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Russia flees key city of Lyman, retaken by Ukraine
Yesterday President Putin declared the Donetsk region of Ukraine was now part of Russia.
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Ukraine’s fast-track application to Nato will ‘stoke tensions’, says US Institute of Peace
The UK has ramped up sanctions against Russia in response to President Putin’s illegal annexation of parts of Ukraine.
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How Ukraine is pushing Russia to the brink
Matt Frei says this is a pivotal moment in the war.
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Dangerous escalation as Russia to forcibly annex large part of Ukraine
In Kyiv they’re digesting the news from Moscow that President Putin will sign the annexation papers of a chunk of Ukraine the size of Greece, occupied in the war. And this will happen tomorrow, earlier than expected in line with a ceremony on Red Square. This violent redrawing of the map of Europe is of…
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Russia prepares to annex occupied areas of Ukraine
The European Union has announced further sanctions against Russia, including plans for a cap on the price of Russian oil.
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‘Catastrophic consequences’ if Russia uses nuclear weapons, warns Joe Biden
The American Government says they have “communicated directly, privately to the Russian at very high levels that there will be catastrophic consequences for Russia is they use nuclear weapons in Ukraine”. It’s a sign of how high the tension is here, and how high the stakes are here. The Ukranian Government is anxiously watching voting…
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G7 condemns ‘sham’ Ukraine referendums as ‘illegitimate’
The voting in the areas occupied by Russia continued today, as did condemnation of the referendums. It is widely expected that President Putin will declare these areas formally part of Russia by the middle of next week. That would signify an important escalation of the war. At the same time Mr. Putin finds himself cornered…
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Protests build as Russia serve call up papers to Ukraine frontline
Military officials around Russia have begun serving call-up papers on men of fighting age, just hours after President Putin announced what he called a ‘partial mobilisation’ to bolster his forces in Ukraine.
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UK should not be fearful of nuclear attack on London, former Russian politician says
We spoke to Putin-supporting former Russian politician Natalya Narochnitskaya a little earlier and began by asking her if the Russian President is really prepared to use nuclear weapons?
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Inside the devastated Ukrainian town freed from the Russians
President Putin is due to address the Russian nation tonight – in what many believe could mark a major turn in the Ukraine war.
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Russia and China hold talks in the shadow of Ukraine war
In their first face-to-face meeting since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin has told China’s leader Xi Jinping that he values their “balanced position” on the war but understands that they have “questions and concerns”.
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Ukraine has seized back 6,000 sq km from Russian occupied forces, says Zelenskyy
In Ukraine, the country’s president says 6,000 square kilometres of territory have now been seized back from Russian occupied forces. Volodymr Zelenskyy has renewed calls for international allies to send fresh weaponry. But amid fears at how Moscow will now respond, the Kremlin has issued a veiled threat to critics of Vladimir Putin’s invasion –…
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Tributes to Queen Elizabeth II ring out across the world
From the United States to South Africa, New Zealand to Ukraine, the world has come together to remember the Queen.
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‘Gorbachev gave Russians chance to build their own country’, says exiled former Russian prime minister
In a political career spanning three decades, Mikhail Kasyanov witnessed Mikhail Gorbachev’s reforms first hand.
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Mikhail Gorbachev: Last leader of the Soviet Union dies at 91
Today world leaders rushed to deliver tributes to Mikhail Gorbachev – who has died aged 91 – describing him as a “towering global leader” and an “example to us all”.