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Elon Musk challenges Vladimir Putin to ‘single combat’ over Ukraine

‘I hereby challenge Vladimir Putin to single combat. Stakes are Ukraine,’ the Tesla boss said

Evening Standard

Ukraine: why Emmanuel Macron's open line to Moscow has not delivered the international prestige he expected

The French president, Emmanuel Macron, has taken a big gamble in putting himself forward as Europe’s man in Moscow (at least virtually) during the crisis in Ukraine. He has kept an open dialogue with Vladimir Putin even as the Russian leader invaded and insists that he continues to press for…

The Conversation

Ordinary Russians did not want this war, but Putin is trying to make us all complicit

Putin tells lie after lie to justify the horror he has unleashed, and to convince Russians this war is being waged for their survival, says Russian author Dmitry Glukhovsky

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Elon Musk challenges Vladimir Putin to 'single combat'

Tesla boss issued the challenge on twitter with Ukraine as the 'stakes'

Wales Online

Elon Musk Challenges Vladimir Putin To A Fight; Winner Gets Ukraine

Elon Musk, the CEO and Founder of Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA), is known for tweeting outlandish things.

Benzinga

Evening Standard Comment: Dig deep and donate to victims of war

Today, we call on Londoners to dig deep and give to our appeal for Ukraine. The deliberate cruelty wrought by Vladimir Putin’s war machine may be unfathomable to most, but for Ukrainians it is simply a matter of fact. Hospitals, schools and churches bombed. It is also freezing cold as…

Evening Standard

Evening Standard Comment: As peace talks resume, Putin must be held to account

Peace talks between Russia and Ukraine offer a glimmer of hope as this war approaches its third week. Representatives from both sides suggest that negotiations, which remain ongoing, may yield progress. Ukrainians fleeing for their lives, and ordinary Russians seeing their economy suffocate under crippling sanctions, must hope so.

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Pressure on Putin must be increased to the maximum - German Finance Minister

The pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin must be increased to the maximum to end the war in Ukraine as soon as possible, German Finance Minister Christian Lindner said on Monday, adding that sanctions would hit Germany too.

Reuters

Tesla boss Elon Musk challenges Vladimir Putin to ‘single combat’ for Ukraine

The Tesla billionaire tagged the Kremlin in a tweet, posted in Russian, asking: “Do you agree to this fight?”

The Independent UK

Elon Musk challenges Vladimir Putin to a fight for Ukraine in 'single combat'

The owner of Tesla issued the challenge in a tweet this morning, which said: "I hereby challenge Владимир Путин to single combat"

Daily Mirror

Britain warns Putin of 'war with NATO' if Russian troops enter its territory

This comes after Russian forces target a village just a few miles from the Polish border.

Daily Record

The promise and folly of war – why do leaders enter conflict assuming victory is assured?

Amid a staunch and passionate defense that has slowed the Russian advance to Kiev and global condemnation, Vladimir Putin’s motivation for invading has been subject to speculation: Just what does he hope to achieve by war in Ukraine?

The Conversation

Words matter in war, so let’s not call Vladimir Putin a strongman: he’s weak

Everything seems trivial in wartime; even language feels inadequate. But if we can’t find the right words to describe something, how can we understand it? Woke is a good example. It’s a word I hate. I think it is supposed to mean, “conscious of bias” and it is supposed to…

Evening Standard

Putin 'has West in his sights' as missiles land just six miles from Polish border

Forces hit Yavoriv military base, which sits near the border of NATO member Poland, with 30 cruise missiles at 5.45am yesterday.

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Four arrested after protest at Oleg Deripaska’s London mansion

Group earlier said they had made peace with arrest after claiming property for Ukrainian refugees

The Guardian - UK

Russia keeps up pounding of Ukrainian cities amid ‘nightmare’ for civilians

Red Cross chief says ‘history is watching’ as UN confirms almost 3 million people have fled country

Reuters

Analysis-Ukraine invasion splits Orthodox Church, isolates Russian patriarch

Russian Patriarch Kirill's full-throated blessing for Moscow's invasion of Ukraine has splintered the worldwide Orthodox Church and unleashed an internal rebellion that experts say is unprecedented.

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: Talks between Russia and Ukraine to resume

Zelenskiy pushes for meeting with Putin after deadly strike near Polish border. Plus, are there more wheels or doors in the world?

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Russia says its plans in Ukraine 'will be fulfilled in full' in chilling warning

The Kremlin has also denied US reports that Russia has asked China for military help as their illegal invasion stalls as the invasion of Ukraine enters its 18th day

Asharq Al-Awsat

War Censorship Exposes Putin's Leaky Internet Controls

Long before waging war on Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin was working to make Russia's internet a powerful tool of surveillance and social control akin to China's so-called Great Firewall. So when Western tech companies began cutting ties with Russia following its invasion, Russian investigative journalist Andrei Soldatov was alarmed.

Asharq Al-Awsat

US View of Putin: Angry, Frustrated, Likely to Escalate War

More than two weeks into a war he expected to dominate in two days, Vladimir Putin is projecting anger, frustration at his military’s failures, and a willingness to cause even more violence and destruction in Ukraine, in the assessment of US intelligence officials. Officials in recent days have publicly said…

The Independent UK

Why is Belarus supporting Russia and how is it involved in Ukraine?

Old school 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

Reuters

Top Putin ally says Ukraine war has been slower than expected

One of President Vladimir Putin's closest allies said Russia's military operation in Ukraine had not all gone as quickly as the Kremlin had wanted, the strongest public acknowledgement yet from Moscow that things were not going to plan.

The Independent UK

Why has Russia invaded Ukraine? Everything you need to know

UK warns Vladimir Putin ‘bent on full-scale invasion’ of western neighbour

Asharq Al-Awsat

Syrian Regime Rallies Support for Russia

Official media in Damascus is busy mobilizing public opinion to support Russian President Vladimir Putin in his war on Ukraine, amid news of Syrian fighters filling out registration requests to go to fight alongside Russian forces. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based war monitor, confirmed that more than…

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