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Snake Island sailors who told warship 'go f*** yourself' ALIVE and taken prisoner

The group of 13 on Snake Island in the Black Sea were believed dead after confronting a Russian warship, but the Ukrainian Navy has said in a statement they are alive

Daily Mirror

Russian warships curb tilts Turkey to West, risks Russia's ire

Turkey's pledge to block some Russian warships from passing through its waters to the Black Sea during the Ukraine crisis could help repair its ties with NATO, even as it risks reprisals from Moscow.

Reuters

Turkey Calls for Humanitarian Truce to Evacuate Civilians from Ukraine

Turkey on Sunday requested from Russia and Ukraine a humanitarian truce that would allow Ankara and other countries to evacuate their citizens from Ukrainian combat zones. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu spoke by phone Sunday with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov and Ukraine’s Dmytro Kuleba on the latest developments in…

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Ukrainian border guards could still be alive after Russian attack on Snake Island, authorities say, amid conflicting accounts

Ukranian border guards thought to have been killed while defending a tiny island in the Black Sea from Russian troops may still be alive, the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine says.

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Putin signals escalation as he puts Russia’s nuclear force on high alert

Deterrence order given as Zelenskiy says Ukraine delegation will meet Russian officials at Belarus border

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine island guards who told Russian warship ‘go f*** yourself’ might be alive

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky said the gallant soldiers on Snake Island in the Black Sea had all been killed by Russain forces but it is hoped he was incorrect.

Daily Record

Turkey, Overseeing Passage to Black Sea, Calls Russian Invasion ‘War’

Turkey called Russia's invasion of Ukraine a "war" on Sunday in a rhetorical shift that could pave the way for the NATO member nation to enact an international pact limiting Russian naval passage to the Black Sea. Under the 1936 Montreux Convention, Turkey has control over the Dardanelles and Bosphorus…

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Turkey, overseeing passage to Black Sea, calls Russian invasion 'war'

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Ukraine border guards who told Russian warship 'go f*** yourself' might be alive

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky said the brave troops on Snake Island in the Black Sea had all been killed by Vladimir Putin's forces but it is hoped he was wrong

Daily Mirror

Ukraine claims victory in Kharkiv as Kyiv's Mayor says no Russians are in the city: As it happened

Ukraine claims a victory in Kharkiv after heavy clashes, while in Kyiv the city's Mayor says there are no Russian troops as a curfew continues.

ABC News

Turkey Has Not Notified Russia of Straits Closure

Russia has received no official notification from Turkey on the closure of the Bosphorus and Dardanelles straits to Russian warships, the Interfax news agency quoted the Russian embassy in Turkey as saying. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said earlier that Turkey had made such a move. Turkey, which controls the straits…

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Kyiv piles pressure on Ankara to close straits to Russia’s warships

Blocking Russian fleet from Black Sea would be a blow to Putin’s ability to support troops in Ukraine

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine says Russia has closed off northwestern part of Black Sea to navigation

The Ukrainian border guards service said on Saturday Russia had closed off the northwestern part of the Black Sea to navigation.

Reuters

Turkey Rejects to Limit Russian Warship Movement in Bosphorus, Dardanelles

Turkey cannot stop Russian warships accessing the Black Sea via its straits, as Ukraine has requested, due to a clause in an international pact that allows vessels to return to their home base, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Friday. Ukraine has appealed to Turkey to block Russian warships…

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5 ways to hurt Vladimir Putin - from personal sanctions to cutting trading links

Vladimir Putin earns about £100,000 a year and declares only a few assets, but Russian analysts say he has a personal fortune of £149billion and a Black Sea palace

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Latest Russia-Ukraine updates: Battles rage for Ukraine’s cities

Ukraine news from February 26: UN says internal displacement also growing as Ukraine forces battle all-round assault.

The Hindu

Putin’s moves are hardly ‘chess thumping’

The Russian President’s actions this week may yield tactical gains but hardly pass the test for strategic victory

Reuters

Analysis-Putin's end-game? Split Ukraine and install 'tame' leadership, analysts say

Russia's invasion of Ukraine looks designed to take Kyiv and create a land corridor south to the Black Sea, splitting the country into two, military analysts and former officials said, echoing the view of Ukraine's generals.

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Russia fired on foreign ships near Black Sea port - Ukraine's ministry

Russia fired on two foreign ships near the Black Sea port of Pivdennyi on Friday, Ukraine's infrastructure ministry said on its Facebook page.

Reuters

Cargo ship Namura Queen hit by rocket off Ukraine - local agent

The cargo ship Namura Queen was hit by a rocket off the shore of Ukraine in the Black Sea on Friday, causing a fire on board, a local shipping agent said.

Wales Online

Ukraine conflict forces cruise schedules to be revised with sailings suspended

Sailings to Black Sea and Baltic states at risk with operators continuing to monitor developments in the troubled region

Manchester Evening News

Snake Island: 13 Ukrainian soldiers died 'heroically' telling Russian warship 'go f**k yourself'

Soldiers refused to surrender as Russian forces captured Ukraine's Snake Island in the Black Sea

Reuters

Turkey cannot stop Russian warships accessing Black Sea, says foreign minister

Daily Mirror

Ukrainian hero tells Russian warship 'go f*** yourself' before 13 soldiers killed

The defiant response of the Ukrainian border guard came after a Russian warship threatened to blow the soldiers up on Snake Island in the Black Sea

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine soldiers told Russian officer ‘go fuck yourself’ before they died on island

Thirteen border guards died in air and sea bombardment on Snake Island in Black Sea after refusing to surrender

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