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The Latest Breaking News from Russia

China Is Quietly Trying to Dethrone the Dollar

Regional groups and small banks are helping insulate Beijing against sanctions.

Foreign Policy

Russians protesting against military mobilisation arrested as Moscow frees prisoners of war

Russian security forces reportedly detain more than 1,300 people during protests which erupted after Vladimir Putin announced plans to call up 300,000 reservists to fight in Ukraine.

ABC News

Cornered by war, Putin makes another nuclear threat

President Vladimir Putin says he won’t hesitate to use nuclear weapons to protect Russian territory, a threat that comes as Moscow is poised to annex swaths of Ukraine that Moscow has taken over after hastily called referendums there

The Independent UK

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‘Thrown into the meat grinder’: Russians react to mobilisation

After President Putin announced the partial mobilisation of population, ‘how to leave Russia’ spikes on search engines.

Al Jazeera

Russia, Ukraine exchange nearly 300 prisoners in surprise swap

Those exchanged include 10 foreign citizens and the Ukrainian commanders who defended Mariupol.

Al Jazeera

'A brutal, needless war ... chosen by one man': Biden, at United Nations, slams Putin's invasion of Ukraine

UNITED NATIONS — President Joe Biden excoriated Russian President Vladimir Putin and announced another $1.2 billion aid package for Ukraine during his annual address to the U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday.

Los Angeles Times

Nearly 1,400 arrests as Russians protest against Putin’s ‘partial’ mobilisation of reserve forces

Protests took place in major cities on Wednesday night including Moscow and St Petersburg

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How seriously should we take Vladimir Putin’s threat to use nuclear weapons against West?

The use of weapons of mass destruction would be a last resort for Vladimir Putin as it would invite global condemnation and risk a retaliatory attack, our helpful Q&A explains

Daily Mirror

Space station gets 3 new residents after Russian launch

The International Space Station is welcoming three new residents following a smooth Russian launch

The Independent UK

'I'm scared': More than 1,300 arrested at anti-mobilisation protests across Russia

At least 1,337 people have been arrested at demonstrations across Russia against President Vladimir Putin's announcement of a partial mobilisation of civilians to fight in Ukraine, a police monitoring group said Wednesday.

France 24

Russians Are Fleeing the Threat of Conscription

Unsurprisingly, numerous Russians don't want to be forced to fight in Vladimir Putin's pointless war.

Reason

Family: 2 American veterans captured in Ukraine released

Relatives say two U.S. military veterans who went missing while fighting Russia with Ukrainian forces have been released after about three months in captivity

The Independent UK

Aiden Aslin among 10 international ‘prisoners of war’ released by Russian authorities

Five UK and two US foreign fighters captured in Ukraine among 10 freed after Saudi Arabia’s intervention

The Guardian - UK

Hundreds arrested as Russians protest Putin’s call to mobilise troops

People took to the streets in Moscow chanting: ‘Send Putin to the trenches!’

The Independent UK

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Al Jazeera

Five key takeaways from Joe Biden’s UNGA speech

In wide-reaching UN address, US president slams Russia and says Washington not seeking ‘cold war’ with Beijing.

France 24

Mobilisation and nuclear threat: Putin's Ukraine invasion stokes superpower rivalries

When Russia invaded Ukraine in February, it deployed 160,000 troops. Vladimir Putin has now called up 300,000 after major setbacks in Ukraine, while coupling his announcement with his most overt nuclear threat to the West. Our panel analyses Biden's answer to Putin and the world at the UN General Assembly.…

Reuters

IAEA still working on Ukraine power plant plan despite Putin bluster

The head of the United Nations atomic agency said on Wednesday he would not abandon a plan to create a protection zone around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant despite Russian plans to mobilize new troops and hold a referendum in the region.

The Independent UK

Aiden Aslin among five Britons released by pro-Russia forces in Ukraine, says MP

Prime Minister Liz Truss confirmed on Wednesday that five Britons captured since the war in Ukraine began were being released.

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The Independent UK

American veterans captured by Russia while fighting for Ukraine released, families say

The men were among 10 prisoners of war Russia agreed to release

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: Key points from Vladimir Putin's call-up speech

Russian President Vladimir Putin has issued another grave warning to the West after his country’s military suffered a series of embarrassing setbacks in Ukraine

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Putin’s military escalation: a failing strategy

Editorial: Vladimir Putin is placing a losing bet that demoralised Russian conscripts can outfight Ukrainians defending their homeland

The Independent UK

Ukraine: Russian-backed forces release five Britons held captive, Truss says

Aiden Aslin among those freed after mediation by Saudi Crown Prince

Al Jazeera

After battlefield setbacks in Ukraine, Putin orders mobilisation

Russian President Vladimir Putin announces plans to mobilise up to 300,000 military reservists to fight in Ukraine.

The Independent UK

Five Britons detained by pro-Russia forces in Ukraine are released

Five British nationals held by Russian-backed forces are being returned to their families.

Wales Online

Ex-Putin aide talks about nuclear attack on UK cities in bizarre rant

London is potential target, says Kremlin sympathiser

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