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Russia Abandons Snake Island in Strategic Victory for Ukraine

Russian forces abandoned the strategic Black Sea outpost of Snake Island on Thursday, in a major victory for Ukraine that could loosen a Russian grain export blockade threatening to worsen global hunger. Russia's defense ministry said it had decided to withdraw from the outcrop as a "gesture of goodwill" that…

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Russia's Medvedev says sanctions could be justification for war

Russia's Deputy Security Council Chairman Dmitry Medvedev said on Thursday that in certain circumstances, sanctions against Moscow may be seen as an act of aggression and a justification for war.

Reuters

Russia open to dialogue on nuclear non-proliferation, Putin says

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Moscow was open to dialogue on strategic stability and nuclear non-proliferation, but the Kremlin said no such talks with Washington were on the cards for now.

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Russia withdraws from Ukraine’s Snake Island in Black Sea

Moscow says the withdrawal is a ‘goodwill gesture’ that proves its commitment to UN-led efforts to resume grain exports.

Al Jazeera

Russia to open trial against U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner

U.S. basketball player Brittney Griner goes on trial in Russia on Friday on drug charges that could see her face up to 10 years in prison, in a case caught up in the fraught relations between Moscow and Washington.

Reuters

Vladimir Putin's destructive new Satan-2 nuclear missile is 'grave threat' to UK

Russian state media has called for the British Embassy's Moscow address to be changed to "Sarmat Square" - named after President Vladimir Putin's flagship "Satan-2" nuke

Daily Mirror

Norway Not Breaching Treaty by Blocking Russian Cargo to Svalbard, Minister Says

Norway is not breaching a century-old treaty covering the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard by blocking Russian cargo to the islands, the country's foreign minister said Wednesday after Moscow threatened retaliatory measures. "Norway does not violate the Svalbard Treaty," foreign minister Anniken Huitfeldt told AFP. "Norway does not try to put…

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Russia and China slam NATO after alliance raises alarm

NATO is facing rebukes from Moscow and Beijing after it declared Russia a “direct threat” and said China posed “serious challenges” to global stability

The Independent UK

Putin Denies Russian Responsibility for Kremenchuk Strike

Russian President Vladimir Putin denied Moscow's forces were responsible for a strike on a crowded shopping center in the Ukrainian town of Kremenchuk earlier this week, in which 18 people were killed. "Our army does not attack any civilian infrastructure site. We have every capability of knowing what is situated…

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Expanding NATO Squares Up to Russia as Putin Slams 'Imperial' Alliance

The United States vowed to reinforce Europe's defenses in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, as NATO declared Moscow the West's greatest threat -- prompting Vladimir Putin to lash out at the alliance's "imperial ambitions". Meeting in Madrid Wednesday, NATO leaders said Russia "is the most significant and direct…

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A new ‘iron curtain’ is descending between Russia and the west, Russia’s foreign minister says – as it happened

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Russia abandons Black Sea outpost of Snake Island in victory for Ukraine

Russian forces abandoned the strategic Black Sea outpost of Snake Island on Thursday in a victory for Ukraine that could loosen the grip of Russia's blockade on Ukrainian ports.

Reuters

Russia-Ukraine latest updates: Moscow using Soviet-era missiles

Ukraine news from June 30: Russia using old Soviet stocks for more than half of all strikes in Ukraine, says General.

Al Jazeera

Ukraine announces largest exchange of prisoners of war since Russia invaded

144 Ukrainian soldiers have been released, including 95 who defended the Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol

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Russia will respond to Bulgaria's 'hostile' expulsion of diplomats

The Russian Embassy to Sofia said on Wednesday that Bulgaria's decision to expel 70 Russian diplomatic staff was a hostile action to which Moscow would respond accordingly.

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Russians Fight to Encircle Ukraine’s Last Eastern Stronghold

Russian forces battled Wednesday to surround the Ukrainian military’s last stronghold in a long-contested eastern province, as shock reverberated from a Russian airstrike on a shopping mall that killed at least 18 in the center of the country two days earlier. Moscow’s battle to wrest the entire Donbas region from…

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Evidence contradicts Russian claims about Kremenchuk mall attack

Witness accounts and expert analysis discredit Moscow’s claim fire spread from factory to empty mall

Reuters

Exclusive-Kaliningrad row: EU nears compromise deal to defuse standoff with Russia

Trade through Lithuania to the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad could return to normal within days, two sources familiar with the matter said, as European officials edge towards a compromise deal with the Baltic state to defuse a row with Moscow.

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Naked multi-millionaire and his wife found stabbed to death in mystery killing

Russian multi-millionaire Yevgeny Palant was found stabbed to death in his home near Moscow - initial reports claim it was a murder-suicide triggered by jealousy but friends think he was murdered

The Guardian - UK

Ukrainian villages ‘wiped from face of earth’ by Russian missile strikes

G7 leaders condemn invasion and pledge support for Kyiv amid reports of 130 missile strikes in four days

Reuters

Russia warns West: Don't take your assets in our country for granted

Russia hinted on Wednesday that it had not dropped the idea of seizing Western-owned assets and businesses in the country, as a top official sharply criticised governments that have hit Moscow with sanctions.

The Independent UK

Russian court lets opposition figure's jail term stand

A court in Moscow has rejected a prominent Russian opposition figure’s appeal of the 15-day jail sentence he received on charges of failing to obey police

Reuters

Ukraine tells NATO: Russia wants to dictate future world order

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told NATO leaders on Wednesday his country needed more weapons and money to defend itself against Russia, warning that Moscow's ambitions did not stop at Ukraine.

Reuters

NATO backs military aid for 'heroic' Ukraine, Russia steps up attacks

NATO on Wednesday branded Russia the biggest "direct threat" to Western security after its invasion of Ukraine and agreed plans to modernise Kyiv's beleaguered armed forces, saying it stood fully behind Ukrainians' "heroic defence of their country".

Al Jazeera

Ukraine latest updates: Battle for Lysychansk city grinds on

Ukraine news from June 29: Lysychansk is last eastern stronghold following retreat of Ukraine forces from Severodonetsk.

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