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Ukrainians take up new positions as Putin proclaims victory in Luhansk

Ukrainian forces were taking up new defensive lines in the east on Monday, preparing for a hard new phase in the war as President Vladimir Putin proclaimed victory in the months-long battle of Luhansk after Russian forces captured the key city Lysychansk on Sunday. Read our live blog below to…

France 24

Ukraine news – live: Putin ‘to switch focus to Donetsk’ after capturing key Luhansk city

Zelensky promised his troops will return to defeated city

The Independent UK

Zelenskiy says Ukrainian forces undeterred; Russia hails Luhansk victory

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday his armed forces were undeterred in their efforts to "break" Moscow's will to pursue a nearly five-month war, while Russia's Vladimir Putin hailed his military's victory in the grueling battle of Luhansk.

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Belarus leader stands with Russia in campaign

The president of Belarus -- Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin's closest ally -- said on Sunday his ex-Soviet state stood fully behind Russia in its military drive in Ukraine as part of its longstanding commitment to a "union state" with Moscow.

Reuters

'Putin's security services killed my dad' claims laser scientist's heartbroken son

Dr Dmitry Kolker was suffering from stage 4 pancreatic cancer when Russia security services swooped on him and flew him from Siberia to Moscow to put him in prison

Daily Mirror

Russian diplomats to depart Bulgaria amid soaring tensions

A Russian diplomat says two airplanes are set to depart Bulgaria with scores of Russian diplomatic staff and their families amid a mass expulsion that has sent relations soaring between the two historically close nations

The Independent UK

NZ to boycott counter-terrorism meeting over Russia, Myanmar roles

Kiwi defence officials will have no involvement in an upcoming meeting in Moscow, saying they don't want to legitimise the approaches of Russia and Myanmar.

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Russian Scientist Dies 2 Days after Arrest for State Treason

A Russian scientist who was arrested in Siberia last week on suspicion of state treason and flown to Moscow despite suffering from advanced pancreatic cancer has died, his lawyer told Reuters on Sunday. The scientist, Dmitry Kolker, had been taken to Moscow's Lefortovo prison, lawyer Alexander Fedulov said. "He died…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia claims to have ‘liberated’ Luhansk region as six killed in attack on Slovyansk

Moscow says it now has full control of the city of Lysychansk

The Independent UK

Russia accuses Kyiv of firing missiles at border city of Belgorod

Belgorod Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov says at least 11 apartment buildings and 39 houses were damaged.

Al Jazeera

Russia Claims Capture of Pivotal City in Eastern Ukraine

Russia's defense minister said Russian forces took control Sunday of the last major Ukrainian-held city in Ukraine's Luhansk province, bringing Moscow closer to its stated goal of seizing all of Ukraine’s Donbas region. Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu told President Vladimir Putin that Russia's troops together with members of a local…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russian scientist dies two days after arrest for state treason - lawyer

Reuters

The Georgian village facing Russian ‘creeping occupation’

Khurvaleti is increasingly affected by Russian forces demarcating the ‘border’ of breakaway state South Ossetia.

Al Jazeera

Iran's Chief Nuclear Negotiator Arrives in Moscow on Unannounced Visit

Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri-Kani arrived in Moscow on an unannounced visit after the talks between Tehran and Washington ended in Doha. The Russian Permanent Mission to the International Organizations in Vienna announced the visit on its Twitter account. However, Iranian media outlets did not report the news. Bagheri-Kani…

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The Independent UK

Russia accused of dropping phosphorus bombs on Snake Island after claiming retreat

Moscow’s stockpiles of more accurate weapons might be dwindling, UK Ministry of Defence claims

Asharq Al-Awsat

Rebel Moscow Theater Shuts Doors after Final Show

The Gogol Centre theater, one of the last bastions of artistic freedom in Vladimir Putin's Russia, shut its doors Thursday night with a defiant final show called "I Don't Take Part In War".

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia’s Messages with Missiles Tell West to Back Off

The latest in a litany of horrors in Ukraine came this week as Russian firepower rained down on civilians in a busy shopping mall far from the front lines of a war in its fifth month. The timing was not likely a coincidence. While much of the attritional war in…

Daily Mirror

Two Brits captured by Russian forces in Ukraine 'charged with being mercenaries'

A pro-Kremlin website said Mr Healy and Mr Hill would face the same mercenary charges as Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner, two British military volunteers who have been given death sentences in Donetsk

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The Independent UK

Russia's messages with missiles tell West to back off

The latest in a litany of horrors in Ukraine came this week as Russian firepower rained down on civilians in a busy shopping mall far from the front lines of a war in its fifth month

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukraine Leader Accuses Russia of 'Terror' in Missile Strike that Killed 21

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday accused Russia of engaging in state "terror" as he blamed Moscow for missile strikes on a southern resort town that left 21 dead and dozens wounded. Missiles slammed into an apartment building and a recreation center in the town of Sergiyvka about 80 kilometers…

Reuters

Fighting intensifies for Ukraine's last bastion in eastern Luhansk province

Fighting intensified on Saturday for Lysychansk, Ukraine's last bastion in the strategic eastern province of Luhansk, while blasts shook a southern city after the civilian toll from Russian strikes climbed in towns well behind the front lines.

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Biden’s risky gamble: betting on lowering oil prices

Editorial: The climate agenda risks being derailed by energy market disruptions caused by Russia’s war in Ukraine

The Guardian - US

Brittney Griner in court as Russia may want to use case to negotiate prisoner exchange with US

Basketball star appeared in Moscow court on Friday after being arrested four months ago on suspicion of cannabis possession

Chicago Sun-Times

Brittney Griner trial begins in Russian court

Griner’s wife, Cherelle, has urged President Joe Biden to secure her release, calling her “a political pawn.”

Daily Mirror

Terminally-ill Russian scientist hauled from hospital and detained over treason charges

Frail Dr Dmitry Kolke was hauled from his hospital bed in Novosibirsk, Russia, and flown four hours to Moscow where he is now incarcerated in notorious Lefortovo prison

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