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Russia Says Use of Depleted Uranium Shells in Ukraine Would Harm Population, Land for Decades

Russia's defense ministry said on Friday that the use of depleted uranium shells in Ukraine would harm Ukrainian troops, the wider population and negatively affect the country's agriculture sector for decades or even centuries. Russia has reacted furiously to plans outlined by Britain earlier this week to send shells containing…

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Russia says use of depleted uranium shells in Ukraine would harm population, land for decades

Russia's defence ministry said on Friday that the use of depleted uranium shells in Ukraine would harm Ukrainian troops, the wider population and negatively affect the country's agriculture sector for decades or even centuries.

Reuters

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 394 of the invasion

Moscow preparing for Ukrainian counteroffensive; about 10,000 civilians living in ‘very dire conditions’

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Inside luxury life of Vladimir Putin's secret girlfriend as Ukraine war rages

Olympic gold medal-winning gymnast and Vladimir Putin's bedfellow, Alina Kabaeva, 39, has been moved from Lugano in Switzerland to a forest hideaway in the depths of northern Russia

Daily Mirror

Unwelcome spotlight falls on NHL team Pride night events

The National Hockey League's Pride nights are in the spotlight after some high-profile incidents

The Independent UK

Russian missile kills three women at Ukrainian 'invincibility point' - officials

A Russian missile slammed into an "invincibility point" set up to offer refuge for Ukrainian civilians, killing at least three women, local officials said on Friday.

Reuters

Russia’s Medvedev: We Don’t Want Direct Conflict with NATO

Russian ex-President Dmitry Medvedev said on Friday that Russia was not planning to enter into a direct conflict with NATO and was interested in resolving the Ukraine crisis through talks, the Interfax news agency reported. However, he warned that any Ukrainian attempt to take the Crimean peninsula - which Moscow…

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Editorial: Xi has been an apologist for Putin. Will he also be his lethal arms supplier?

For Ukraine, the war against Russia is existential. Defeat means extinction as a sovereign nation, and the destruction of Ukrainian identity.

Chicago Tribune

Martin Schram: Xi, Putin 'no limits' pact has limits, after all

Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin ended their Moscow summit this week by showcasing economic help and diplomatic support China will provide the now supplicant banana-less republic that is Putin’s Russia today.

Tribune News Service

Inside Ukraine’s scramble for “game-changer” drone fleet

At an unassuming industrial estate in northern Ukraine, two former Microsoft executives and a team of engineers are producing military drones that can travel over long distances and carry large payloads.

Reuters

Russia trolls Prince William after Poland trip to thank UK troops for 'defending freedom'

Prince William made an unannounced visit to British Royal Artillery gunners near the Ukraine frontline in Poland to thank them for their services - but was mocked by Russia for the show of support

Daily Mirror

Rescued Ukrainian children recount horrors of Russia deportation and ‘torture’

‘Mom, I do not want to tell you about it, you wouldn’t sleep at night’

The Independent UK

Russian officer sentenced to 6.5 years for deserting amid war he opposed

A Russian security officer who fled the country because he objected to the invasion of Ukraine has been sentenced to six-and-a-half years in high-security prison, the Taiga.info news website reported on Friday.

Reuters

Brokering peace in Ukraine would be good for Xi and China: is he adroit enough to pull it off?

The war is a test of China’s ability to manage its interests. Putin, Zelenskiy, the EU, the global south: it’s trying to keep them all on side, says Yu Jie, a senior research fellow at Chatham House

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People convinced Vladimir Putin is using body doubles as his chin keeps changing

Russian social media is ablaze with rumours that Vladimir Putin uses multiple body doubles after Ukrainian officials questioned whether his visit to Mariupol in Ukraine was performed by a doppelgänger.

Evening Standard

Ukrainian forces to soon launch counter-offensive, says top commander, as Putin spring advance stutters

Ukraine’s top ground forces commander said his forces would soon launch a counter-offensive after Vladimir Putin’s spring advance has so far failed to achieve any significant victories.

The Independent UK

Elderly Ukrainian helicopters pummel Russians from afar

The Ukrainian army is using Soviet-era helicopters on missions to the front lines in the fight against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukraine Prepares Counteroffensive as Russia’s Assault on Bakhmut Flags

Ukrainian troops, on the defensive for months, will soon counterattack as Russia's offensive looks to be faltering, a commander said, but President Volodymyr Zelenskiy warned that without a faster supply of arms the war could last years. The Ukrainian military said early on Friday that 1,020 Russian troops had been…

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Al Jazeera

Activists, everyday Russians and a soldier punished for war talk

Almost 500 Russians have been charged under wartime censorship laws. We look at 12 cases.

France 24

UN accuses Russia and Ukraine of ‘summary executions’ of prisoners

The United Nations said Friday it was “deeply concerned” by what it described as summary executions of prisoners of war carried out by Russian and Ukrainian forces on the battlefield. Earlier in the day, Russia’s former President Dmitry Medvedev said Russian forces may have to advance as far as Kyiv…

The New Daily

Price of diesel fuel remains stubbornly higher than petrol

Russia's invasion of Ukraine is partly to blame for inflated diesel prices, which remain stubbornly higher than the price of petrol

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war: UN reports dozens of summary executions of PoWs; Nordic nations agree joint air defence plan – as it happened

Mission says it documented some 40 summary executions in 13 months; Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland agree plan to counter Russian threat

AAP

Cost of diesel stubbornly high as war ratchets up price

The consumer watchdog has blamed the cost of diesel remaining significantly higher than the cost of regular petrol partly on Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

The Independent UK

Ukraine-Russia war – latest: Battle for Bakhmut ‘stabilising’ due to Kyiv’s ‘tremendous efforts’

Several thousand, many elderly and with disabilities, are estimated to remain in the city

Al Jazeera

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 394

As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its 394th day, we take a look at the main developments.

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