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West scrambles to bridge North-South divide aggravated by Ukraine war

The Western argument to internationally isolate Russia over its Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine has been simple: it breaches the founding charter of the United Nations by violating Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity.

Reuters

World opinion shifts against Russia as Ukraine worries grow

The tide of international opinion appears to have decisively shifted against Russia, as a number of non-aligned countries joined the United States and its allies in condemning Russia’s war in Ukraine and its threats to the principles of the international rules-based order

The Independent UK

Ukraine pushes east into Donbas as Russia holds 'sham' annexation polls

The Ukrainian military has recaptured a village in the eastern Donetsk region, as well as territory around the key town of Bakhmut in Donbas, a senior officer said on Friday. The military gains come as Moscow-proxies held votes on annexation by Russia. Read about the day’s events as they unfolded…

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Putin Lauds Saudi Crown Prince’s Role in Prisoner Swap

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz made a phone call to Russian President Vladimir Putin after the Kingdom succeeded in arranging the freeing of 10 prisoners of different nationalities as part of a prisoner release between Moscow and Kyiv, the Saudi Press Agency reported Thursday. Putin thanked the Crown…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukraine war – live: 436 bodies exhumed from Izium mass grave after Russian withdrawal

Signs of torture found on 30 corpses, says governor of Kharkiv

The Independent UK

After days focused on Ukraine, other concerns emerge at UN

After three days in which the war in Ukraine consumed world leaders at the United Nations, other conflicts and concerns are beginning to emerge

The Independent UK

Why trade couldn’t buy peace

We thought globalisation was immune from geopolitical risk. We were wrong

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Four occupied Ukraine regions begin vote on joining Russia

Referendums are due to get underway on Friday, in votes seen as paving the way for an escalation of the war.

Al Jazeera

Politics with Michelle Grattan: Ukraine ambassador urges Australian embassy in Kyiv to reopen ASAP

The Ukraine conflict has escalated this week, with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin announcing a partial military mobilisation and once again raising the threat of nuclear weapons.

The Conversation

US targets 'bad actors,' levying sanctions against Iran and rallying leaders against Russia

UNITED NATIONS — Signaling that the Russian war in Ukraine has triggered an existential crisis for the United Nations, several of its key members on Thursday harshly denounced Moscow's actions, but failed to take new steps to stop the bloodshed and food, energy and humanitarian crises unleashed worldwide.

Los Angeles Times

Russia holds votes in occupied parts of Ukraine; Kyiv says residents coerced

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Reuters

Russians protesting Ukraine war 'set fire to government offices with Molotov cocktails'

Huge protests across Russia have seen protestors set fire to government buildings by throwing Molotov cocktails after Vladimir Putin announced the mobilisation of 300,000 reservists

Daily Mirror

Putin doubles down in Ukraine with biggest gamble yet

"He’s now staking his regime on this war."

Axios

Norway's prime minister on Ukraine: 'The war has to stop'

As a NATO member and neighbor of Russia, Norway’s geographical and geopolitical location has proved relevant in the context of the war in Ukraine

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Voting begins in Russia's annexation plan for swathes of Ukraine

Voting began on Friday in four Ukrainian regions mostly held by Russian forces, the start of a plan by President Vladimir Putin annex a big chunk of Ukraine in what the West says is violation of international law that significantly escalates the war.

The Independent UK

GLIMPSES: Lavrov's quick entrance and exit at United Nations

After days of speeches by world leaders taking subtle and not-so-subtle shots at Russia for its invasion of Ukraine during the annual U.N. General Assembly, in walked Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov

Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin's 'attack dog' minister storms out of UN meeting claiming 'Russophobia'

Desperate Sergei Lavrov accused Ukraine of 'neo-Nazism' in a delusional UN meeting speech as the world was urged to "send a clear message to Russia" that it must stop its nuclear threats

The Independent UK

Heightened nuclear risks from Russian aggression ‘unprecedented’, says Irish PM

Micheal Martin also described a ‘time of crisis’, urging the UN to act on food security and climate change.

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Irish Mirror

Micheal Martin slams UN Security Council over 'failure to act' on climate change

He also used his speech to brand Russia “a rogue State” over its invasion of Ukraine

Evening Standard

Long queues forming at Russian border as men flee to avoid Ukraine war call-up

Vladimir Putin’s calling up of 30,000 reservists has prompted an exodus of men desperate to avoid being sent to Ukraine

The Guardian - AU

Morning mail: Russians flee military draft, more rain on way in NSW, Optus data breach

Friday: Personal information of potentially millions compromised as Australia’s second-largest telco suffers massive data breach. Plus: Qantas passenger’s three-month wait for lost bag

Belfast Live

Roman Abramovich negotiated release of British POWs jailed by Russian separatists in Ukraine

The freed men revealed the news to Co Down man, Alec Pettet on a London-bound flight from Saudi Arabia

Al Jazeera

Russia defends Ukraine war as US, others condemn alleged abuses

Pressure on Russia has increased with world leaders calling for accountability over Moscow’s February 24 invasion.

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: What's behind referendums in occupied Ukraine?

Four occupied regions in eastern and southern Ukraine are set to start voting Friday in Kremlin-engineered referendums on whether to become part of Russia, setting the stage for Moscow to annex the areas in a sharp escalation of the nearly seven-month war

Daily Mirror

Russians flood borders and airports trying to escape Vladimir Putin's mobilisation order

Hundreds of thousands of young men and former soldiers will now be called up and sent to the battlefield in Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine, sparking a mass exodus

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