Missile strikes rock Odesa in south Ukraine KYIV, Ukraine: Latest developments in the Russian war on Ukraine. Bangkok Post · Apr 3, 2022
Polls close in Hungary as Orban seeks a fourth term Opposition parties unite to challenge Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who is hoping to extend his 12-year term. Al Jazeera · Apr 3, 2022
Romelu Lukaku could seek Chelsea transfer exit after Belgium boss drops World Cup hint Romelu Lukaku has scored just five Premier League goals this season and Belgium manager Roberto Martinez is refusing to guarantee the striker a place in his starting line-up Daily Mirror · Apr 3, 2022
Ukraine soldier poses with flag at re-taken Chernobyl plant after Russian retreat This morning officials confirmed that the northern Pripyat region was back under Ukrainian control, having been seized by Russia at the start of Vladimir Putin's illegal invasion Daily Mirror · Apr 3, 2022
Hungary's opposition leader rallies voters in last anti-Orban campaign event Hungary heads to the polls on Sunday to elect its next prime minister. The choice is between incumbent Victor Orban, who controls the media and seems unharmed despite his close relationship with Russia's Vladimir Putin, or Peter Marki-Zay, a dynamic former marketing manager who has united a mosaique of opposition… Radio France Internationale · Apr 3, 2022
Russia Says Peace Talks Not Ready for Leaders’ Meeting, Says Chief Negotiator Russia said on Sunday that peace talks with Ukraine had not progressed enough for a leaders' meeting and that Moscow's position on the status of Crimea and Donbas remained unchanged. "The draft agreement is not ready for submission to a meeting at the top," Russian chief negotiator Vladimir Medinsky said… Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 3, 2022
Baltic States Stop Russian Gas Imports The head of Latvia's natural gas storage operator said Saturday the Baltic states were no longer importing Russian natural gas. "If there were still any doubts about whether there may be any trust in deliveries from Russia, current events clearly show us that there is no more trust," said Uldis… Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 3, 2022
Secret Intelligence Has Unusually Public Role in Ukraine War The war in Ukraine is the conflict where spies came in from the cold and took center stage. Since Russia invaded its neighbor in late February, intelligence agencies in the US and Britain have been remarkably willing to go public with their secret intelligence assessments of what is happening on… Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 3, 2022
'Vladimir Putin's ex son-in-law is hiding my baby in Moscow', London socialite claims Zhanna Volkova, a Russian celebrity who is now living in London, has claimed that Russian billionaire Kirill Shamalov, 40, is stopping her from seeing their child Daily Mirror · Apr 3, 2022
Putin 'using body double' to avoid assassination 'His close protection team make sure his food is checked, no one gets close to him without their approval' Wales Online · Apr 3, 2022
Will western leaders cut and run as the costs of the Ukraine war mount? The longer the war goes on, the more the early anti-Putin momentum could be stalled by political stresses, an energy crisis and the huge bill for aid The Guardian - UK · Apr 3, 2022
‘What would this Ukrainian like for her 100th birthday? That Putin will die’ Elderly citizens in Kyiv who have lived through Hitler’s Holocaust and Stalin’s Holodomor fear that history is repeating itself with Russia’s invasion The Guardian - UK · Apr 3, 2022
Secret intelligence has unusually public role in Ukraine war Secret intelligence is playing an unusually public role in the war in Ukraine The Independent UK · Apr 3, 2022
Red is dead: Russian anti-war protesters fly a new flag for peace Seeing the tricolour as tainted, they took the ‘blood’ out to leave blue and white, then found others had done so too The Guardian - UK · Apr 3, 2022
The Guardian - UK · Apr 3, 2022 Even now, Sunak and the Tories cannot let austerity go This government is faced with a collapse in real incomes, spending, and its own popularity. But still it will not act
The Guardian - UK · Apr 3, 2022 Ukraine matters, but so did Bosnia 30 years ago. Where was the outcry then? Echoes of conflict are loud in Sarajevo on this poignant anniversary, yet there is one key difference
The Guardian - AU · Apr 3, 2022 ‘They were all shot’: Russia accused of war crimes as Bucha reveals horror of invasion Ukrainian forces liberating the town of Bucha near Kyiv find streets littered with corpses of civilians and burned-out Russian tanks
The Independent UK · Apr 3, 2022 Trump calls Jen Psaki ‘the woman with the really beautiful red hair’ at Michigan rally ‘The woman with the really beautiful red hair, she left and she was hit so hard by the military because they knew I was right’
Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 3, 2022 Missiles Hit Near Odesa in Ukraine as New Mariupol Evacuation Bid Planned Missiles struck near Ukraine's southern port of Odesa on Sunday with Russia saying it had destroyed an oil refinery used by the Ukrainian military, while attempts to evacuate people from the devastated city of Mariupol were due to continue. There was little sign of a breakthrough in efforts to negotiate…
The Independent UK · Apr 3, 2022 Hungarians head to polls in the shadow of war in Ukraine Polls opened across Hungary early Sunday as voters in the Central European country were faced with a choice: taking a chance on a diverse, Western-looking coalition of opposition parties, or granting nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban a renewed mandate with a fourth consecutive term in office
Reuters · Apr 3, 2022 Ukraine accuses Russia of civilian 'massacre'; Moscow denies it (Adds Russia calling for UN meeting; Guterres calling for investigation; other details)
The Guardian - AU · Apr 3, 2022 Zelenskiy vows to investigate and prosecute all Russian ‘crimes’ in Ukraine – as it happened This live blog is now closed
Reuters · Apr 3, 2022 Orban scores crushing victory as Ukraine war solidifies support Hungary's nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban scored a fourth consecutive landslide win in Sunday's election, as voters endorsed his ambition of a conservative, "illiberal" state and shrugged off concerns over Budapest's close ties with Moscow.
Daily Mirror · Apr 3, 2022 Putin's inner circle revealed - and how they could oust him from power in TWO YEARS Experts suggest it is "highly likely" Vladimir Putin's cronies will stage a coup with attempts by soldiers or spies unlikely to succeed thanks to the huge amount of security around the Russian President
The Guardian - AU · Apr 3, 2022 Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 39 of the Russian invasion Russian retreat reveals evidence of execution of civilians and mass graves; Kremlin ‘accepts’ Ukraine’s position on all issues bar Crimea