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Scholz: Putin Determined to Conquer Ukraine but Still Important to Keep Contacts Open

Russian President Vladimir Putin is determined to conquer parts of Ukraine and shows no restraint in his brutality, but it is still important to keep contacts open in case a moment arrives to end the war, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said. All non-critical infrastructure in Ukraine's southern port city of…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia Grinds on in Eastern Ukraine; Bakhmut 'Destroyed'

Russian forces have “destroyed” the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, while Ukraine's military on Saturday reported missile, rocket and air strikes in multiple parts of the country that Moscow is trying to conquer after months of resistance. The latest battles of Russia's 9 1/2 month war…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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

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‘Only 100 metres apart’: Ukrainians and Russians face off in Donetsk

The eastern city of Bakhmut – where soldiers suffer bitter cold and lack of supplies – is now the war’s most violent front

The Guardian - UK

Kremlin: Russia Has No Current Plans to Annex More Ukrainian Territories

The Kremlin said on Thursday that Russia doesn’t plan on annexing more territories in its war against Ukraine. "There is no question of that. But there is nevertheless a lot of work ahead to liberate the territories; in a number of new regions of the Russian Federation there are occupied…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Putin suggests possibility of settlement to end war in Ukraine

Russian president still claims ‘special military operation’ going to plan during Kyrgyzstan press conference

The Guardian - AU

‘Hell. Just hell’: Ukraine and Russia’s war of attrition over Bakhmut

Soldiers say fighting in and around eastern Donetsk city is reminiscent of first world war-style trench conflict

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Russia still set on ‘liberating’ annexed portions of Ukraine, says Kremlin

Russia says there is ‘a lot of work ahead’ to liberate the territories of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia

The Independent UK

Kremlin appears to scale back its ambitions in Ukraine

Russia said on Thursday that it was still set on securing at least the bulk of the parts of east and south Ukraine that it has claimed as its own, but appeared to give up on seizing other areas in the west and northeast that Ukraine has recaptured.

Reuters

Russia-Ukraine war: Kyiv ‘working with UN to demilitarise Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant’ – as it happened

Ukraine’s state nuclear energy firm and Kyiv government both claim Russia is using the site as a de facto weapons depot

The Guardian - AU

EU targets Russian armed forces and banks in new round of sanctions

The EU's executive arm on Wednesday proposed a ninth package of sanctions on Russia, adding nearly 200 new individuals and entities to the sanctions list. Read our live blog to see how all the day's events unfolded. All times are Paris time (GMT+1).

France 24

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 287 of the invasion

US says it did not ‘enable’ Ukraine to strike inside Russia; Kremlin says no prospect of peace talks ‘at the moment’

The Guardian - AU

US man ‘trapped’ in Russian-controlled Donetsk despite release from prison

Exclusive: Suedi Murekezi, detained in Ukraine in June by Russian proxy forces, says lack of ID papers means he can’t leave city

The Guardian - UK

Volodymyr Zelensky visits troops near Donbas frontline

The Ukrainian president met soldiers and distributed awards near the frontline of Donetsk

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Moscow demands West recognise annexed territories before peace talks start

Sham referendums were held in the Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia regions in September but have not been internationally recognised

Evening Standard

Watch: Russia on the offensive in Bakhmut say Ukraine

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said in its regular update Saturday morning that over the previous 24 hours, Russian forces launched five missiles, 27 air strikes and 44 shelling attacks on civilian infrastructure and Ukrainian military positions along the line of contact. The Ukrainian military shot…

Evening Standard

Russia investing a ‘large amount’ of firepower to capture town in Donetsk

In recent days, Russia has likely made small advances on the southern axis of this assault and is likely planning to encircle the town of Bakhmut

France 24

Russia will ‘not accept’ price cap on oil exports, Kremlin warns

The Kremlin on Saturday said it would not accept a price cap on Russian oil agreed by the EU, G7 and Australia. The agreement caps Russian seaborne crude oil at $60 per barrel and is aimed at limiting Moscow’s funds for the Ukraine war. Read FRANCE 24's liveblog below to…

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Reuters

Russia likely planning to encircle Donetsk Oblast town of Bakhmut, Britain says

Russia is likely planning to encircle the Donetsk Oblast town of Bakhmut with tactical advances to the north and south, Britain's defence ministry said on Saturday.

France 24

Ukraine warns of fresh Russian missile strikes on energy grid

Ukraine said on Monday that Russia was preparing for a fresh wave of missile attacks on its energy grid that have plunged swathes of the country into the cold and dark. The warning came as Ukrainian forces repelled Russian attacks in the Donetsk region, including in the areas of the…

Reuters

NATO seeks to buttress Russia's neighbours as Moscow attacks Ukraine on multiple fronts

Russia said its forces in eastern Ukraine had edged forward, Kyiv said Moscow was "planning something" in the south and NATO sought on Wednesday to shore up other countries that fear destabilisation from Moscow.

Evening Standard

Russian breakthrough in central Donetsk unlikely, says UK

In its latest intelligence update, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) said the area around the town of Pavlivka and Vuhledar had seen “intense combat” in the past two weeks but that little territory had changed hands

Chicago Tribune

Commentary: An end-of-war settlement in Ukraine seems unlikely, but don’t discount any scenario

Ukraine’s capture of Kherson two weeks ago, coming after months of grueling combat, was perhaps the most humiliating setback for Russian forces since the war began nine months ago. The successful Ukrainian counteroffensive occurred five weeks after Putin declared Kherson, as well as Donetsk, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia, a part of…

Al Jazeera

Russian forces in Kherson alert as Ukraine plans next move

Ukraine has kept Russian forces guessing about their next move, pinning down occupying troops in defensive positions.

Reuters

Russia and Ukraine to free 50 prisoners of war each, Moscow-backed leader says

Russia and Ukraine will each hand over 50 prisoners of war to the other on Thursday, the Moscow-backed administrator of Ukraine's Donetsk region, Denis Pushilin, said on the Telegram messaging service.

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