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Guns for hire: How shadowy Wagner mercenaries support Russian soldiers in Ukraine conflict

The Kremlin-linked mercenary group’s role is unclear but hundreds of its fighters are said to be in Ukraine

The Independent UK

Belarus may be about to send its troops into Ukraine, US official says

Move could happen this week as official says Minsk is ‘now an extension of the Kremlin’

The Guardian - UK

Brits 'firmly advised' not to travel to Ukraine after Liz Truss fighting claim

It comes as the Kremlin's propaganda machine claims Russia's nuclear forces were put on 'special alert' because of Foreign Secretary Liz Truss' comments about 'confrontations and clashes between Nato and Russia

Daily Mirror

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‘Unacceptable’ Truss statements sparked Putin’s nuclear alert, Kremlin claims

The UK has alleged that Russia’s threat is an attempt to distract from its losses amid a fierce Ukrainian resistance.

The Independent UK

Fears civilian death toll will soar as Russian forces ‘use more heavy artillery and rockets’ to hit key cities

West concerned Moscow is launching more indiscriminate strikes on urban areas as invasion suffers setbacks

Evening Standard

Shell faces pressure over Gazprom after rival BP pulls plug on $25bn Russia assets

ENERGY giant BP’s decision to sever links with Kremlin-controlled Rosneft has piled pressure on other oil majors to follow suit, with FTSE 100 rival Shell facing calls to dump its Russian assets.

Evening Standard

Kremlin Says Russia’s Economic Reality Has Changed, Stands by C.Bank

The Kremlin on Monday said Russia's economic reality had changed but saw no reason to doubt the effectiveness and reliability of the central bank, which hiked interest rates to 20% as it sought to shield the economy from unprecedented Western sanctions. The bank has also introduced some capital controls as…

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Kremlin defends logic for actions in Ukraine, berates 'hostile' EU

Russia on Monday doubled down on the logic for sending its forces into Ukraine as it condemned a European Union decision to fund the delivery of weapons to Kyiv.

Reuters

Kremlin hopes talks with Ukraine will start imminently, won't comment on their aim

The Kremlin on Monday said it hoped talks with the Ukrainian side would start imminently, but declined to comment on Moscow's aim in negotiations, as Russian invasion forces seized two small cities in southeastern Ukraine.

Reuters

Truss warns of ‘some economic hardship’ as she gives more detail of Russian sanctions – as it happened

Truss says officials ‘working through the night’ to draw up sanctions against oligarchs; Kwasi Kwarteng in Commons on economic crime bill

The Guardian - UK

PM says Russian invasion is a ‘disastrous misbegotten venture’ by Putin

The Kremlin’s invasion has caused both humiliation for its forces as well as economic woes.

The Independent UK

Hit squad of 400 mercenaries under Kremlin orders to assassinate Volodymyr Zelensky

The Wagner Group, a private militia run by one of Vladimir Putin’s closest allies, flew in mercenaries from Africa five weeks ago, it has been reported

Daily Mirror

US sees pattern of manufactured threats on Russia placing nuclear deterrent forces on 'special' alert

White House on Sunday (local time) said that Russian President Vladimir Putin's move to place the country's nuclear deterrent forces on a "special" alert shows the pattern of unwarranted escalation and "manufactured threats" from the Kremlin, reported local media.

Dynamite News

What the papers say – February 28

The Kremlin’s turn to nuclear weapon threats is splashed across Monday’s newspapers.

The Independent UK

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The Independent UK

Boris Johnson news – live: Putin ‘could ban BBC’ as Ofcom probes RT and Truss unveils fresh sanctions

Government fears Russian retaliation if UK bars Kremlin-backed media

The Independent UK

Johnson pledges to get more arms to beleaguered Ukrainian forces

The PM dismissed President Putin’s order to put Russian nuclear forces on heightened readiness as a ‘distraction’.

The Guardian - UK

It is a matter of life and death. So the EU will provide weapons for Ukraine’s armed forces

What Putin is doing is a violation of the basic principles of human coexistence. This is the moment to stand up and to speak out, says Josep Borrell, the EU high representative for foreign affairs and security policy

ABC News

Inside the resistance in Russia to President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine

Anastasia Rodina is one of the thousands of young Russians who have taken to the streets to protest against Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine. But in defying the might of the Kremlin, many risk their safety, freedom and future.

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Russians rush for dollars as sanctions threaten ruble collapse

Russians lined up at cash machines around the country to withdraw foreign currency as new sanctions to punish the Kremlin for its invasion of Ukraine sparked fear the ruble could collapse.

Wales Online

EU to shut airspace to Russian airlines, fund weapons for Ukraine and ban pro-Kremlin media

The president of the European Commission said the bloc would finance weapons for a country under attack "for the first time ever"

The Independent UK

EU closes airspace to Russian flights and bans pro-Kremlin media after invasion of Ukraine

Ursula von der Leyen announces escalation of sanctions on fourth day of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

Reuters

Ukraine adviser says pro-Kremlin politician escaped house arrest, lawyer denies

The Ukrainian opposition politician Viktor Medvedchuk has escaped house arrest, Ukrainian interior ministry adviser Anton Gerashchenko said on Sunday, though Medvedchuk's lawyer swiftly denied the allegation.

Axios

Internet becomes battleground in Russia's Ukraine invasion

Social media services are caught in their own escalating conflict with the Kremlin about control over content.

Daily Mirror

Putin's nightmare as OWN team abandons him and Russians flee to avoid conscription

Russian troops have driven tanks into Ukraine after weeks of military escalation as US immigration lawyers have said they are overwhelmed with requests from Russian military-aged men fears they will be drafted

Reuters

Israel PM offers to mediate to stop Ukraine hostilities, Kremlin says

Israel's Prime Minister Naftali Bennett offered his country's services as a mediator to bring peace to Ukraine in a telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday, the Kremlin said in a statement.

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