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Exclusive: Four EU countries call for use of Russian assets to rebuild Ukraine

Lithuania, Slovakia, Latvia and Estonia will call on Tuesday for the confiscation of Russian assets frozen by the European Union to fund the rebuilding of Ukraine after Russia's invasion, a joint letter written by the four showed on Monday.

Reuters

Russia's Putin jokes about being blamed for all the world's woes

Russian President Vladimir Putin quipped on Monday that he would have a serious talk to the West about its assertions that he was to blame for all the economic chaos sown by the conflict in Ukraine and the West's crippling sanctions.

Reuters

Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four was about liberalism, not totalitarianism, claims Moscow diplomat

Maria Zakharova says idea book is about totalitarianism is ‘one of the biggest global fakes’, in claim disputed by Russian translator

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‘Criminal adventure’: Ukraine war fuels Russia’s brain drain

Nearly 4 million left Russia in the first three months of 2022, including IT specialists, journalists and researchers.

Al Jazeera

What's Next for Russia's War in Ukraine?

There’s no endpoint in sight to a war that threatens widespread consequences.

Reason

Putin's key mistake? Not understanding Ukraine's blossoming national identity - even in the Russian-friendly southeast

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision to invade Ukraine in February 2022 has, thus far, produced the opposite of what he expected.

The Conversation

Conflicts over language stretch far beyond Russia and Ukraine

One key element of the war between Russia and Ukraine is Russian President Vladimir Putin’s claim that the two countries share not just history, but also a common language. Both are attempts to diminish Ukrainian claims of an independent identity from Russia. In our research on language conflict, we have…

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A Russian soldier is sentenced to life in prison in Ukraine's first war crimes trial

Vadim Shishimarin, 21, had pleaded guilty last week to shooting an unarmed Ukrainian man in late February. On Monday, a panel of judges in Kyiv sentenced him to life in prison.

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UK backs Lithuania’s plan to lift Russian blockade of Ukraine grain

Britain supports in principle the call for a naval coalition ‘of the willing’ to restart exports through Black Sea

The Guardian - UK

Vladimir Putin prepares for brutal barrel bomb campaign as Syrian experts sent to Moscow

Over 50 specialist technicians linked to the Syrian military’s brutal barrel bombs are in Russia working with officials from Vladimir Putin’s military

Daily Mirror

Death lingers in Ukraine village liberated from Russian forces

Kim Sengupta finds residents in Vilkhivka burying the bodies of Putin’s soldiers as well as their own family and neighbours

The Independent UK

Ukraine war: Russian soldier sentenced to life in prison for war crimes

Sgt Vadim Shishimarin has become the first Russian soldier in the conflict to be tried for war crimes after he shot a Ukrainian civilian in the head in the north-eastern Sumy region

Manchester Evening News

Zelenskiy urges ‘maximum sanctions’ against Russia in Davos speech

Ukrainian president tells business leaders they need to decide whether ‘brute force’ should rule the world

The Guardian - UK

War crimes trial of Russian soldier was perfectly legal – but that doesn't make it wise

The war crimes trial of a Russian soldier in Ukraine – which concluded on May 23, 2022 with a conviction and life sentence for the defendant – was permissible under international law. And with the eyes of the world on them, Ukrainian authorities would have wanted the proceedings to be…

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Evening Standard

Baby faced Russian soldier, 21, sentenced to life in prison at Kyiv war crimes trial

Sgt Vadim Shishimarin admitted shooting the civilian in the head in a village in the north-eastern Sumy region

Edinburgh Live

Sainsbury's confirm new fuel ban coming to every UK supermarket petrol station

Sainsbury's is phasing out the sale of petrol stations as it pledges its support for the people of Ukraine. There will be no Russian diesel available at any of Sainsbury's 315 forecourts.

Radio France Internationale

Russian soldier found guilty, sentenced to life in jail, for Ukraine war crimes

A court in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on Monday ruled that a 21-year-old Russian soldier who admitted killing a civilian was guilty of war crimes. He has been sentenced to life imprisonment.

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Russian soldier given life prison sentence for war crimes in Ukraine conflict

Vadim Shishimarin pleaded guilty to killing a civilian on May 18

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The Independent UK

Live updates | Russian soldier sentenced to life in Ukraine

A Ukrainian court has sentenced a 21-year-old Russian soldier to life in prison for killing a Ukrainian civilian, in the first war crimes trial held since Russia’s invasion

Evening Standard

Nephew of Russian deputy defence minister killed in Putin’s invasion of Ukraine

The nephew of Russia’s deputy defence minister has been killed by Ukrainian forces in the war.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Zelenskyy Urges ‘Maximum’ Sanctions on Russia in Davos Talk

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called for "maximum" sanctions against Russia during a virtual speech Monday to corporate executives, government officials and other elites on the first day of the World Economic Forum gathering in Davos. He said sanctions need to go further to stop Russia’s aggression, including an oil embargo,…

Reuters

World faces a turning point, Ukraine's Zelenskiy warns leaders at Davos

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told global business leaders meeting at Davos on Monday that the world faces a turning point and has to ratchet up sanctions against Russia as a warning to other countries considering using brute force.

Al Jazeera

Will Turkey block Finland and Sweden from becoming NATO members?

While Erdogan has expressed discontent, Washington and the alliance are hopeful that divisive issues can be resolved.

Reuters

Gaza flour mills ground down by Russian-Ukraine conflict

Three months into the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which has closed off access to lower-priced Black Sea wheat, owners of five mills in the Palestinian Gaza Strip are feeling the heat as they try to replenish stocks.

The Independent UK

Why did Russia invade Ukraine? The conflict explained

Vladimir Putin’s military assault continues in face of near-unanimous international condemnation

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