Putin fronts rally, cost of living key to budget Russian President Vladimir Putin has promised his country's "special military operation" aims will be achieved. The Canberra Times · Mar 19, 2022
Denied easy victory, Russia presses reduced goals in Ukraine More than three weeks into his invasion of Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin's initial aim of an easy regime change in Ukraine is long gone The Independent UK · Mar 19, 2022
Putin rallies behind troops while lethal fire rains down Vladimir Putin appeared at a huge flag-waving rally to lavish praise on his Russian forces The Independent UK · Mar 19, 2022
Zelensky tells Putin 'its time to talk' or face losses that will last generations Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has told Vladimir Putin to end the invasion and warned the leader that if he doesn't he faces losses that would take "generations to recover" Daily Mirror · Mar 19, 2022
Biden warns China’s Xi about consequences of helping Russia’s war in Ukraine WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and China’s President Xi Jinping spoke for nearly two hours by phone Friday as the White House sought to convince Beijing not to send military aid to support Russia’s war in Ukraine. Los Angeles Times · Mar 19, 2022
Stephen King writes war in Ukraine is about a hero and a villain Stephen King knows a strong narrative when he sees one. Tribune News Service · Mar 19, 2022
Jewellery industry accused of silence over Russian diamonds Insiders say current sanctions do nothing to halt flow of Russian gems to the west because majority are exported rough and get reclassified in India The Guardian - AU · Mar 19, 2022
Amanda Holden travels to Ukraine border to interview people affected by Putin's invasion Britain's Got Talent judge Amanda Holden, 51, has visited the Ukraine border in order to tell the stories of those whose lives have been torn apart by Vladimir Putin's invasion of their country Daily Mirror · Mar 19, 2022
Liz Truss fears peace talks are a ‘smokescreen’ for further Russian aggression Ms Truss noted it was up to president Volodymyr Zelensky how his country approached the negotiations. The Independent UK · Mar 19, 2022
Russia's lethal 'exoskeleton' suits that give soldiers deadly 'battlefield powers' President Vladimir Putin has previously trialled 'active powered' exoskeletons which can be strapped to soldiers to give them lethal cyborg-like powers, it has been claimed Daily Mirror · Mar 18, 2022
Amid Ukraine war, all things Russia met with scorn, backlash Russian community groups and Russia-related businesses abroad say they have faced threats amid Moscow’s deadly invasion. Al Jazeera · Mar 18, 2022
Vandals spray 'Z' on doors of Russian critics against Putin's Ukraine invasion The warning 'don't sell your homeland, b***h' was sprayed across the door of one Russian activist, while a journalist was called a 'traitor' by vandals who targeted her flat Daily Mirror · Mar 18, 2022
Putin will unleash ‘reckless firepower’ in Ukraine as invasion stalls, UK general warns ‘Russia is now pursuing a strategy of attrition’, UK’s chief of defence intelligence says The Independent UK · Mar 18, 2022
Ukraine-Russia war updates: Drone footage shows devastation from Russian bombing in Kyiv and Mariupol As Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy tells Russia "it’s time to talk" about peace as drone footage reveals the effect of the Russian assault on cities across the country. As it happened. ABC News · Mar 18, 2022
Daily Mirror · Mar 18, 2022 Russians who attended Putin's huge rally 'were forced to by employers' Vladimir Putin made a rare public appearance at a pro-Russia rally at Moscow's Luzhniki Stadium today, although some among the crowd had reportedly been forced to attend by their employers
Edinburgh Live · Mar 18, 2022 Boris Johnson says "now is not the time" for second independence referendum The prime minister was speaking to the Scottish Tory conference on Friday 18 in Aberdeen. He criticised Nicola Sturgeon on several points and also praised Douglas Ross.
Daily Mirror · Mar 18, 2022 Fears grow for 1,000 civilians buried under theatre reduced to rubble by Russian bombs As many as 1,300 people are thought to have been in the basement of the three-storey building and only around 130 have been able to get out so far. Only a few more people emerged from the ruins today
ABC News · Mar 18, 2022 Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine has thrust him into the global spotlight. But his private life remains hidden in shadows Over decades in public life, Russia's President crafted an image as a tough man. And the women in his life rarely feature in the Putin cult of personality.
Daily Mirror · Mar 18, 2022 'We must welcome Ukrainian refugees and their pets as they escape evil Putin' Fiona Phillips says families fleeing the war in Ukraine are facing heartbreak as they are parted from their relatives and friends, as well as their beloved cats and dogs
The Guardian - US · Mar 18, 2022 Joe Biden warns Xi Jinping of ‘consequences’ if China backs Russia Leaders spoke for nearly two hours but Biden did not make any direct requests to Xi to persuade Putin to end the attack
The Independent UK · Mar 18, 2022 EXPLAINER: Why Putin uses WWII to justify war with Ukraine Vladimir Putin has again painted his enemies in Ukraine as “neo-Nazis,” even though the country has a Jewish president who lost relatives in the Holocaust and who heads a Western-backed, democratically elected government
France 24 · Mar 18, 2022 Fearing arrest, Russian critics of Ukraine war find refuge in Armenia Russia’s crackdown on journalists, dissidents and critics of the war in Ukraine is pushing many people to flee the country, fearing arrest. FRANCE 24 spoke to four Russians who found refuge in the Armenian capital, Yerevan, after voicing their opposition to Vladimir Putin’s war.
Los Angeles Times · Mar 18, 2022 Biden speaks with China’s Xi about Russia’s war in Ukraine WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and China’s President Xi Jinping spoke for nearly two hours by phone Friday as the White House sought to persuade Beijing not to send military aid to support Russia’s war in Ukraine.
Reason · Mar 18, 2022 Blame Biden for High Gas Prices The president is running from his own hefty contributions to record gas prices and inflation.
Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 18, 2022 Civilians Survive Ukraine Theater Strike as Deadly Fighting Rages A Russian strike on a theater sheltering civilians in Ukraine's besieged city of Mariupol badly wounded one person but did not kill anyone, authorities said Friday, as deadly fighting raged on elsewhere across the country. Rescuers picked through the rubble to find hundreds of civilians feared trapped in the wreckage…