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Ukraine war: attitudes to women in the military are changing as thousands serve on front lines

Thousands of women have voluntarily joined Ukraine’s armed forces since 2014, when Russia’s occupation of Crimea and territories in eastern Ukraine began. Over the past nine years, the number of women serving in the Ukrainian military has more than doubled, with another wave of women joining after Russia’s full-scale invasion…

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Crimea will never again be part of Ukraine - Croatian president

Crimea, the Black Sea peninsula annexed by Russia in 2014, will never again be part of Ukraine, Croatian President Zoran Milanovic said on Monday in remarks detailing his objection to Zagreb providing military aid to Kyiv.

Reuters

Vladimir Putin warned Russians have 'no stomach for the fight' in Ukraine anymore

"There is enormous conflict between the various leaders and factions who are wondering what their life is going to be like after Crimea falls and after Ukraine wins," says a retired lieutenant general

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Retired U.S. General: “I Expect Ukraine Will Liberate Crimea By The End Of This Summer”

General Ben HODGES: "I expect Ukraine will liberate Crimea by the end of this summer"

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Martin Schram: Crimea — a peace prize or a head fake?

Negotiating a true peace in the middle of a horrendous war is sometimes a task for only the feint-hearted.

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What is the Leopard 2 tank, and why does Ukraine want it?

Even as Western allies announced a massive new military aid package to Ukraine, the spotlight has lingered on the German-made battle tank, which Germany has been reluctant to provide.

WEKU

Russian-installed official in Crimea says air defences shot down 10 drones

The Russian-installed governor of Sevastopol in Crimea said on Monday that air defences had downed 10 drones over the city in what he called a "failed Ukrainian attack".

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Vladimir Putin's 'successor' who once saved him from bear sets up drone training school

Alexei Dyumin, 50, was once the bodyguard of despot Vladimir Putin and Russia's ex-deputy defence minister, who led a covert operation in 2014 to help toppled Kyiv president Viktor Yanukovych escape a 13-year jail term in Crimea

Daily Mirror

Russia-installed Official Says Drone Shot Down over Crimea's Sevastopol

The Russian-installed governor of the Crimean city of Sevastopol said on Saturday that air defenses had shot down a drone in what he suggested was the latest attempted Ukrainian attack on a port where Russia's Black Sea Fleet is based. Mikhail Razvozhaev, the Russian-backed governor of the city, made the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukraine war: Moscow and Kyiv are talking – just not about peace

At the G20 summit in Bali in November, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky announced a new ten-point plan to end hostilities. He demands nothing less than the withdrawal of Russian troops from all of Ukraine, including Crimea and other areas of the country occupied by the Russians since 2014. And the…

The Conversation

Report: Syria Used US-Sanctioned Ships to Import Wheat from Crimea

Using a low-profile fleet of ships under US sanctions, Syria has this year sharply increased wheat imports from the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea that Russia annexed from Ukraine, Reuters reported. Wheat sent to Syria from the Black Sea port of Sevastopol in Crimea increased 17-fold this year to just…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Exclusive-Russian-annexed Crimea showers Syria with wheat, Ukraine cries foul

Using a low-profile fleet of ships under U.S. sanctions, Syria has this year sharply increased wheat imports from the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea that Russia annexed from Ukraine, a sign of tightening economic ties between two allies shunned by the West.

Reuters

Russia changes missile strike tactics due ‘to concerns about vulnerability of Crimea’

A previous wave of attacks on Friday left large parts of Kyiv without power, officials said

Evening Standard

What happened in the Russia-Ukraine war this week? Catch up with the must-read news and analysis

Ukraine says Putin readying to launch major new offensive; inside the ‘Bakhmut meat grinder’; Zelenskiy’s greatest bargaining chip; Putin cancels year-end press conference

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WEKU

A century and counting: Ukraine's ongoing fight to free itself from Russia

This month marks 100 years since Ukraine joined the Soviet Union. It did so after Ukraine lost in a bid for independence. Ukraine once again finds itself in another life-and-death battle with Moscow.

The Conversation

Ukraine recap: drones strike inside Russia while western sanctions get smarter

If you expected things to come to a grinding halt for a few months as winter takes hold in Ukraine and Russia, it looks as if you may need to think again. Military analysts are confidently predicting that Ukraine will intensify its counteroffensive in the south to drive through Russian…

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: Blizzard warnings, tornadoes and two deaths as storm marches across US

A young boy and his mother were found dead in Louisiana, where their home was destroyed after a tornado hit, according to police. Plus, how the Buy Black movement could benefit the country

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Why Crimea is Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s greatest bargaining chip

As Boris Johnson makes an intervention on the status of the peninsula, will Ukraine really insist on Russia giving it back?

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Western allies plot how to 'accelerate' Ukraine to 'better position' in war

Stepping up the supply of military kit to Kyiv is under consideration as nations supporting Volodymyr Zelensky's forces try to ease the plight of ordinary Ukrainians

The Independent UK

Champagne-sipping Putin says ‘they started it’ to justify Russian strikes on Ukraine energy

Russian President says attacks began in retaliation to Ukraine’s alleged attack on the Crimea Bridge in October

The Conversation

Ukraine war: why the Kinburn spit is of vital military significance and opens up the recapture of Crimea

The Kinburn spit, a tiny headland at the mouth of the Dniepro river, has been described as having “enormous strategic importance” in the next phase of the Ukraine war. Ukraine has indicated its intention to liberate it and an operation seems to be under way to do so.

The Conversation

Ukraine war: Poland welcomed refugees with open arms at first, but survey shows relations are becoming more strained

Around 1.5 million Ukrainians have settled in Poland in the aftermath of the full-scale Russian incursion of Ukraine in February 2022. The latest group comprises mainly women and children, in contrast to those already there who were predominantly male and economically active and who had migrated from Ukraine after the…

The Independent UK

Putin drives across Crimea bridge badly damaged in October bomb attack

Putin also seen walking across the bridge

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia’s Putin Drives across Repaired Bridge to Crimea

Russian President Vladimir Putin tried to boost Russian morale Monday by driving a vehicle across a bridge to Crimea that a truck bomb had damaged in October. Putin took the wheel of a Mercedes to drive across the bridge that links Russia’s mainland with the Crimean Peninsula, which Moscow annexed…

Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin will struggle to deploy 87% of Russia's nuclear weapons, insiders claim

There have been fears Russia President Vladimir Putin will unleash a devastating nuclear attack on Ukraine or even NATO countries for helping the war-torn country defend itself from invasion

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