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Moscow drone attacks are a morale booster for Ukraine and a warning for Russia – here's why

A wave of approximately 30 drones appeared in skies around the Russian capital, Moscow, on May 30. Though widely sensationalised as a major attack against the heart of the Russian government, they caused only minor damage, mostly to high-rise buildings.

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Russia, China foreign ministers set for BRICS meet in South Africa with war in Ukraine on agenda

The Russian and Chinese foreign ministers are set to meet with their counterparts from the BRICS economic bloc of developing nations in South Africa on Thursday

The Independent UK

South Africa says it is still weighing legal issues over Putin's role in BRICS summit

South Africa's government is still considering legal issues over Russian President Vladimir Putin's involvement in the summit of the BRICS group of nations in August, South Africa's foreign minister Naledi Pandor said on Thursday.

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OPINION - The Standard View: High Speed 2 must reach its final destination

Spending billions of pounds on a high-capacity, high-speed rail line linking the North with the capital, only for it to terminate several miles from central London, would be penny wise but pound foolish. Yet that is precisely what Government-imposed delays to the scheme would mean.

Evening Standard

Does Novak Djokovic’s off-court controversy overshadow his tennis genius?

Djokovic could finish his career with the most grand slam titles of any male player in history but he remains a polarising figure

The Independent UK

Roger Waters review – embattled singer vows ‘I will not be cancelled’

Ex-Pink Floyd singer jettisons imagery that has led to accusations of antisemitism in Germany – and the result makes for a more powerful show

The Guardian - UK

Russia says it repels border incursion, strikes on Kyiv kill three

Russia said on Thursday it had repelled more cross-border attacks from Ukraine while its aerial assaults on Kyiv killed another three people including a nine-year-old girl and her mother locked out of an air raid shelter.

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Russian mercenary boss slams army 'clowns' as he marks birthday at training camp

Russia's most powerful mercenary, Yevgeny Prigozhin, said his Wagner group would fight on in Ukraine if his men got a separate section of the front without having to depend on "clowns" who ran swathes of the Russian armed forces.

Reuters

Zelensky presses case for Ukraine's membership in NATO, EU at Moldova summit

President Volodymyr Zelensky pressed his case for Ukraine to be part of the NATO military alliance as he joined European leaders on Thursday in Moldova ahead of an expected counter-offensive against Russia's invasion.

France 24

Nato allies agree Ukraine will become a member, says Jens Stoltenberg

Nato allies agree that Ukraine will become a member of the alliance, its secretary general Jens Stoltenberg said on Thursday.

Evening Standard

BRICS ministers put on show of strength as Putin arrest warrant looms large

BRICS foreign ministers on Thursday asserted their bloc's ambition to rival Western powers but their talks in South Africa were overshadowed by questions over whether Russia's president would be arrested if he attended a summit in August.

Reuters

Russia-Ukraine war: two wounded after Belgorod strike, says governor; investigation into ‘locked’ shelter in Kyiv – as it happened

Governor of Russian border town says drone fell on road way; claims that three people killed in capital sought safety in locked shelter

The Guardian - AU

Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin calls for investigation into 'crimes' of top Russian defence officials

Russia's most powerful mercenary, Yevgeny Prigozhin, asks prosecutors to investigate whether senior Russian defence officials committed any "crime" before or during the war in Ukraine.

ABC News

Public spending on asylum system quadruples under Tories, data shows

Spending rise from £550m in 2012 to £2.1bn in 2021, as Sunak prepares to discuss issue with other European leaders

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S.Africa mulls options on ICC arrest warrant for potential visitor Putin

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Between Belarus and Poland, victims of a different conflict are trapped on the edge of Vladimir Putin's war

Belarus was accused of manufacturing a refugee crisis on the European Union's doorstep two years ago. Now, as close ally Russia wages war nearby, asylum seekers are again at the fence.

Zenger

‘I Appreciate The Joke:’ Kazakhstan President Laughs Off Lukashenko’s Nuclear Alliance Offer

Despite historical ties with Russia, Kazakhstan publicly upholds its nuclear non-proliferation commitments.

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Vladimir Putin’s war: terror without purpose

Editorial: The fog of war is thick in Ukraine, but certain strategic and moral truths remain crystal clear

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France 24

Drone attack draws Moscow closer to Ukraine’s front line

The brazen drone attack targeting Moscow early on Tuesday, which Russia has blamed on Kyiv, provides the clearest evidence yet that the seat of Russian power is no longer sheltered from the war in Ukraine.

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NZ's beef with critical US debt ceiling debate

Exporters are nervously watching a key vote in the US Congress that will determine whether the world's biggest economy defaults on its debts. Jonathan Milne reports.

PC Gamer

Putin orders creation of annual esports 'cyberchampionship,' where CS:GO is banned because of 'one-sided coverage of political events'

The contest seems to be being handled by ex-Wargaming subsidiary Lesta Games.

Salon

Biden accuser Tara Reade flees to Russia

Reade was flanked by Maria Butina, a Russian agent convicted of trying to influence U.S. conservatives

The Guardian - UK

The Moscow drone attacks bring Russia’s war to its doorstep – and put Putin’s alternative reality at risk

Conspiracy theories abound as to who is behind the strikes, but the idea that all is going to plan is getting harder to sustain, says Russia researcher Jade McGlynn

The Guardian - UK

Russia not planning to declare martial law after Moscow drone attacks, says Kremlin

Putin appears to play down incident despite calls to declare state of war and ‘mobilise the whole of society’

Fortune

I got rich in Russia and got out in time, twice. Here’s what I learned about democracy and free markets

Most totalitarian regimes never prosper for more than a generation or two. The parasitic behaviors of such governments eventually drain the economy.

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