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Russian soldiers 'shooting themselves in the legs to avoid fighting in Ukraine'

Intercepted audio from Ukrainian soldiers suggest they are hunting around for Ukrainian ammunition to shoot themselves in the legs with so they are sent home from the brutal war

Daily Mirror

Ukraine Recap: Putin's plans explained – at home and abroad

The image that I can’t get out of my head this week is that of Marina Ovsyannikova. The brave Russian television producer risked a lengthy jail sentence when she burst into a live news bulletin going out on state-owned broadcaster Channel 1, where she had worked for some years, carrying…

The Conversation

Vladimir Putin’s tirade against Russian ‘traitors’ draws comparisons with Stalin

Kremlin watchers fear Putin’s remarks are a ‘prelude to ugly repression’

The Independent UK

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Full-scale Russian attack on Kyiv would be very ‘costly’ for Putin’s forces, Western officials say

Russia’s plans to launch a full-scale attack on Kyiv have become so bogged down that any attempt to take the Ukrainian capital would be a “very costly business”, western officials have warned.

Evening Standard

Putin's not a fascist, totalitarian or revolutionary – he's a reactionary tyrant

Talk of a “new cold war” in this century began in the time between the war in Iraq and the global recession of 2008. It roughly coincided with the attention focused on the murder of Alexander Litvinenko by polonium-210 poisoning at the hands of Russians in London.

The Conversation

Laura Whitmore, Jedward and Piers Morgan lead celebs celebrating St. Patrick's Day

Celebrities across the world celebrated St. Patrick's Day in various ways on Thursday. Love Island presenter Laura Whitmore shared an adorable update about how her young baby was spending the day, while Irish twins Jedward insulted Russian President Vladimir Putin in their annual message

Daily Mirror

Kremlin tells Biden: U.S. has no right to lecture Russia on war crimes

The Kremlin said on Wednesday Joe Biden's claim that President Vladimir Putin was a "war criminal" for invading Ukraine was an unforgivable remark by the leader of a country which had killed civilians in conflicts across the world.

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Curious Kids: Why did Putin invade Ukraine now? Is it for the U.S.S.R. again?

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. Have a question you’d like an expert to answer? Send it to CuriousKidsCanada@theconversation.com.

The Conversation

‘It is not possible to stay quiet’: Putin’s first victim of ‘fake news’ law speaks out

Socialite and food blogger Veronika Belotserkovskaya says she is both amused and shocked to be charged

The Guardian - UK

Biden is walking a tightrope with Ukraine. What’s his next step?

America and Europe’s response to the war is already unprecedented in military, economic and political terms – what should they do now?

The Guardian - US

Measures to stop oligarchs bullying critics ‘too little, too late’, says Labour

Shadow justice secretary Steve Reed was responding to Government proposals to tackle Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation.

The Independent UK

Yachts banned from leaving British moorings amid crackdown on Russian oligarchs

Several yachts have been banned from leaving their moorings in Britain as the Government investigates whether they are linked to oligarchs close to Vladimir Putin’s regime, a Cabinet minister said on Thursday.

Evening Standard

Ukraine MPs say Russian troops are raping and hanging women over 60 in tide of violence

Their distressing accounts come days after Ukraine’s foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba accused Vladimir Putin’s troops of committing sex attack as they invaded cities.

Daily Mirror

NZ's first round of Russia sanctions revealed

Vladimir Putin and 12 others figures are targeted in an initial blacklist over the Ukraine invasion – but not a businessman tied to NZ.

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Russia fought against Nazism but is now itself a fascist state

Putin thinks there is no Ukrainian nation separate from the Russian one. History matters for national identity but can serve as a tool for aggressive nationalism, says Dr James Headley

Daily Record

Russian assault on well-defended Kyiv would be 'costly business' western officials declare

With Vladimir Putin’s forces bogged down 20km outside the capital western defence analysts are beginning to doubt if the Ukrainian capital can be fully encircled and assaulted.

Reuters

Very big gap remains in peace talks between Russia and Ukraine -Western officials

Ukraine and Russia are taking peace talks seriously but a very big gap remains between the two sides, Western officials said on Thursday, adding Russian President Vladimir Putin did not seem in the mood to compromise.

The Guardian - UK

Russia’s war in Ukraine: complete guide in maps, video and pictures

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Evening Standard

Ben Wallace: Britain is deploying missile defence system to Poland

Britain is deploying a missile defence system to Nato ally Poland to deter Russian attacks after Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace announced on Thursday.

The Independent UK

Ukrainian MPs detail ‘medieval’ tactics and sexual violence of Vladimir Putin’s army

Humanitarian corridors have ‘turned red with the blood of people’

Al Jazeera

Where is the Russia-Ukraine war heading? Five scenarios

As Russia’s invasion enters its fourth week and fighting intensifies, how might the situation develop from here?

Daily Mirror

Putin's declassified spy record - and odd failure on intelligence evaluation

In his autobiography, his Russian KGB examiner Mikhail Frolov discussed his first impressions of the former President, alongside an intelligence evaluation he underwent

The Independent UK

Marjorie Taylor Greene parrots Russian propaganda claim that Ukraine’s 2014 revolution was US-backed coup

Russian propaganda sources frequently characterise Ukraine’s 2014 ‘Revolution of Dignity’ as an illegitimate US-backed coup

Chicago Sun-Times

Ukraine’s Mariupol: a rare dispatch from a city under Russian siege; despair, death everywhere

Families have been told to leave their dead in the streets because it’s too dangerous to hold funerals. This southern seaport of 430,000 has become a symbol of Russia President Vladimir Putin’s drive to crush democratic Ukraine — and also of a fierce resistance on the ground.

The Guardian - UK

Vladimir Putin accused of war crimes as school and theatre are hit in Ukraine

British foreign secretary says there is ‘very strong evidence’, and France says Putin is only pretending to negotiate

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