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Moscow aims to capture southern Ukraine: Russian general
By Reuters, published by The Globe and Mail, plus BBC A RUSSIAN general said on Friday (Apr. 22) that Moscow wants to seize all of southern and eastern Ukraine, far wider war aims than it had acknowledged as it presses on with a new offensive after its campaign to capture the capital Kyiv collapsed …
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Kremlin insiders alarmed over growing toll of Putin’s war in Ukraine
By Bloomberg, published by The Straits Times Moscow- Almost eight weeks after Mr. Vladimir Putin sent troops into Ukraine, with military losses mounting and Russia facing unprecedented international isolation, a small but growing number of senior Kremlin insiders are quietly questioning his decision to go to war. The ranks of the critics at the …
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Russia ratchets up battle for control of eastern Ukraine
By AP and published by Denver Post, plus BBC Kyiv, Ukraine – Russia ratcheted up its battle for control of Ukraine’s eastern industrial heartland on Tuesday, assaulting cities and towns along a boomerang-shaped front hundreds of miles long in what both sides described as a new phase of the war. After a Russian push to overrun …
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Russia hits Kyiv and Lviv, presses offensive in ruins of Mariupol
By Reuters, published by Cyprus Mail, plus BBC Kyiv, Mariupol, Ukraine – Russia’s warplanes bombed Lviv and its missiles struck Kyiv and Kharkiv on Saturday, as Moscow followed through on a threat to launch more long-range attacks on Ukrainian cities after its Black Sea Fleet’s flagship was sunk. In besieged Mariupol, scene of the …
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Russia says attacks on Kyiv will increase a day after losing warship
By AP and published by Irish Examiner Kyiv, Ukraine – A day after Moscow suffered a stinging symbolic defeat with the loss of its Black Sea fleet flagship, Russia’s Defence Ministry promised to ramp up missile attacks on the Ukrainian capital in response to Ukraine’s alleged military “diversions on the Russian territory.” The threat …
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Damaged Russian warship is afloat, Pentagon says
By CNN and BBC ONE OF the Russian Navy’s most important warships has been badly damaged in the Black Sea, a massive blow to a military struggling against Ukrainian resistance 50 days into Vladimir Putin’s invasion of his neighbour. Russian sailors evacuated the guided-missile cruiser Moskva, the flagship of its Black Sea fleet, after a …
Polish, Baltic presidents visit Ukraine in show of support as Russian troops mount in east
By AP, published by CNC News, with files from Reuters and CBC News Kyiv, Ukraine – The presidents of four countries on Russia’s doorstep visited Ukraine on Wednesday (Apr, 13) in a show of support for the embattled country, after Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed to continue his bloody offensive until its “full completion.” …
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Ukraine checking information that Russia used chemical weapons in Mariupol
By Reuters, published by The Straits Times, plus BBC Kyiv – Ukraine is checking unverified information that Russia may have used chemical weapons while besieging the southern Ukrainian port city of Mariupol, Ukraine’s Deputy Defence Minister Hanna Malyar said on Tuesday (Apr. 12). “There is a theory that these could be phosphorus munitions,” Ms. Malyar …
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US will supply Ukraine with ‘the weapons it needs’ against Russia
By Reuters, published by The Straits Times, plus BBC Washington – The United States is committed to providing Ukraine with “the weapons it needs” to defend itself against Russia, US national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on Sunday (Apr. 10) as Ukraine seeks more military aid from the West. Sullivan said the Biden administration will …
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Ukraine digs in to fight Russia’s looming eastern offensive
By AP, published by US News & World Report, plus CNN Kyiv, Ukraine – Ukrainian forces dug in and Russia’s military lined up more firepower on Sunday ahead of an expected showdown in eastern Ukraine that could become a decisive period in a war that has flattened cities, killed untold thousands and isolated Moscow …
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Ukraine faces ‘hard battle’ in eastern regions, Zelensky says
By Reuters, published by Prothomalo.com, plus BBC UKRAINE is ready for a tough battle with Russian forces amassing in the east of the country, President Volodymyr Zelensky said a day after a missile attack that officials said killed more than 50 civilians trying to evacuate. Air-raid sirens sounded in cities across eastern Ukraine, which …
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EU adopts new sanctions against Russia as 50 die in station attack
By Reuters, published by US News & World Report and Cyprus Mail Brussels –The European Union on Friday (Apr. 8) formally adopted its fifth package of sanctions against Russia since the country’s Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine, including bans on the import of coal, wood, chemicals and other products. The measures also prevent many Russian …
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US and UK hit Moscow with new sanctions
By AP, published by ABC News, and BBC Brussels -The United States today (Apr. 6) announced sanctions targeting Russian President Vladimir Putin’s two adult daughters and said it was toughening penalties against Russian banks in retaliation for “war crimes” in Ukraine. The United Kingdom has also imposed sanctions on Russia’s largest bank, Sberbank and is …
Vladimir Putin should face war crimes trial for Bucha massacre, Biden says
By AP, published by Global News, plus BBC US President Joe Biden today (Apr. 4) called for a war crimes trial against Russia President Vladimir Putin and said he’d seek more sanctions after reported atrocities in Ukraine. “You saw what happened in Bucha,” Biden said. He added that Putin “is a war criminal.” Biden’s …
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Ukraine documents alleged atrocities by retreating Russians
By AP, published by The National UKRAINIAN troops are finding brutalised bodies and widespread destruction in suburbs of the capital as Russian soldiers withdraw and Moscow focuses its attacks elsewhere. Associated Press (AP) journalists in Bucha, a small city northwest of Kyiv, saw the bodies of at least nine people in civilian clothes who …
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Russian forces continue to bombard Ukrainian cities after promising to scale back troops
By Reuters, published by ABC News, plus BBC RUSSIAN forces have bombarded the outskirts of Kyiv and the besieged city of Chernihiv in northern Ukraine, a day after promising to scale down operations there in what the West dismissed as a ploy to regroup by invaders taking heavy losses. Nearly five weeks into an invasion …
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Russia says it will cut back operations near Ukrainian capital
By AP, published by Belfast Telegraph RUSSIA’S military said today (Mar. 29) it would “fundamentally” cut back operations near Ukraine’s capital and a northern city, potentially a significant concession by Moscow amid talks aimed at ending the war that began more than a month ago. Russia’s deputy defence minister said Moscow has decided to …
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Putin does not seem ready for compromise on Ukraine – US official
By Reuters, published by ChannelNews Asia, plus BBC Lviv/Kharkiv, Ukraine – Ukraine and Russia were preparing on Monday (Mar. 28) for the first face-to-face peace talks in more than two weeks, but a senior US official said Russian President Vladimir Putin did not appear ready to make compromises to end the war. Ukrainian officials …
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West pledges more Ukraine aid, but not all Zelenskyy seeks
By AP and published by Business Standard Brussels – US President Joe Biden and Western allies pledged new sanctions and humanitarian aid on Thursday (Mar. 24) in response to Vladimir Putin’s assault on Ukraine, but their offers fell short of the more robust military assistance that President Volodymyr Zelensky pleaded for in a pair of …
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Prominent Kremlin insider breaks rank with Putin over Ukraine
By Reuters and published by Zeebiz.com plus BBC A VETERAN envoy of President Vladimir Putin has resigned over the Ukraine war and left Russia with no intention to return, two sources said on Wednesday (Mar. 23), the first senior official to break with the Kremlin since Putin launched his invasion a month ago. The …
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Ukraine thwarts Russian advances; fight rages for Mariupol
By AP, published by Chicago Tribune, plus BBC UKRAINIAN forces fought off continuing Russian efforts to occupy Mariupol and claimed to have retaken a strategic suburb of Kyiv on Tuesday (Mar. 22), mounting a defence so dogged that it is stoking fears Russia’s Vladimir Putin will escalate the war to new heights. “Putin’s back is …
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Russian invasion ‘largely stalled’ – US defence official
By BBC and CNN THE Russian invasion remains largely stalled across all their lines of advance, with troops not having moved any further towards Kyiv since last week, a US senior defence official has said. The Russians have launched more than 1,100 missiles, but may be facing some “inventory issues”, the official said. Some …
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