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Explainer-Mariupol, the ruined port city that Russia says it has "liberated"

The port city of Mariupol on the Sea of Azov, reduced to a wasteland littered with bodies by nearly two months of siege and bombardment that Ukraine says killed tens of thousands of civilians, is a big strategic prize for Russia.

Reuters

Russia Ukraine war: Who is Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov?

Ramzan Kadyrov is a key ally of the Russian president and one of the most feared men in Moscow

The Independent UK

Zelenskiy says visit to Moscow 'out of the question' right now - report

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has ruled out heading to Moscow for direct talks with Russian leaders on ending the war, he was quoted on Thursday as saying.

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Factbox-What is the chain of command for a potential Russian nuclear strike?

President Vladimir Putin has once again promoted Russia's nuclear might against the backdrop of the Ukraine conflict, saying on Wednesday that a new ballistic missile system should make Moscow's enemies stop and think.

Reuters

Russia: programme of 'patriotic education' aims to create next generation of Putin faithful

As Russia shifts the focus of its “special military operation” in Ukraine to the Donbas region, there seems no end in sight to the fighting. Casualties on both sides are mounting. While Ukraine is able to call on its citizens to help defend their homeland from Russian aggression, Moscow’s ability…

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Kremlin asks why Zelenskiy is not seeing its proposal

The Kremlin said on Thursday that Moscow was still waiting for Ukraine's response to Russia's latest written proposal in peace talks between the two sides, and questioned why Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy was unaware of the document.

Reuters

Mariupol timeline: How the Ukrainian seaport became a city under siege

A coastal export hub, home to 400,000 people just two months ago, the city has borne the brunt of Russian brutality as Moscow seeks land bridge between Crimea and Donbas

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Special Report: Sanctioned weapons mogul who supplied Russia’s troops has ties to Philip Morris

A longtime Russian business associate of American tobacco giant Philip Morris International Inc - a billionaire whose holdings have included a major stake in a weapons plant supplying Russia’s military - has been sanctioned in Europe for aiding Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, according to a Reuters review of business registries…

Reuters

Russia closes Baltic consulates, expels employees

Russia has ordered the closure of the Latvian, Lithuanian and Estonian consulates and asked their employees to leave in a retaliatory move, Moscow's foreign ministry said on Thursday.

Reuters

Ukrainian novelist Andrey Kurkov on identity and language in the Donbas

Moscow has officially begun a "new phase" of its war in Ukraine, shifting its attention to the largely Russian-speaking Donbas. Prior to the February invasion, Russian proxies, who created pro-Moscow statelets, controlled around a third of the Donbas region. With striking prescience, novelist Andrey Kurkov explored the conflict from the…

France 24

Londoner’s Diary: Stranded in Ukraine, star of gay love film cancelled by Moscow

In today’s Diary: More woes for film Firebird / Pete Doherty to release memoir / Police silent on Jemima Goldsmith protests / Piers Morgan on his secret Tory away day invite

Evening Standard

UN chief asks to meet Putin, Zelenskyy to negotiate end to war

Antonio Guterres sends separate letters asking Russia and Ukraine’s leaders to receive him in Moscow and Kyiv.

Al Jazeera

Why has Russia invaded Ukraine? The conflict explained

Vladimir Putin’s military assault continues in face of near-unanimous international condemnation

The Independent UK

G20 walk out in condemnation of Russia's war in Ukraine

Senior officials from Britain, the United States and Canada walked out on Russia's representatives at a Group of 20 meeting on Wednesday with many members condemning Moscow's war in Ukraine, exposing deep divisions within the bloc of the world's major economies.

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The Guardian - UK

The film Putin doesn’t want the world to see: Firebird, a gay love story about fighter pilots

It has been accused of ‘shaming Moscow’ and ‘punching the Russian soldier in the face’. But the makers of this powerful drama about dogfights and dangerous desires refuse to be silenced

The Guardian - UK

‘There will be no way back’: will war change Finland’s pragmatic approach to Russia?

Finland’s parliament has begun discussing report outlining implications and risks of Nato membership

Al Jazeera

Why Chinese bankcard chips may not ease Putin’s economic pain

Russia has turned to China for microchips it needs to meet surging demand for its domestic bank cards.

Reuters

Putin claims victory in Mariupol; Ukrainian fighters hold on

Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed victory on Thursday in the biggest battle of the Ukraine war, declaring the port city of Mariupol "liberated," although hundreds of Ukrainian troops and civilians were still holding out inside a giant steel works.

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Ultimatum ignored in Mariupol as attacks intensify in east Ukraine

RUBIZHNE, Ukraine — Russia tightened its grip Wednesday around Ukraine’s last stronghold in the besieged port of Mariupol, whose desperate defenders, holed up in underground shelters beneath a massive steel plant, pleaded for international help, declaring that they were “probably facing our last days, if not hours.”

The Independent UK

Russia's Navalny accuses Le Pen of Kremlin ties before vote

Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny waded into France’s tight presidential campaign, urging voters to back incumbent Emmanuel Macron in Sunday's runoff and alleging that far-right challenger Marine Le Pen is too closely linked to Russia

Los Angeles Times

Ultimatum ignored in Mariupol as attacks intensify in east Ukraine

RUBIZHNE, Ukraine — Russia delivered what it said was a last-chance surrender ultimatum Wednesday to Ukrainian forces in the besieged port of Mariupol, whose desperate defenders, pleading for international help, declared that they were “probably facing our last days, if not hours.”

Los Angeles Times

Ultimatum ignored in Mariupol as attacks intensify in east Ukraine

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia Pressures Mariupol as it Focuses on Ukraine’s East

Russian forces tightened the noose around die-hard Ukrainian defenders holed up at a Mariupol steel plant Wednesday amid desperate new efforts to open an evacuation corridor for civilians trapped in the ruined city, a key battleground in Moscow’s drive to seize the country's industrial east. As the holdouts came under…

Asharq Al-Awsat

UN Leader Seeks Peace Talks in Moscow, Kviv

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has separately asked Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to receive him to discuss steps to bring about peace following Moscow's invasion of its neighbor. UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said separate letters were handed to the permanent missions of Russia and Ukraine…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Wimbledon Bars Russians, Belarusians from Tournament

Wimbledon barred Russian and Belarusian players from this year's championships due to Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, with the grasscourt Grand Slam becoming the first tennis tournament to ban individual competitors from the two countries. The decision by the All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) means Grand Slam champions Daniil Medvedev…

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