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Europe's Russian gas in jeopardy, Ukraine girds for new attacks

President Vladimir Putin threatened on Thursday to halt contracts supplying Europe with a third of its gas unless they are paid in Russian currency, his strongest economic riposte so far to crushing Western sanctions over his invasion of Ukraine.

Reuters

Amid new Russian attacks near Kyiv, White House says Putin misled by aides

LVIV, Ukraine — A day after Russia said it would “drastically” reduce attacks on strategic northern cities in its war against Ukraine, those regions came under fresh bombardment Wednesday, deepening Ukrainian and Western officials’ skepticism over any easing of the offensive.

Los Angeles Times

Russians start to withdraw from Chernobyl

WASHINGTON: Russian forces have begun to pull out of the defunct Chernobyl nuclear power site, a US defence official said Wednesday, a day after Moscow said it would scale back attacks on two key Ukrainian cities.

Bangkok Post

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Ukraine latest updates: US says no evidence Russia pulling back

Russia-Ukraine news from March 31: Biden says ‘no clear evidence’ that Russia is scaling back operations around Kyiv.

Al Jazeera

Russian forces have shot down their own aircraft in Putin’s ‘personal war’ blunders, says UK spy chief

Sir Jeremy Fleming says it’s increasingly clear the Russian president has ‘massively misjudged’ the situation in Ukraine

Evening Standard

Timeline: Week five of Russia’s war in Ukraine

Ukrainian and Russian negotiators meet in Turkey as Russia says its forces near Kyiv and Chernihiv are regrouping.

Al Jazeera

Who wins the information war? Russia's Ukraine invasion sparks global airwaves battle

Can Russia still win the information war? Public opinion in the West was quick to swing solidly against Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine, with even the fringes of the far right and far left here muting their admiration of Moscow's strongman, but that doesn't mean Moscow's spin machine has gone…

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Putin and Zelenskiy could meet soon, says Ukraine’s top negotiator

Kyiv official says he thinks Istanbul proposals could lead to summit, but Kremlin says there is ‘a lot of work to be done’

The Guardian - UK

Ukrainian Mayor feared he would be killed after being ambushed by Russian troops

Ruslan Martsinkiv, the Mayor of Ivano Frankivsk, had driven with bodyguards to Chernihiv to deliver vital aid to the stricken city, but his bus was ambushed by Moscow’s troops

Daily Mirror

Chechen chief Kadyrov says Russia will make no concessions in Ukraine

Ramzan Kadyrov, the powerful head of Russia's republic of Chechnya, said on Wednesday that Moscow would make no concessions in its war in Ukraine and that Kremlin negotiator Vladimir Medinsky had been wrong to suggest otherwise.

Reuters

Russia bombs Red Cross building as Ukrainian officials warn of humanitarian disaster

A Red Cross building in Mariupol, Ukraine, was struck with artillery and targeted by warplanes. Russia attacked it even though its roof is marked with an internationally recognised Red Cross symbol

Daily Mirror

Ukraine negotiator says Abramovich an effective mediator with Russia, plays down poisoning report

Ukraine sees the billionaire Roman Abramovich as an effective mediator between Kyiv and Moscow who helps prevent misunderstandings from happening between the two sides, Ukrainian negotiator Mykhailo Podolyak said on Wednesday.

Reuters

Germany girds for gas rationing, Europe on edge in Russian standoff

Germany triggered an emergency plan to manage gas supplies on Wednesday that could see Europe's largest economy ration power if a standoff over a Russian demand to pay for fuel with roubles disrupts or halts supplies.

Reuters

Russia hits Kyiv outskirts, Chernihiv despite pledge to pull back

The intensified bombardment comes a day after Moscow said it would scale down military operations in the cities.

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Russia says forces near Kyiv and in north "regroup" to focus on Donbas

Russia's defence ministry said on Wednesday its forces were regrouping near Ukraine's capital Kyiv and the northern city of Chernihiv to focus on other key areas and complete the "liberation" of the breakaway eastern Donbas region.

Reuters

EU readying new Russia sanctions, may retaliate over rouble payments for gas - sources

The European Commission is readying new sanctions against the Kremlin over Russia's invasion of Ukraine, EU sources told Reuters on Wednesday, with the magnitude of the new measures depending on Moscow's stance on gas payments in roubles.

Reuters

Peace deal "at gunpoint" will not end EU's Russian sanctions - Rutte

A peace deal between Russia and Ukraine will have to respect the territory and sovereignty of Ukraine in order to ease European sanctions against Moscow, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said on Wednesday.

Reuters

Explainer-Peace talks on Ukraine: Russia's red lines unchanged

Russia and Ukraine are talking about a peace deal while their soldiers kill each other, but there has been no breakthrough and they remain far apart on the question of territory.

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EU court rejects RT France's call for sanctions reprieve

The European Union's Court of Justice on Wednesday rejected a request by the French-language unit of Russian state-controlled news network RT for a temporary reprieve from a broadcasting suspension in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Reuters

Russia says Ukraine willing to meet core demands, but work continues

Russia's lead negotiator at talks with Ukraine said on Wednesday that Kyiv had stated a willingness to meet core Russian demands, but that Moscow's position on the Donbas region and annexed Crimea remained unchanged.

The Guardian - UK

More than 4 million have fled Russia’s ‘senseless’ war on Ukraine, says UN

Speed and scale of refugee crisis unprecedented in Europe since WW2, says UN refugees commissioner

Reuters

Ukrainian negotiator voices optimism after talks with Russia

Ukrainian negotiator Mykhailo Podolyak said on Wednesday he felt optimistic after talks with Russia at which Moscow said it would scale down military operations near Kyiv and a city in northern Ukraine.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russians Plan Melancholy Version of Instagram after Ban

A black and white, melancholy alternative to Instagram that asks users to post sad pictures of themselves may launch in Russia this week, its creators said, to express sadness at the loss of popular services such as the US photo sharing platform. Russia restricted access to Instagram from March 14…

Reuters

Russia, Iran to take practical steps to circumvent Western sanctions -RIA cites Lavrov

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Wednesday said Moscow would work with Iran to take practical steps in an effort to circumvent Western sanctions, the RIA news agency said.

France 24

How the letter 'Z' is being used to intimidate anti-war activists in Russia

People in Russia who support the invasion of Ukraine have adopted the letter "Z" as a pro-war symbol. People have been getting the Z – which appears on Russian military vehicles in Ukraine – printed on posters and T-shirts and sharing Z drawings made by their children online. Someone has…

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