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US supports creation of a special tribunal for 'aggression' against Ukraine

The United States supports the establishment of a special tribunal on the crime of "aggression" against Ukraine, a top envoy at the State Department and a spokesperson said, laying out for the first time how Washington would back Ukraine's accountability push over Russian invasion.

Reuters

Ukraine: reporter's notes from WWII shows how Russia used claims of fascism to stem independence

Alongside the horrors of the war in Ukraine, many in the west have been confused by the insistence from Russian president Vladimir Putin that he is trying to free the country from “Nazi control”, accusing his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky, and his supporters of crimes against the people of Ukraine.

The Conversation

Walking the diplomatic line

New Zealand is increasingly finding itself walking a tightrope between old mates and new friends.

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Sunak defends use of British munitions stockpiles to support Ukraine

Rishi Sunak said the shells and missiles were being used for the purpose they were intended – but by the Ukrainians, not the British.

The Independent UK

Dad of Russian girl, 13, who drew ‘No to War’ art at school jailed for two years

Little Masha Moskalyova was isolated in a grim orphanage while the criminal case against her father was being conducted - which has now seen him sentenced to two years in a Russian penal colony

Daily Mirror

Belarus to face more sanctions over nuclear arms plan, Poland says

Belarus will certainly face further European sanctions due to a Russian plan to station tactical nuclear weapons in the country, Poland's prime minister said on Tuesday, as tensions between Warsaw and Minsk hit new highs.

Reuters

Critic of Vladimir Putin's regime poisoned after speaking out against war in Ukraine

Russian politician Elvira Vikhareva became ill in November last year with muscle spasms and severe stomach pains - it has since emerged that she had been poisoned after criticising the Kremlin

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Amnesty: West's 'double standards' fuel Mideast repression

A leading international rights group has decried what it said were double standards by Western countries that have rallied behind a “robust response” to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine but remain “lukewarm” on issues of human rights violations in the Middle East

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer accused of ‘behaving like Putin’ as Corbyn officially blocked from standing for Labour

Margaret Hodge calls comments by Momentum founder ‘ridiculous’ – as blocking motion passed 22 votes to 12

The Independent UK

Who is sending tanks to Ukraine?

Kyiv says Western tanks are vital to it pushing back Russia’s invasion and reclaiming lost territory

The Independent UK

'Extreme risk' of nuclear disaster surges as Russia's war with Ukraine escalates

Vladimir Putin's soldiers continue to launch artillery around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant - which is the largest facility of its kind in Europe - and could infect the entire continent with radiation in the event of a disaster

Daily Mirror

Putin using Bakhmut to destroy Wagner Group and ‘put its chief in his place’, says ISW

Analyst says Ukraine battle – in which the Russian side has suffered heavy casualties – is part of a wider Kremlin power play

The Independent UK

Floating restaurant named 'The Silver Whale' sinks while moored in city river

The ship was unused at the time it had sunk and was initially planned to be used as a restaurant but was put on the market for around £372,000 or 35 million rubles.

Daily Mirror

ICC arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin: a king-size dilemma for South Africa

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued an international arrest warrant for Russian president Vladimir Putin for alleged war crimes regarding the unlawful deportation of children from Ukraine to Russia. Such acts are war crimes under two articles of the Rome Statute, which established the court.

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The Guardian - UK

Putin prepares Russia for ‘forever war’ with west as Ukraine invasion stalls

The Russian president has managed to rally people around the flag with talk of a fight for national survival

Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin ready to 'destroy West' as Russia launches 2,300mph supersonic missiles

Vladimir Putin's top security aide, Nikolai Patrushev, has insisted that the dictator is ready to destroy the West if there are any attempts to try to stop Russia's war in Ukraine

Reuters

Belarus says it will host Russian nuclear weapons to counter NATO

Belarus on Tuesday confirmed it will host Russian tactical nuclear weapons, saying the decision was a response to years of Western pressure, including sanctions and what it said was a military-build up by NATO member states near its borders.

Los Angeles Times

Nicholas Goldberg: Democrats flip red, Republicans flip blue on one major issue. Is it permanent?

Once upon a time, the roles were reversed.

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Andreas Kluth: Putin ups the ante with nukes in Belarus

Let’s all hope that Chinese President Xi Jinping sees this outrage as a personal affront and gives his “friend” in Moscow a good talking to at once.

Daily Mirror

Russia 'could be banned' from team sports at Paris 2024 as Olympic chiefs 'toughen stance'

A firm decision has yet to be made by the IOC on the participation of Russian athletes at the 2024 Paris Olympics, amid Vladimir Putin's ongoing invasion of Ukraine

Al Jazeera

Ukraine receives Leopard, Challenger battle tanks

New additions to Ukraine’s military include tanks as well as infantry fighting vehicles and armoured personnel carriers.

Evening Standard

Ukraine’s defence minister takes Challenger II for ‘a spin’ as he thanks UK for sending tanks

Analysts expect a Ukrainian counter-attack to get under way in earnest as the weather improves and more military aid arrives

Al Jazeera

Russia-Ukraine war exposed human rights ‘double standards’

Amnesty International publishes annual report highlighting the state of human rights in more than 150 countries.

Evening Standard

Russia’s 10th Tank Regiment loses many vehicles in ‘tactically flawed attack’

Russia’s 10th Tank Regiment has lost many of its tanks in “tactically flawed frontal assaults” on the eastern town of Avdiivka in Ukraine, British defence chiefs said on Tuesday.

Wales Online

Russia 'plans to deploy new nuclear super torpedoes on submarines in Pacific'

The Kremlin has moved tactical nuclear weapons into Belarus and promises strategic nukes in Pacific subs by the end of next year

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