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Ukraine says it downed hypersonic Russian missile with U.S. air defence system

Ukrainian air defences shot down a Russian hypersonic missile for the first time during an attack on the capital Kyiv this week, the Air Force said on Saturday, in a potentially major setback for the Kremlin's campaign of long-range air strikes.

Reuters

Ukraine-Russia war – live: UN warnings over Zaporizhzhia nuclear station as Putin officials begin evacuations

Head of UN’s nulear power watchdog said conditions for operating staff and families are ‘increasingly tense’

The Independent UK

‘What is this insane war?’: a philosopher on Ukraine’s frontlines

Polarizing French intellectual Bernard-Henri Lévy embedded with Ukrainian defenders for revealing and damning new documentary

The Guardian - US

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Is Ukraine's UJ-22 drone capable of carrying out a Kremlin strike?

Analysts say Ukraine has drones capable of reaching Moscow and Russia has increasingly claimed Kyiv's weapons have been getting closer to the capital. But the circumstances of the Kremlin strike remain "curious".

ABC News

What happened in the Russia-Ukraine war this week? Catch up with the must-read news and analysis

Kremlin drone incident sparks denials; Ukraine prepares for counteroffensive; 20,000 Russian soldiers killed in five months, says US

The Guardian - AU

We knew in 2011 Putin would attack Ukraine, says Bill Clinton

Revelation raises questions about whether US and Europe should have been more prepared for 2014 invasion

The Guardian - UK

Why is Russia's Wagner threatening to withdraw from Bakhmut?

A threat by the leader of private Russian military company Wagner to withdraw his fighters from the battle to seize a city in eastern Ukraine is another episode in his dispute with Russia’s regular military over credit and tactics

The Independent UK

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Bill Clinton claims he knew Russia would invade Ukraine more than a decade ago

The ex–U.S. President claims Putin confronted him about an agreement made by his predecessor not to invade Ukraine.

Fortune

Vladimir Putin may 'swiftly dispose' of Wagner leader after war rant over 30 corpses

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: In the video, Yevgeny Prigozhin stands in front of around 30 uniformed bodies lying on the ground which he says are the corpses of Wagner fighters who died on Thursday alone

Daily Mirror

Why was the Kremlin attacked? In Russia, it depends who you ask

Pro-Kremlin commentators are sure the drone attack was an attempt on Putin’s life. Liberals are less convinced.

Al Jazeera

Russia's Wagner threatens to leave Bakhmut, Ukraine says mercenaries reinforcing

Russia's main mercenary group announced plans on Friday to withdraw from the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, but Ukraine said the fighters were reinforcing positions to try to seize it before Russia marks World War Two Victory Day next week.

Reuters

Kremlin attack ‘yet another justification of killings in Ukraine’

Analysts offer theories on this week’s drone attack, which Russia has blamed on Ukraine without providing any evidence.

Al Jazeera

Ukraine-Russia war – live: Putin event for Victory Day cancelled after Kremlin drone strike

Mercenary group leader threatens Kremlin with withdrawal from city in row over lack of ammunition

The Independent UK

Why did Russia invade Ukraine?

Vladimir Putin’s brutal military assault on sovereign neighbour continues in face of heavy losses and near-unanimous international condemnation

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The Guardian - UK

Wagner chief rages at Russia’s generals and threatens Bakhmut pullout

In extraordinary video tirade, Yevgeny Prigozhin attacks defence minister and chief of armed forces

Reuters

Turkey set to keep strong Russia ties whoever wins election

Whoever wins Turkey's elections this month, the NATO-member is expected to maintain cordial relations with Russia that have already endured several years of dramatic change in Ankara's foreign policy.

France 24

Wagner threatens Bakhmut pullout over ammunition spat with Russian army

Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of Russian paramilitary group Wagner, on Friday threatened to pull his fighters from the front line in Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine starting May 10, saying ammunition shortages meant they faced "senseless death". Russia has incurred significant losses in Bakhmut since starting its offensive there in August. Follow…

The Independent UK

Russia’s Wagner chief ‘pulling his forces out of Bakhmut’ over weapons row with Putin’s government

An advisor to Ukraine’s defence minister tells The Independent that announcement is ‘extraordinary’ and ‘hysterical’

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Evening Standard

Putin’s private army ‘withdrawing from Bakhmut’ after row with army chiefs

The head of Vladimir Putin’s Wagner Group “private army” threatened on Friday to pull his troops out of the eastern town of Bakhmut after a ferocious bust-up with Russian army chiefs.

Daily Mirror

Russian rips flag out of Ukrainian's hands - who then smacks him in the face

Ukrainian Oleksandr Marikovsky was holding his country's flag in the Turkish capital Ankara and was poised to have his photo taken just as a Russian MP tore it from his hands

Reuters

Russia's war on Ukraine latest: Wave of attacks ahead of Victory Day holiday

Russia launched its biggest swarm of drones for months against Ukraine on Monday, the eve of Russia's May 9 Victory Day holiday celebrating the defeat of Nazi Germany, which Kyiv marked a day earlier in a new break with Moscow.

The Guardian - AU

Wagner head says forces to leave Bakhmut next week – as it happened

Yevgeny Prigozhin, who has a history of dramatic statements, says troops will leave fiercely contested city on 10 May

The National (Scotland)

Vladimir Putin will face international court for crimes, says Volodymyr Zelenskyy

VOLODYMYR Zelenskyy has said he is convinced that Russian president Vladimir Putin will face an international war crimes court when Ukraine wins the…

Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin now has “no option” but to use tactical nuclear weapons in Ukraine

Dmitry Rogozin - also a former deputy prime minister who is now close to the frontline - made clear Moscow is facing war defeat unless the dictator unleashes his atomic weapons

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 436 of the invasion

Prigozhin threatens to pull Wagner troops out of Bakhmut; Kyiv downs own drone after it lost control

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