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Ukraine Recap: Putin goes in search of friends while his ministers threaten his enemies

It’s childish, I realise, but I experienced a frisson of amused pleasure on watching the video of Vladimir Putin pacing up and down for nearly a minute while waiting for the Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, to show up for their photo opportunity when the two leaders were visiting Tehran…

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In occupied south Ukraine, some fear a return to Soviet times under Russia

In Nova Kakhovka, a city in southern Ukraine occupied by Russian troops five months ago on the first day of its invasion, the signs of creeping annexation by Russia are mounting and some residents fear a return to Soviet times.

Reuters

Ukraine war: why Moscow could go nuclear over Kyiv's 'threats' to Crimea

As the war in Ukraine is about to head into its sixth month, the ferocity with which it is fought shows no signs of abating – neither on the battlefield, nor in the rhetoric emerging from Moscow and Kyiv.

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How Russia’s war has harmed Ukraine’s ethnic Greek minority

Most ethnic Greeks lived in the city of Mariupol, but some have died and many were displaced by Russia’s bombardment.

Al Jazeera

Volodymyr Zelenskiy appoints new spy chief after Russian infiltration

Ukrainian president names senior security official as acting head amid rumours of splits in inner circle

The Guardian - UK

Russia's chilling 'very soon' doomsday threat if Ukraine tries to retake Crimea

Former President Dmitry Medvedev said if Ukraine keeps on provoking the 'general situation' then there will be no avoiding further escalations, with a ‘doomsday’ for 'all of them there'

Daily Mirror

U311 Cherkasy, the little minesweeper of a Ukrainian film that gave the finger to the Russian Navy

When 13 Ukrainian soldiers were defending Snake Island in March, Russian forces told them to lay down their weapons. In response, the Ukrainians said “Russian warship, go fuck yourself!”.

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Medvedev: West's refusal to recognise Crimea as Russian is a threat

The refusal of Ukraine and NATO powers to recognise Moscow's authority over Crimea represents a "systemic threat" for Russia, former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev said on Sunday.

Reuters

Wheat falls to pre-war low with food shipments surging in Crimea

Chicago wheat futures extended losses back to the lowest since before Russia invaded Ukraine in February, capping its worst week in a decade with surging shipments of agricultural goods in Crimea underscoring how grain is still entering world markets despite the war.

Tribune News Service

How Russia's current war in Ukraine echoes its Crimean War of the 1850s

Russia had a more powerful army. It didn't think the West would intervene. The invasion was poorly planned. We're not talking about Russia's current war, but about Russia's Crimean War in the 1850s.

WEKU

Ukraine investigates, attacks those who collaborate with Russia

Nearly 500 people are being investigated for collaboration, as some are killed in targeted attacks.

Al Jazeera

The war in Ukraine shows it's time for a new way to ensure security in Europe

The ongoing political and military standoff between Russia and the United States is the most recent indicator that Europe’s security and economic architecture must be transformed to harmonize European and Russian strategic interests.

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Zhibek Zholy: The Russian ship carrying ‘stolen’ Ukrainian grain

The case of the Zhibek Zholy highlights food crisis fears and has tested Turkey’s relationship with Moscow and Kyiv.

Al Jazeera

Kyiv asks Turkey to probe three more Russian ships it alleges transported stolen grain

Ukraine has asked Turkey to help investigate three Russian-flagged ships as part of Kyiv’s efforts to probe what it alleges is the theft of grain from Russian-occupied territory, according to official documents.

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Daily Mirror

Fire dancer engulfed by flames after performance goes wrong in front of tourists

The performer, only identified as Grigory, 35, is in a “serious but stable” condition after catching fire as tourists saved his life by putting out the flames with their bare hands in Feodosia, a resort in Crimea

The Independent UK

West should have armed Ukraine years ago to avoid Russian invasion, says exiled oligarch

The former oligarch-turned-dissident says Western governments bear ‘significant responsibility’ for the conflict in Ukraine, having failed to take action after the annexation of Crimea in 2014

Reuters

Russia's Medvedev says any NATO encroachment on Crimea could lead to World War Three

Any encroachment on the Crimea peninsula by a NATO member-state could amount to a declaration of war on Russia which could lead to "World War Three," Russia's former president, Dmitry Medvedev, was quoted as saying on Monday.

Reuters

Heavy rainfall causes flooding in Russia-annexed Crimea

Dozens of houses were flooded in the Russian-annexed peninsula of Crimea on Monday and people were evacuated from towns after heavy rainfall caused a river to burst its banks, local authorities said.

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Ukraine attacks Crimean oil-drilling platform for second time in a week - Tass

Ukrainian forces have attacked a drilling platform in the Black Sea owned by a Crimean oil and gas company, Tass news agency cited local officials as saying on Sunday, the second strike in a week.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia, Syria and the ‘Ukrainian Volcano’

Two new developments in Syria unveiled once again the extent to which the country is affected by the Russian war in Ukraine. This time, the wind is blowing through the doors of UN political and humanitarian institutions. The connection between the crises in Syria and Ukraine dates back to 2014,…

Reuters

Ukraine says food warehouse in Odesa destroyed in Russian missile attack

A food warehouse in the Black Sea port of Odesa was destroyed in a Russian missile attack on Monday but no civilians were killed, the Ukrainian military said.

Reuters

Ukraine hits oil Crimean drilling platforms, pro-Russian regional head says

Ukrainian forces attacked drilling platforms in the Black Sea owned by a Crimean oil and gas company, the pro-Russian head of the annexed peninsula said on Monday, giving no details of what weapons were used.

Reuters

France wants Ukraine victory that establishes total territorial integrity -French source

France wants a military Ukrainian victory against Russia that reestablishes the territorial integrity of the country, including Crimea that was seized by Russia in 2014, a French diplomatic source said on Thursday.

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Ukraine: most people refuse to compromise on territory, but willingness to make peace depends on their war experiences – new survey

The war in Ukraine shows no signs of ending soon. Ukraine is suffering between 600 and 1,000 casualties a day. A fifth of Ukraine is now controlled by Russia and its proxies.

Daily Mirror

'Iron Princess of Crimea' fired by Vladimir Putin after criticising Russian war

Ukrainian Natalia Poklonskaya, who was appointed Prosecutor-General of Crimea in 2014, strongly supported the annexation of Crimea but had called Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine a catastrophe

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