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The Latest Breaking News from Vladimir Putin

Czech presidential election: Babiš likens rival to Putin after first-round defeat

Ex-PM ratchets up rhetoric after surprise loss to former army chief and Nato military chair Gen Petr Pavel

The Guardian - UK

Russia’s tycoons fear tightening Kremlin squeeze as Putin’s war drags on

As Vladimir Putin pushes his war in Ukraine into its second year, the deepening militarization of Russia’s economy is fueling fears among the country’s business elite that the squeeze on their companies is only just beginning.

Tribune News Service

Questions mount over Alisher Usmanov’s links with Everton FC

Sources claim five football managers held talks over top job in presence of now-sanctioned oligarch

The Guardian - UK

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Putin says Russian military operation going well in Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the military operation in Ukraine had gained positive momentum and that he hoped his soldiers would deliver more wins after Russia claimed control of the eastern Ukrainian salt-mining town of Soledar.

Reuters

The Fight of His Life review: Joe Biden, White House winner

Chris Whipple’s assured account of the president’s first two years in power after beating Trump is fascinating and timely

The Guardian - US

In Bali, warring sides learn to cohabitate

BALI, Indonesia: At a cafe more than 6,000 miles from the front lines, the Kyiv-style cake sits near the kartoshkas, a Russian dessert made of cookies, condensed milk and butter.

Bangkok Post

PM orders British international diplomatic blitz to secure weapons for Ukraine

Rishi Sunak will send the Foreign Secretary and Defence Secretary to meet allies after agreeing to send tanks to Kyiv.

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UK to send Ukraine battle tanks as Russia launches fresh missile attacks

Five people killed and dozens wounded as Vladimir Putin’s forces hit apartment block and energy facilities

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak confirms UK will send Challenger 2 tanks rolling into battle in Ukraine

Following a call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky today, a No 10 spokesperson confirmed Britain will be "accelerating military and diplomatic support"

Daily Mirror

Western allies and Japan unite to face threat posed by China, Russia

The United States and Japan have unveiled plans to strengthen their military alliance to help counter threats from North Korea and China, which they believe pose the greatest security challenges in the Asia-Pacific region.

Radio France Internationale

Vladimir Putin's 'successor' who once saved him from bear sets up drone training school

Alexei Dyumin, 50, was once the bodyguard of despot Vladimir Putin and Russia's ex-deputy defence minister, who led a covert operation in 2014 to help toppled Kyiv president Viktor Yanukovych escape a 13-year jail term in Crimea

Daily Mirror

Putin buys off the poor, writes off middle class with war budget

Alexei Malov’s dream was to own a white Lada.

Tribune News Service

Russian ex-President Medvedev says Japanese PM should disembowel himself

Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev accused Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Saturday of shameful subservience to the United States and suggested he should ritually disembowel himself.

Reuters

What Putin's shake-up of top commanders could mean for the war in Ukraine

Jealousy. Power struggles. Political infighting. This week's shake-up of Putin's top commanders in charge of Russia's invasion in Ukraine have it all, according to some security experts.

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Ukraine’s Leader Wants to Visit UN on Invasion Anniversary

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wants to visit the United Nations to address a high-level meeting of the 193-member General Assembly on the eve of the first anniversary of Russia’s Feb.

The Independent UK

Ukraine's leader wants to visit UN on invasion anniversary

A senior Ukrainian Foreign Ministry official says President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wants to visit the United Nations to address a high-level meeting of the 193-member General Assembly on the eve of the first anniversary of Russia’s Feb. 24 invasion of his country if the security situation permits

Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin ‘will nominate his heir this year and retire to avoid revolution’

The Russian president reportedly fears being ousted by the head of a private army called the 'Wagner Group' and plans to hand over power and take refuge in his remote mansion

ABC News

Why the salt mines of Soledar, a 'network of underground cities', are prized by Russian mercenaries

Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the landscape around Soledar is covered in Russian corpses. The head of Russia's feared Wagner Group calls neighbouring Bakhmut a "meat grinder". So why do the Russians keep coming?

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The Independent UK

Russia claims victory in Soledar – but Ukraine says its troops are holding on

Taking of Donetsk town would be a symbolic win for Vladimir Putin, but the scale of casualties may make it a pyrrhic victory

The Guardian - AU

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

The battle for Soledar; Putin reshuffles his military top brass again; west considers giving tanks to Ukraine

The Guardian - AU

Kyiv says battles ongoing in Soledar and denies Russians have taken town – as it happened

Spokesperson for Ukraine army says statements from Russia that it has captured Soledar ‘are not true’

Daily Mirror

Russian troops waging ferocious battle in Ukraine as Vladimir Putin reshuffles generals

Vladimir Putin has gathered a Chechen warlord and a notorious mercenary leader after appointing General Valery Gerasimov as head of Russian forces as troops continue to shell Ukraine

Al Jazeera

What does Russia’s military shake-up mean for the war in Ukraine?

The appointment of Valery Gerasimov signals Moscow’s failing war effort and fraught domestic politics, analysts say.

The Conversation

Serbia and Kosovo: why the EU is intent on resolving border tension stoked by the Ukraine war

The Russian invasion of Ukraine serves as a sombre reminder that Europe’s unresolved issues can reignite. Given the rising tension in the Balkans, Germany and France have made settling the unresolved problems between Serbia and Kosovo a top priority for 2023.

Reuters

Russia may hike taxes as military spending, oil price weigh on budget

Russia is becoming too dependent on oil revenues to support its budget as it ramps up military spending, economists said, warning that the government may have to raise taxes if prices of crude fail to meet expectations this year.

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