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Putin Says Draft Vital to Hold Ukraine Front Line but Will End Soon

President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that Russia's call-up of reserve forces to fight in Ukraine, criticized as chaotic by some Kremlin allies, had been vital to hold the front line but would be wound up in the next couple of weeks. Russia has conducted a broad mobilization of Russians…

Asharq Al-Awsat

EU will not take decision on Iran sanctions linked to drones on Monday

European Union foreign ministers meeting in Luxembourg on Monday will not take any decisions on additional Iran sanctions linked to a transfer of drones from Tehran to Moscow, a senior EU official said on Friday.

Reuters

Westerners in no mood for concessions to Russia in Ukraine, poll finds

Exclusive: Survey shows strong support within alliance for tougher sanctions and Nato aid, but more pro-Russia views elsewhere

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Crippling civilian infrastructure has long been part of Russian generals' playbook – Putin is merely expanding that approach

In response to massive battlefield setbacks, Russia has increased its attacks in Ukraine on everything from power plants and dams to railways, pipelines and ports.

The Conversation

Russian evacuation of residents from Kherson is a ‘deportation’, claims Ukraine

Serhiy Khlan, from Kherson’s regional council, says it is only an evacuation for those who have ‘collaborated’ with Russia.

The Independent UK

Russian women pay the price in protests against Putin's war

Women in Russia make up a rising proportion of those being detained in protests against President Vladimir Putin's mobilisation for the war in Ukraine, data show, as many Russian men fear being sent to the frontlines if they demonstrate.

Reuters

Russia, under Pressure in Southern Ukraine, Captures Villages in East

Russian-backed forces have made some advances in eastern Ukraine, Britain said on Friday, even as Moscow's hold weakens in the south, where a Russian-installed official has advised residents to flee a region Russia claims to have annexed. A British intelligence update said forces led by the private Russian military company…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Editorial: Resolve needed amid Russian missile strikes

Russia's response this week to an attack on a critical Crimean bridge reflected the difference between the governments in Kyiv and Moscow.

Tribune News Service

‘He joined the enemy’: a Ukraine soldier on fighting his father on Russian side

Artur is in touch by text with father Oleg, a colonel in pro-Moscow forces, and is trying hard not to let hate consume him

The Guardian - UK

US Pushes Allies to Assemble Patchwork Air Defenses for Ukraine

The United States is pressing allies to hastily build for Ukraine a patchwork air defense network using NATO-compatible equipment -- some ultra-modern, others older -- to protect strategic targets from Russian strikes. The effort was given added urgency after Moscow pummeled Ukraine with missiles this week, damaging energy facilities nationwide…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Putin sees ‘no need’ for Biden talks, undecided on whether he will attend G20

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday he sees “no need” to hold talks with US President Joe Biden, who said earlier this week that the possibility of meeting with the Russian leader on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Bali in November “would depend” on what Putin wanted to…

France 24

What Nixon’s Endgame Reveals About Putin’s

Russia’s war in Ukraine could end like the Vietnam War.

Foreign Affairs

Putin says mobilised troops will be ready in two weeks as he warns Nato against ‘global catastrophe’ – as it happened

Russian president says any direct clash with Nato troops would be ‘global catastrophe’ as he says 220,000 will be called up

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war – live: Putin says there’s no need for more ‘massive strikes’

The UN has apparently verified over 100 cases of rape and sexual assaults in Ukraine since Russia invaded in February

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The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war latest: what we know on day 233 of the invasion

Russia evacuates civilians from Ukraine’s Kherson; Moscow’s forces would be ‘annihilated’ if Putin used nuclear weapons, says EU foreign policy chief

Tribune News Service

Russia and NATO are both holding nuclear drills despite rising tensions

Moscow and NATO are both proceeding with nuclear exercises, even as tensions escalate over Russian President Vladimir Putin’s threats to use “all means available” — including atomic weapons — to defend land he claims to be Russian.

ABC News

Australia's presence in Moscow at stake as Ukraine urges government to eject Russian diplomats

The Albanese government is considering expelling staff at the Russian embassy in Canberra over the Kremlin's recent atrocities in Ukraine, mulling what that would mean for Australia's remaining diplomats overseas.

The Independent UK

Putin suggests turning Turkey into gas hub for Europe

Russian President Vladimir Putin has proposed turning Turkey into a gas hub for Europe after deliveries to Germany through the Nord Stream pipeline were halted

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Reuters

NATO to keep close eye on Russia's upcoming nuclear exercise - Stoltenberg

NATO will monitor an expected upcoming Russian nuclear exercise very closely, the alliance's chief said on Thursday, in particular in light of Moscow's latest nuclear threats related to its conflict in Ukraine.

The Independent UK

No regrets: Unrepentant Angela Merkel defends her decision to rely on Russian gas

The former chancellor referred to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as a ‘turning point’ in Germany’s energy reliance on Moscow

Reuters

Exclusive-Russia is prepared to quit Black Sea grains deal, writes to UN with demands

Moscow has submitted concerns to the United Nations about an agreement on Black Sea grain exports, and is prepared to reject renewing the deal next month unless its demands are addressed, Russia's Geneva U.N. ambassador told Reuters on Thursday.

France 24

Strikes in Ukraine shine a spotlight on dwindling Russian missile stocks

Russia has unleashed a deluge of missile strikes on Ukraine in retaliation for the blast on Saturday that damaged the bridge to Crimea. Several military experts feel this operation is counterproductive as Moscow is struggling to replenish its weapons stocks.

Reuters

Putin seeks to kindle anti-Western sentiment among Asian leaders

President Vladimir Putin used a speech to Asian leaders on Thursday to develop a theme that he has pressed more intensely as Russia's military fortunes have waned: that Moscow is fighting the West to establish a fairer world.

The Independent UK

How Moscow grabs Ukrainian kids and makes them Russians

An Associated Press investigation has found that Russia’s strategy to take Ukrainian orphans and bring them up as Russian is well underway

Financial Times

Global cities are fragile by nature. Here are some on their way down

Hong Kong, San Francisco and Moscow are losing, while today’s winners Dubai and Miami are at risk

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