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Stand-off with minority Serbs holds back Kosovo 15 years after independence

When in December Serbia put forces on highest combat alert in response to increasing violence in Kosovo between police and minority Serb protesters, a shareholder in Pristina's newest shopping mall began getting calls from unnerved investors.

Reuters

Explainer-Why Kosovo's stand-off with Serbs goes on 15 years after statehood

Fifteen years after Kosovo declared independence, 50,000 minority Serbs in the north bordering Serbia refuse to recognise state institutions, get pay and benefits from Serbia's budget and pay no taxes either to Pristina or Belgrade.

Reuters

Kosovo Albanian-Serb tensions simmer on independence anniversary

Kosovo's relations with Serbia remain fraught with tension 15 years after it declared independence, with Belgrade still not recognising the statehood of its former province. With the war in Ukraine casting a shadow across the historically turbulent Balkans, the West is pressing the two sides to normalise ties to lessen…

Reuters

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NATO expected to raise munitions stockpile targets as war depletes reserves

NATO is expected to ask its members to raise its ammunition stockpiles which have been badly depleted by the war in Ukraine, as allies try to put arms supplies to Kyiv and their own militaries on a sustainable footing after a year in crisis mode. Even before Russia's invasion of…

Reuters

‘Peacetime’ defence budget not fit for new era of insecurity, warns Ellwood

Defence Select Committee chairman Tobias Ellwood said the Government was in denial about the scale of the challenge.

The Independent UK

Ukraine says over 1,200 health facilities damaged since start of war

According to Ukrainian Health Minister VIktor Liashko, 1,218 Ukrainian health facilities have been damaged, including 540 damaged hospitals, 173 of which were totally destroyed. The leader of the Russian paramilitary group Wagner said Sunday that his troops had taken an eastern Ukrainian village a few kilometres from the key city…

France 24

British weapons ‘could be manufactured in Ukraine’

Talks come as fears raised over UK’s leadership of Nato rapid-reaction force in 2024

The Independent UK

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Russia-Ukraine war live: highest Russian casualties since first week of invasion – as it happened

UK intelligence says Ukrainian forces also suffering high attrition rate; Andrzej Duda says decision to send F-16s would not be easy to make

The Guardian - AU

Neutral Austria under pressure to get tougher on Russia

Neutral Austria has come under heavy criticism for granting visas that will allow sanctioned Russian lawmakers to attend a Vienna meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe

The Independent UK

Putin’s war has reinvigorated the west’s defence of liberty. That unity must not crack now

The democracies have confounded the Russian tyrant with their resolve to support Ukraine. That must be sustained in 2023

The Guardian - UK

Fears UK military 'too small to fight Russia' as Germany asked to lead combat force

Ministry of Defence sources suggest that Britain's military is not able to spare the 5,000 personnel needed to comprise a 'rapid-reaction force' tasked with repelling any potential Russian advance on NATO territory

Daily Mirror

Russia says NATO should hold emergency summit over Nord Stream blasts

NATO should hold an emergency meeting to discuss recent findings about September explosions at the Nord Stream gas pipelines, Russia's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said late on Saturday.

Reuters

NATO's Stoltenberg will not seek another extension of his term, spokesperson says

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg will end his term as planned in October, a spokesperson for the alliance said, after a newspaper reported a further extension was in the works.

Reuters

Russia’s plans to seize eastern Ukraine could take two years, says Wagner boss

Yevgeny Prigozhin’s comments suggest Moscow is preparing for long conflict, as Zelenskiy renews appeal for fighter jets• Ukraine war live

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The Independent UK

Finnish president wants Finland, Sweden in NATO by summer

The Finnish president said in an interview published Saturday that he wants Finland and Sweden to be admitted into NATO as full members no later than by the military alliance’s summit in Lithuania in July

Radio France Internationale

American journalist accuses US Navy of Nord Stream pipeline attack

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Seymour Hersh alleges that US Navy divers laid the bombs that destroyed the Nord Stream pipeline under the Baltic Sea last September, cutting Russian gas supplies to Europe. The Pentagon has denied the claim but Moscow, which Western countries suspect of involvement, says it should be taken…

The Guardian - UK

Zelenskiy steps up jets lobbying – but are RAF Typhoons what Ukraine needs?

The UK’s workhorse fighters have never been busier, and older ones lack the necessary ground attack capabilities

The Guardian - AU

Wagner head warns it could take two years to achieve Moscow’s objectives – as it happened

Yevgeny Prigozhin says Moscow’s stated aim of capturing eastern regions unlikely to happen in 2023

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‘We will be in danger if Russia wins’: Security concerns drive Poland’s support for Ukraine

The war in Ukraine has conferred a new importance to the Baltic States and the countries of Central and Eastern Europe geographically closest to Russia – particularly Poland. Warsaw is determined to learn from Poland's own history and help Ukraine win the war.

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 353 of the invasion

Wave of Russian missiles hit power facilities across Ukraine, causing blackouts across the country

Tribune News Service

Biden to visit Poland as Russia-Ukraine war reaches one-year mark

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will travel to Poland this month to mark the one-year mark of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the White House announced.

Newcastle Herald

The West bags China and Russia but ignores its own track record

Spy balloon shootings and gas line sabotage

The Independent UK

Zelensky shares frustrations over Germany’s ‘up and down’ support

EU leaders have voiced concerns about sending long-range missiles to war-torn Ukraine

Reuters

Sanctions on Russia are main obstacle to Serbia's EU bid - PM Brnabic

Serbia's refusal to impose sanctions on its ally Russia remains the main obstacle to a speedier European Union accession bid, Prime Minister Ana Brnabic said on Friday, describing the move as the "condition above all conditions" set by the bloc.

France 24

Did Volodymyr Zelensky call for ‘preventive nuclear strikes’ against Russia? Not exactly

Social media users have been circulating a video of Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky, claiming that the footage shows him calling on NATO to launch preventive nuclear strikes against Russia. It turns out, however, that this footage isn’t new – Zelensky made these statements back in October 2022. Moreover, the translation…

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