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U.S. citizen and musician Michael Travis Leake has been detained in Russia

A Moscow court said Leake was detained on suspicion of organizing a drug trafficking business. If convicted, he could face as much as 20 years in prison under Russia's strict drug laws.

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Rock star and ex-US paratrooper Travis Leake detained in Moscow for 'drug trafficking'

Michael Travis Leake has been detained by Russian authorities on suspicion of selling mephedrone and faces charges which carry a sentence of up to 20 years in prison - there is suspicion Russia is arresting Americans under any pretext amid the Ukraine war

Daily Mirror

American citizen arrested in Moscow on drugs charges

Michael Travis Leake, described in Russian state media as a former paratrooper and musician, faces two months of pre-trial detention

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US citizen detained in Russia on drug trafficking charges

The US citizen is charged with large-scale illegal production, sale and trafficking of narcotic drugs

The Independent UK

Ukraine claims gains near Bakhmut as battle rages in east

Russia says Ukraine has started a long-expected counteroffensive but denies Kyiv made gains along the front lines.

Al Jazeera

Putin claims Russian forces halting Ukrainian counteroffensive

Claims by pro-Moscow commentators that Ukraine’s counteroffensive has failed are premature, says war monitor think tank.

Al Jazeera

US says Iran is helping Russia build drone manufacturing facility

US intelligence officials say Iran and Russia continue to strengthen their military cooperation and weapons assistance.

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After the destruction of the Kakhovka dam, another threat lies on Ukraine’s horizon: Donald Trump

The would-be president and the US right look ready to side with Putin, and walk away from a fight the free world must win, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

The Guardian - UK

White House accuses Iran of helping Russia build a drone factory near Moscow

Declassified US intelligence report states that Iran is providing Russia with materials to keep its war machine in Ukraine running

The Independent UK

White House says Iran is helping Russia build a drone factory east of Moscow for the war in Ukraine

The White House says it has intelligence indicating Iran is providing Russia with materials to build a drone manufacturing plant east of Moscow as the Kremlin looks to lock in a steady supply of weaponry for its ongoing invasion of Ukraine

The Independent UK

Heavy fighting suggests Ukraine offensive is starting

KYIV: Fighting was raging on Friday in southern Ukraine, with observers seeing the combat as the opening phase of Kyiv's long-expected offensive.

Bangkok Post

Putin says Russian tactical nuclear weapons to be deployed to Belarus next month

Russian President Vladimir Putin says that Moscow will deploy some of its tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus next month, a move that the Belarusian opposition described as an attempt to blackmail the West

The Independent UK

Russia places nuclear weapons in Belarus in new major military threat

Russia's tyrannical leader Vladimir Putin said Moscow plans to send a number of tactical nuclear weapons to the soil of its ally Belarus during a meeting with the country's president and fellow Soviet strongman, Alexander Lukashenko

Daily Mirror

Ukraine has not exhausted its ‘potential’ to attack, says Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday said Ukraine had started its long-expected counteroffensive, but that Kyiv had so far failed to attain its goals. Speaking at a Eurasian Economic Union conference in the Russian resort town of Sochi, Putin maintained that Ukraine still has the potential to attack. Follow our…

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Russia 'launches bomb attacks on civilians fleeing floods' after dam shelling

Moscow’s forces reportedly hit the building in the Ukrainian-held part of Kherson where people fleeing the Dnipro River’s rising waters were gathered

The Independent UK

Renowned human rights campaigner Oleg Orlov on trial for “discrediting” Russian military

The co-chair of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning human rights group Memorial, Oleg Orlov, has gone on trial in Moscow, charged with “discrediting” the Russian military in his criticism of Russia’s war in Ukraine

The Guardian - UK

Kakhovka dam collapse unlikely to hurt Ukraine counteroffensive but will have long-term impact

Catastrophe is also likely to fuel concerns about Moscow’s brinkmanship, if suspicions that Russia blew up the dam are proved

Bangkok Post

Zelensky visits flood-hit Ukraine region

KHERSON, Ukraine: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited the region flooded by the breached Kakhovka dam on Thursday, as Moscow-installed authorities said five people had been killed in the disaster.

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The Independent UK

Russia says top UN court should dismiss Ukraine's case over Crimea and terrorism funding

Russia is urging judges at the United Nations’ highest court to throw out a case brought by Ukraine against Moscow focussed on the 2014 annexation of the Crimean Peninsula and the arming of rebels in eastern Ukraine in the years before Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022

Daily Mirror

Hell underwater as 'Russian attack' on Ukraine dam leaves entire towns submerged

President Zelensky called the aftermath an 'environmental bomb of mass destruction', as fears grew of an eco disaster from polluted waters, partly caused by oil leaking from the dam’s machinery

Al Jazeera

Nova Kakhovka dam blast: Is Russia trying to freeze the war?

Russia could have blown up the dam in an effort to stall Ukraine’s counteroffensive, experts say.

Bangkok Post

Thousands flee flooded homes in Ukraine

KHERSON, Ukraine: Thousands were fleeing their homes Wednesday after the destruction of a frontline Russian-held dam in Ukraine flooded dozens of villages and parts of a nearby city, sparking fears of a humanitarian disaster.

Daily Mirror

Huge poisonous cloud fills sky after Russia bombs chemical pipeline in Ukraine

Pro-Moscow sources have released footage of what they claim shows a crack in an ammonia pipeline, in the Kharkiv region of Ukraine, triggering a scare poisonous gas might be being released

Daily Mirror

Before and after photos of Ukraine dam show devastation of explosion amid nuclear fears

Russian saboteurs are prime suspects for blowing up Ukrainian Kakhovka dam, triggering massive floods, and forcing thousands to flee for their lives, but Moscow may also be planning to attack the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant

France 24

France to send aid to Ukraine for dam disaster, says Macron

France will send aid to Ukraine “within the next few hours”, said President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday following a phone call with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky. A day after the destruction of the Kakhovka dam, rescue teams rushed to evacuate people as floodwaters peaked. Read our live blog to see…

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