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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

The Independent UK

Patience with Putin may be ebbing among friendlier countries

Turkey, India and China respond cooly to news of planned referendums in Ukrainian regions occupied by Russia

The Guardian - UK

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

Daily Mirror

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Ukraine celebrates release of over 200 captives in surprise swap with Russia

Commanders who led defence of Azovstal steelworks among those freed in exchange for Putin ally and 55 Russian soldiers

The Guardian - UK

Russia's nuclear threat: Is Vladimir Putin bluffing or is he really a 'terrorist with nuclear weapons?'

As Vladimir Putin warns he's willing to use any military means necessary in the war with Ukraine, experts say the possibility of Russia using nuclear weapons must be taken seriously.

ABC News

Ukraine recap: what Putin's mobilisation order means for the war and the west

The political climate got a few degrees warmer this week after Vladimir Putin announced a plan for partial mobilisation of Russian reserves, calling on a reservoir of somewhere between 300,000 and a million troops to bolster the Russian military’s parlous position in Ukraine.

The Conversation

Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov walks out of UN meeting after defending war in Ukraine

The Russian leader left before he could face criticism of Vladimir Putin’s invasion, including from Foreign Secretary James Cleverly

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Czechs will not issue humanitarian visa to Russians fleeing mobilisation

The Czech Republic will not issue humanitarian visas to Russian citizens fleeing mobilisation orders, Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky said on Thursday.

Reuters

Russia’s nuclear threats ‘totally unacceptable’, says UN chief

António Guterres also denounces plans to annex parts of Ukraine as a violation of international law

The Guardian - UK

Family of Brit POW released from Ukraine say Russia put them through 'six months of hell'

Ang Wood said she thought she would never see her son Aiden Aslin alive again after he was captured earlier this year then sentenced to death by a court in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic

Daily Mirror

India says Ukraine conflict trajectory, outlook very concerning

India told the U.N. Security Council on Thursday that the trajectory of the Ukraine conflict was very concerning and that the outlook was more so, as New Delhi sharpened its calls for peace.

Reuters

‘It’s a 100% mobilisation’: day one of Russia’s drive to build its army

Reports ethnic minorities may be disproportionately affected while protesters in Moscow drafted on arrest

The Guardian - UK

Foreign Secretary urges countries to reject Putin’s ‘sham referenda’ in Ukraine

James Cleverly said the ‘devastating consequences’ of Russia’s invasion become clearer each day.

The Independent UK

A cornered and desperate Putin is a dangerous prospect

Letters: That Vladimir Putin alone makes the decisions in Russia makes the situation much more risky, warns David Winnick. Plus letters from Pat Brandwood, Robert Forsyth, Dr Paul Dorfman, Keith Flett and John Bailey

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The Hindu

Ukraine conflict of ‘profound concern’, Jaishankar tells U.N. Security Council

External Affairs Minister asks parties to come to negotiating table

Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin 'will mobilise 1million civilian reservists to fight Ukraine' NOT 300,000

A source has claimed that Vladimir Putin will be allowed to call up a total of one million people, not 300,000 as officially announced. He is said to be scared to reveal the truth to Russians

The Guardian - UK

Putin is mobilising 300,000 more soldiers to fight his war. But Ukrainians feel hope, not fear

More Russian families will come face-to-face with the realities of war – and that’s what the Kremlin didn’t want, says Ukrainian journalist Nataliya Gumenyuk

Daily Record

Boris Johnson mistakenly thanks Vladimir Putin instead of Ukraine leader Volodymyr Zelensky

WATCH: The former prime minister quickly realised his mistake and corrected himself during a Commons debate.

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Al Jazeera

EU says members need a common policy on Russian arrivals

EU states need a joint position on Russians requesting to enter after fleeing their country, the bloc’s executive says.

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson inadvertently thanks Vladimir Putin for ‘inspirational leadership’

The former PM quickly corrected himself, saying he meant Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky.

The National (Scotland)

Jacob Rees-Mogg supports 'outrageous' claim that Putin funded opponents of fracking

JACOB Rees-Mogg has supported a "baseless" claim that Russian president Vladimir Putin has funded opponents of fracking.

The Conversation

Russian army: Putin details the next stage of the Ukraine war and who is being called up

Fares for flights out of Russia rose dramatically in the 24 hours after President Vladimir Putin announced a mobilisation of reserve troops and suggested a possibility of wider conscription.

Daily Mirror

Boris Johnson accidentally praises Vladimir Putin's 'inspirational' leadership to MPs

The former Prime Minister, making his first major contribution to a debate as a backbench MP, misspoke and praised the "inspirational leadership" of the Russian warmonger before correcting himself

Irish Mirror

Angry scenes in Moscow sees over 1,000 arrests as anti-war protestors call for Putin to 'get in the trenches'

Furious members of the Russian public called for Vladimir Putin to 'get in the trenches' just hours after he announced that 300,000 'reservists' were being called up to assist in the country's illegal invasion of Ukraine

Al Jazeera

Prisoners of war return to UK, Russia following swap deal

Five British nationals reunited with their families in London as Moscow welcomes back 55 freed troops.

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