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The Latest Breaking News on War in Ukraine

Brittney Griner released in US-Russia prisoner swap for arms dealer Viktor Bout

Russia has freed WNBA star Brittney Griner in a dramatic high-level prisoner exchange, with the US releasing notorious Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, American officials say.

ABC News

Kremlin appears to scale back its ambitions in Ukraine

Russia said on Thursday that it was still set on securing at least the bulk of the parts of east and south Ukraine that it has claimed as its own, but appeared to give up on seizing other areas in the west and northeast that Ukraine has recaptured.

Reuters

2022 was year the horror of war returned to Europe

This was the year war returned to Europe, and few facets of life were left untouched

The Independent UK

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Ukraine war: why the Kinburn spit is of vital military significance and opens up the recapture of Crimea

The Kinburn spit, a tiny headland at the mouth of the Dniepro river, has been described as having “enormous strategic importance” in the next phase of the Ukraine war. Ukraine has indicated its intention to liberate it and an operation seems to be under way to do so.

The Conversation

Putin is losing the ground war, but Europe must dig in for the economic battle

There is more than one front in Europe’s almost 10- month-long war. The first is in the mud, where the worst trenches and dugouts in Eastern Ukraine are starting to bear more than a passing resemblance to scenes from the First World War. The second can be seen from space:…

Evening Standard

Russia says goal of Zaporizhzhia nuclear safety zone is to 'stop Ukraine shelling'

The Russian Foreign Ministry said on Thursday that the main goal of a proposed safety zone around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine was to "stop Ukraine shelling" the facility, while Kyiv said Moscow was storing advanced weapons on the site.

Reuters

Ukraine detains couple suspected of spying for Russia in Odesa

The Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) has detained a married couple suspected of spying for Russia in the Black Sea city of Odesa, one of Ukraine's largest ports.

Reuters

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Russia and Ukraine enter grim winter campaign as war losses mount

With neither side ready for talks, there are increasing suggestions the war will go on for a long time.

Al Jazeera

Kremlin: Russia plans to 'liberate' parts of Ukraine that Moscow annexed

(This story has been refiled to fix typo in 'plans' in the headline)

Reuters

A Ukrainian woman's harrowing quest to find her family

Nina Melenets finally buried her son in November, more than seven months after she said he was killed by shelling in their village in eastern Ukraine.

Reuters

Red Cross visits POWs held by Russia and Ukraine, commends progress

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) gained access to both Ukrainian and Russian prisoners of war last week and more visits are planned in what it described in a Thursday statement as "important progress".

Reuters

Ukraine war: new figures suggest only one in four Russians support it, but that won't be enough to oust Putin

Leaked internal Russian government polling recently indicated that as few as one in four Russians may be in favour of the war in Ukraine. Analysts believe that the forced mobilisation of over 300,000 civilians and the high level of casualties have all contributed to waning support for Russia’s war effort.

The Conversation

Russia has ‘stopped threatening to use nuclear weapons,’ Olaf Scholz says as Putin again threatens to use them

US accuses Russia of ‘irresponsible’, ‘loose talk’ of nuclear weapons

The Independent UK

Russian Delegation Discusses in Türkiye the Military Operation, Rapprochement with Assad

A Russian delegation will visit Türkiye to discuss the situation in Syria and the military operation that Ankara threatened to carry out against the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Thursday that a Russian delegation, led by Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Vershinin, would visit Türkiye…

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The Guardian - UK

‘It has been machine guns lately’: fighting intensifies in southern Kherson

Opposing forces now face each other across narrow part of Dnipro River as Kyiv tries to keep Russians on the retreat

WEKU

Vladimir Putin acknowledges Russia's war in Ukraine is taking longer than he expected

Russian President Vladimir Putin demurred on the use of nuclear weapons, saying Russia would not be able to use such weapons if it agreed not to use them first and then came under a nuclear strike.

Reuters

Russian ship shoots down drone over Black Sea, Sevastopol chief says

Russia's fleet shot down a Ukrainian drone over the Black Sea, the Russian-installed governor of Sevastopol, the largest city in the annexed Crimean peninsular, said on Thursday.

The Independent UK

Scrutiny of Ukraine church draws praise, fear of overreach

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is being praised and criticized for proposing legislation that could crack down on the Ukrainian Orthodox Church for alleged ties to Moscow

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France 24

Putin vows to continue targeting Ukraine’s power grid

President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that Russia will continue to strike Ukraine’s energy grid after waves of missile attacks that have left swaths of the country without clean water and electricity. Pope Francis broke down and cried as he spoke of the suffering of Ukrainians during a prayer at Rome's…

Reuters

Russian troops take part in tactical drills in Belarus

Russia said on Thursday its troops were taking part in tactical exercises in Belarus, amid fears that Moscow is pressing its ally to get more involved in the Ukraine war.

Al Jazeera

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 288

As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its 288th day, we take a look at the main developments.

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Mum finds new home and job in the North East after escaping war-torn Ukraine with her two children

Maryna Rahulina, 40, and her children Margarita, nine, and Makar, six, lived with a sponsor for six months

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war: Kyiv ‘working with UN to demilitarise Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant’ – as it happened

Ukraine’s state nuclear energy firm and Kyiv government both claim Russia is using the site as a de facto weapons depot

The Independent UK

Ukraine-Russia news - live: Putin plans to conscript Zaporizhzhia locals, Kyiv claims

Conscription-age men in the city of Melitopol are apparently being targeted

The Independent UK

“We haven’t gone mad”: Putin warns risk of nuclear war ‘growing’ but insists Russia won’t strike first

Russian president said “we realise what nuclear weapons are”, in address to Human Rights Council

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