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English professor sues UF, saying it stripped him of classes after criticizing COVID policy

Tribune News Service · Apr 7, 2022

Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 44 of the invasion

At least 30 dead in Kramatorsk railway station attack; Kremlin admits ‘significant’ troop losses since start of war

The Guardian - UK · Apr 7, 2022

Ukraine and allies blame Russia for strike on station that killed over 50

Ukraine and its allies blamed Russia for a missile attack that killed at least 52 people at a train station packed with women, children and the elderly fleeing the threat of a Russian offensive in the east.

Reuters · Apr 7, 2022

Azov fighter video overshadows Zelenskiy's address to Greek lawmakers

Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskiy's address to the Greek parliament on Thursday caused an outrage from opposition parties after a man who identified himself as an ethnic Greek member of Ukraine's ultranationalist Azov battalion appeared on a video.

Reuters · Apr 7, 2022

Ukraine's Zelenskiy urges Cyprus to end passport scheme for Russians

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged Cyprus on Thursday to close its ports to all Russian ships, and end a so-called 'golden passports' scheme giving Russians dual citizenship on the island.

Reuters · Apr 7, 2022

Act or dissolve, Zelensky challenges UN, but Ukraine atrocities already pile pressure on Russia

In his first address to the UN Security Council since the Russian invasion, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky this week called on the 15-member body to reform itself or face dissolution. That may be easier said than done. But the response to reports of Russian atrocities in Bucha, near Kyiv, highlights…

France 24 · Apr 7, 2022

Italy's politics, public opinion, could weaken West's anti-Putin front

Divisions between Italy's political parties and ambivalence among its public over the war in Ukraine could become a weak link in the West's efforts to present a united front against Russia, analysts say.

Reuters · Apr 7, 2022

Ukraine war: lessons for mediators from the experience of humanitarian organisations

Despite the discovery of what appears to be grisly evidence of war crimes committed by Russian soldiers against the people of Bucha in the north-west of Ukraine, the country’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, still insists that negotiation is the only way to end the conflict.

The Conversation · Apr 7, 2022

Ukraine pleads for more weapons as Russia shifts its firepower east

KYIV, Ukraine — Bracing for a redoubled Russian offensive in the east and unearthing fresh evidence of atrocities outside its capital of Kyiv, Ukraine appealed urgently Thursday for more Western weaponry and harsher punitive steps against Moscow.

Los Angeles Times · Apr 7, 2022

UN removes Russia from human rights panel after reported atrocities in Ukraine

KYIV, Ukraine — As Ukraine braced for a redoubled Russian offensive in the east and unearthed fresh evidence of atrocities outside its capital of Kyiv, the United Nations General Assembly sharply rebuked Moscow on Thursday by suspending it from the world body’s 47-member Human Rights Council.

Los Angeles Times · Apr 7, 2022