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Russia grinds on in eastern Ukraine; Bakhmut 'destroyed'

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russian forces have “destroyed” the city of Bakhmut as they try to conquer eastern Ukraine's Donetsk province

The Independent UK

Editorial: America revels in Brittney Griner’s return. Now Biden must do the same for Paul Whelan and Marc Fogel

The people who become Vladimir Putin’s pawns never realize the vicious game ensnaring them.

Chicago Tribune

Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony, a Call to Arms for Ukraine

A trio representing the three nations at the center of the war in Ukraine will receive the Nobel Peace Prize on Saturday, showing no sign of giving up the fight against Vladimir Putin and his Minsk ally. Jailed Belarusian human rights advocate Ales Bialiatski, Russian human rights organization Memorial, and…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Iran is now Russia’s ‘top military backer’ giving Putin’s forces ‘large number of ballistic missiles’

The Ministry of Defence said Russia is procuring a “large number of ballistic missiles” from the Iranians

Evening Standard

More support for Ukraine can help end war in 2023, says Boris Johnson

The former prime minister wrote an article for the Wall Street Journal calling for increased western backing for Ukraine.

The Independent UK

Life in a Ukrainian town: rampaging Russians, power cuts, a visit by Banksy

Borodianka was largely reduced to rubble by the Russian invasion. It's become a symbol of the devastation inflicted by the Russian forces, and attracted a recent visit by the artist Banksy.

WEKU

Putin warns any country threatening Russia will be ‘wiped off face of the Earth’

Russian President Vladimir Putin said the Kremlin could adopt a similar policy to the US pre-emptive strategy, which could lay any country to waste within 60 minutes

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Russia-Ukraine war – as it happened: Moscow has turned entire city of Bakhmut to ‘burnt ruins’, says Zelenskiy

Ukraine’s president says Russian shelling has ‘actually destroyed’ the city

The Guardian - AU

Viktor Bout’s release is hailed in Russia as a Kremlin victory

In the West, he is known as a convicted illicit arms trafficker, "the merchant of death" who helped fuel wars around the world. But in Russia, Viktor Bout was welcomed home this week as something of a hero or at least an innocent victim of American politics.

Bangkok Post

Ukraine-Russia news – live: Putin’s forces ‘destroy’ city of Bakhmut

‘The occupiers actually destroyed Bakhmut, another Donbas city that the Russian army turned into burnt ruins’, says Zelensky

The Independent UK

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 290 of the invasion

Putin mentions potential settlement with Ukraine; blasts reported at airbase in Zaporizhzhia region; Brittney Griner ‘in good spirits’ after prisoner swap

The Guardian - AU

US sounds alarm as Russia, Iran move toward full defence ‘partnership’

The Biden administration is accusing Russia of moving to provide advanced military assistance to Iran, including air defense systems, helicopters and fighter jets, part of deepening cooperation between the two nations as Tehran provides drones to support Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine.

France 24

Russian opposition figure jailed for 'fake news' on war in Ukraine

A prominent Russian opposition figure was on Friday sentenced to 8 1/2 years in prison after being convicted on charges stemming from his criticism of the Kremlin’s action in Ukraine.

France 24

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Texas native and journalist Austin Tice is still imprisoned in Syria

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The Independent UK

Champagne-sipping Putin says ‘they started it’ to justify Russian strikes on Ukraine energy

Russian President says attacks began in retaliation to Ukraine’s alleged attack on the Crimea Bridge in October

Al Jazeera

US warns of expanding Iran, Russia defence ‘partnership’

Washington accuses Moscow of offering Tehran ‘an unprecedented level of military and technical support’.

Evening Standard

Vladimir Putin critic Ilya Yashin sentenced to eight years in prison for spreading ‘false information’

Russian opposition leader tried over YouTube video released in April

Bangkok Post

The hard-won benefits of soft diplomacy

The world seems like a calmer place after the G20 meeting in Bali last month. The question is why.

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Putin says Russia may add nuclear first strike to strategy

Vladimir Putin said Russia may consider formally adding the possibility of a preventive nuclear first strike to disarm an opponent to its military doctrine, just days after warning that the risk of atomic war is rising.

Evening Standard

Vladimir Putin says agreement will ‘have to be reached’ to end Ukraine conflict

Vladimir Putin has said that an agreement “will have to be reached” to end Russia’s war in Ukraine.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Putin Says Russia Could Adopt US Preemptive Strike Concept

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday that Moscow could adopt what he described as a US concept of using preemptive military strikes, noting it has the weapons to do the job, in a blunt statement amid rising Russia-NATO tensions over Ukraine. "We are just thinking about it.

Daily Mirror

'Public sector strikes are a mass howl of rage against a decade of cruel cuts'

Brian Reade says nurses and fellow workers have had enough of wage erosion under this Tory government - as divide and rule is how the right-wing Establishment has always operated

The Independent UK

Putin says Russia could adopt US preemptive strike concept

Russian President Vladimir Putin has declared that Moscow might think about adopting what he described as a U.S. concept of a preemptive military strike, noting that it has the weapons to do the job

The Guardian - UK

Silencing Russian music plays into Putin’s hands

Letters: Readers on the Ukrainian culture minister’s call for a boycott of Russian culture, in protest at the invasion of Ukraine

Al Jazeera

Putin threatens oil production cuts over price cap

President says future prisoner swaps with US are possible and Russia’s hypersonic weapons would defend it if attacked.

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