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Blinken Says Putin’s Attacks on Ukraine Energy Grid Will Not Divide Kyiv’s Allies

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday that Vladimir Putin had focused his "fire and ire" on Ukraine's civilian population and warned that Russia's recent strategy of targeting vital infrastructure would fail to divide Ukraine's supporters. "Heat, water, electricity...these are President Putin's new targets. He's hitting them hard.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Europe wary of Turkish hub to hide gas 'made in Moscow'

President Vladimir Putin's plan to make Turkey a hub for Russian gas in theory could allow Moscow to mask its exports with fuel from other sources, but that might not be enough to persuade Europeans to buy, analysts and sources said.

Reuters

Ukraine news - live: Letter bomb at embassy in Madrid sees ‘urgent’ calls for more security

Russia may have turned the lights out but Ukrainians will stay strong, says Washington’s Blinken

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Desperate Vladimir Putin recruits violent football hooligans for his war in Ukraine

A mob of notorious Russian football hooligans - known as "Ultras" - are being mobilised into a reconnaissance and sabotage squad and sent to fight for Vladimir Putin in Ukraine

Daily Mirror

New sanctions on Russians recruiting conscripts and prisoners to Putin’s war machine

Mobilised civilians believed to be used as ‘cannon fodder’ in stalled invasion of Ukraine

The Independent UK

UK sanctions Russian officials who enlisted criminals to fight in Ukraine

Foreign Secretary James Clevely has announced asset freezes and travel bans against 22 officials.

The Independent UK

Factbox-What are Russia and Ukraine's positions on talks to end the war?

Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24 in what President Vladimir Putin described as a "special military operation". The war is now in its 10th month.

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US slams 'barbaric' Russian attacks on Ukraine infrastructure

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday condemned Russia's attacks on Ukraine's civilian infrastructure as "barbaric".

Bangkok Post

Top U.S. diplomat Blinken: Putin's attacks on Ukraine energy grid will not work

Russian President Vladimir Putin has focused his "fire and ire" on Ukraine's civilian population, bombing more than a third of Ukraine's energy system - water and electricity supply - in a strategy that will not work, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday.

Reuters

Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine is entering a grotesquely brutal winter phase

Ukraine’s immediate requirements in this the ninth month of the war with Russia were spelled out neatly this week by foreign minister Dmytro Kulebo. “In an nutshell: Patriots (missiles) and transformers are what Ukraine needs most,” he told Nato foreign ministers meeting in Bucharest.

Evening Standard

Commentary: Putin will carpet-bomb Ukraine unless the West acts

The strategically vital city of Kherson is back in the hands of Ukrainians, albeit under threat of Russian shelling and attacks on its electricity supply. But as combatants on both sides of an increasingly static firing line prepare for winter war, there are effectively two separate conflicts emerging: one on…

Tribune News Service

Putin expected to further crack down on domestic dissent under new law

Anyone under ‘under influence or pressure’ of foreign actors will be targeted

Evening Standard

Russian lawmakers approve Kudrin exit, paving way for Yandex move

The upper chamber of Russia's parliament approved the resignation of Alexei Kudrin as head of the Audit Chamber on Wednesday, paving the way for him to take up a potential role at Russian technology giant Yandex.

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Evening Standard

Putin’s forces still seeking to advance in Donbas in Ukraine despite ‘extremely large losses’, says Zelensky

Vladimir Putin’s generals are still seeking to advance in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region despite suffering “extremely large losses,” Volodymyr Zelensky said on Wednesday.

Reason

'I'm Totally Uncancelable': Megyn Kelly Speaks Out on Left-Wing and Right-Wing Media Bias

The journalist has taken a great deal of flack—from both sides.

The Independent UK

Ukraine news – live: Putin will fail in attempts to break civilian spirit, US predicts

Russia may have turned the lights out but Ukrainians will stay strong, says Washington’s Blinken

The Times of India

US is weighing a terrorism label for Russia’s Wagner Group mercenaries

WASHINGTON: The Biden administration is weighing whether to label Russia’s Wagner Group as a foreign terrorist organization, two people familiar with the matter said, as part of efforts to handicap the privately owned military company’s involvement in Ukraine and its growing presence in Africa.

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Macron goes to Washington: Will brewing transatlantic trade row sour state visit?

It's a state visit that's also a chance to gauge superpower status. French President Emmanuel Macron heads to Washington at a time when Europeans are wondering aloud if Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has not made the EU even more dependent on the United States. Arming the Ukrainians has shown…

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A journalist's plea to the West: 'Pay attention to Ukraine and its fate'

Invasion author Luke Harding began reporting from Ukraine in December 2021 and was in Kyiv the night before the Russian invasion began. "There is no mood inside Ukrainian society to yield," he says.

Evening Standard

Holocaust is ‘happening again’ in Ukraine with Vladimir Putin’s war, says Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle

The Holocaust is “happening again” in Ukraine with Vladimir Putin’s war, Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle said on Tuesday.

Reason

Pronouncing Foreigners' Names

Some comments on the thread about pronouncing foreign country names (such as Qatar and France) raised the question of how we should pronounce foreign people's names. Here too my answer is: We should follow the English norms, which often depart from the norms in those people's native languages—just like, I…

The Independent UK

China ready for 'closer partnership' with Russia in energy

President Xi Jinping says China is ready to “forge closer partnership” with Russia in energy

The Guardian - UK

‘Racist’ interview with Pope Francis causes fury in Russia

Francis says Chechen and Buryat minorities in Russia’s army more cruel in Ukraine than other soldiers

The Independent UK

Russia protests pope comments as Vatican seeks to mediate

Russia is complaining about Pope Francis’ latest condemnation of atrocities in Ukraine

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