr 18, 2022
Russia faces first foreign default since 1918 – here's how it could complicate Putin's ability to wage war in Ukraine Russia may be on the cusp of its first default on its foreign debt since the Bolsheviks ousted Czar Nicholas II a century ago. The Conversation · Apr 18, 2022
Russian TV host's furious outburst after warship Moskva sinks: 'How could you lose it?' Vladimir Solovyov was articulating the Kremlin leader’s own anger when he launched a full-frontal attack on the Navy over the sinking of the Moskva in a nationwide broadcast Daily Mirror · Apr 18, 2022
Two Captured Britons Appear on Russian State TV, Ask to Be Swapped Two British fighters captured in Ukraine by Russian forces appeared on Russian state TV on Monday and asked to be exchanged for a pro-Russian politician who is being held by the Ukrainian authorities. It was unclear how freely the two men - Shaun Pinner and Aiden Aslin - were able… Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 18, 2022
Two British fighters captured by Russia ask to be exchanged for Putin ally ‘Prince of Darkness’ Shaun Pinner and Aiden Aslin ask Boris Johnson to bring them back to UK The Independent UK · Apr 18, 2022
Putin ally held in Ukraine suggests prisoner swap for Mariupol forces - video Pro-Russian Ukrainian politician Viktor Medvedchuk appealed in a video released by Ukraine's security service on Monday to be handed over to Moscow in a prisoner swap for Ukrainian forces and civilians trapped in the besieged city of Mariupol. Reuters · Apr 18, 2022
Two captured British fighters ask to be swapped with Vladimir Putin ally ‘the prince of darkness’ They asked British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to help bring them home in exchange for Ukraine releasing Viktor Medvedchuk Evening Standard · Apr 18, 2022
Fukuyama: We can still save democracy The man who brought us "The End of History" says America faces long-term "political decay," but it's not too late Salon · Apr 18, 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 18, 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 18, 2022
Vladimir Putin's nuclear bomber planes called 'Bears' fly in Ukraine striking distance Video taken over the weekend in Ukraine showed four of Russia's feared TU-95s flying close to the border as the Kremlin ramps up attacks in response to the Mockva sinking Daily Mirror · Apr 18, 2022
After Russian pullback, Ukraine's northern Sumy region prepares for new assault Russia's forces may have pulled back in some parts of Ukraine more than a week ago, but the territorial defence force in the northern Sumy region is training and bracing for further attacks. Reuters · Apr 18, 2022
Daily Mirror · Apr 18, 2022 Brit ready to house Ukrainian family pays £3,000 for hotel as they wait WEEKS for visa Maryna and teenage daughter Anna left Kyiv with nothing after Vladimir Putin's forces invaded, spending two days at a station in the freezing cold before they could board a train taking them to freedom
Evening Standard · Apr 18, 2022 Seven dead as Russian missile strikes on Lviv, officials say Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadovyi said seven people were killed and 12 wounded in overnight missile strikes
Chicago Tribune · Apr 18, 2022 Commentary: Putin may not worry he will ever face justice, but recent history shows he should The grotesque images of civilians being slaughtered in Ukraine echo the horrors I witnessed covering the war in Bosnia three decades ago, and President Joe Biden was right to use the word “genocide” to describe the mass murder Russia is committing in Ukraine.
Reuters · Apr 18, 2022 Russian teacher rejected Kremlin propaganda, then paid the price Days after Russia’s Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine, Andrei Shestakov opened a set of files in a WhatsApp group chat for history teachers like himself in his town in east Russia.
Radio France Internationale · Apr 18, 2022 Ukrainian forces prepare for last-ditch defence of strategic Mariupol Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Russia of wanting to "destroy" the entire eastern region of Donbas, as the last remaining forces in the strategic port of Mariupol prepared Monday for a final defence.
Daily Mirror · Apr 18, 2022 Boris Johnson's first 1,000 days - his 50 biggest scandals, rows and U-turns as PM From proroguing Parliament to prurient probes to Partygate, we have rounded up all the biggest scandals and controversies to dog Britain's only criminal Prime Minister as he marks 1,000 days in Downing Street
Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 18, 2022 Syrian Fighters Ready to Join Next Phase of Ukraine War During a visit to Syria in 2017, Vladimir Putin lavished praise on a Syrian general whose division played an instrumental role in defeating insurgents in the country’s long-running war. The Russian president told him his cooperation with Russian troops "will lead to great successes in the future." Now members of…
The Independent UK · Apr 18, 2022 Syrian fighters ready to join next phase of Ukraine war The next chapter of the war in Ukraine could see Russia bringing in greater numbers of battle-hardened fighters from Syria, observers say
Al Jazeera · Apr 18, 2022 Hundreds of thousands flee Russia and Putin’s ‘two wars’ Some 200,000 Russians have left their homes and jobs, fearful of being persecuted for opposing Putin’s war on Ukraine.
The Independent UK · Apr 18, 2022 `No surrender': Ukrainians fight on in Mariupol steel plant Ukraine vowed to fight to the end in the besieged port city of Mariupol where a few thousand fighters held on in a massive steel plant laced with tunnels
Daily Mirror · Apr 17, 2022 Entire street fly Ukrainian flags after neighbour 'declares support for Putin' Izabelle Stevens, 20, initially turned the other cheek when a neighbour hoisted the Russian flag outside his home in British Columbia, Canada, but she later found he'd been sharing content supporting Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine