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Who are Ukraine’s neo-Nazi Azov Battalion?

Far-right regiment emerged in 2014 in fight against pro-Russian rebels in Donbas

The Independent UK

Leaked dossier from Vladimir Putin's spin chief reveals 'heavy artillery' brainwashing

The brainwashing report from the Kremlin was leaked to the The Dossier Centre and offers an insight into the work behind Russia's ever-active propaganda machine

Daily Mirror

Siege of Mariupol: Why the Ukrainian port city has been targeted by Russia

Vladimir Putin’s troops have pounded Sea of Azov town with shells and created hellish conditions for inhabitants in pursuit of coastal land corridor linking Crimea with Donbas

The Independent UK

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Zelensky Renews Offer of Putin Talks

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky renewed an offer of direct peace talks with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin late Monday, declaring the status of disputed territories could be up for debate and a possible referendum. Zelensky told local media that he was ready to meet Putin "in any format" to discuss…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Zelensky says 100,000 still trapped in Mariupol, facing ‘inhumane conditions’

In his latest video address Tuesday, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said more than 7,000 people had escaped the besieged port city of Mariupol in the last 24 hours, but that nearly 100,000 remained trapped in “inhumane conditions” without food, water or medication as Russia’s bombardment continued. Read FRANCE 24’s coverage…

France 24

Putin's Plan B: Russia bombards cities as offensive stalls

Putin is shifting his tactics, and maybe his end-game, analysts say.

Axios

The power of the new Ukraine

How the country has transformed from a Russian client state to a would-be EU nation where liberals and nationalists have found common cause

The Guardian - UK

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Ukraine: Award-winning film 'Klondike' shows the toll of war on ordinary people

Ukrainian writer-director Maryna Er Gorbach and film critic Lisa Nesselson join Eve Jackson in the studio to discuss a timely tale that's all too real about a pregnant woman refusing to leave her home on the Ukraine-Russia border when faced with war. Er Gorbach's award-winning feature "Klondike" shows the toll…

France 24

On the 3rd anniversary of the Christchurch attack, the Ukraine crisis asks the West to rethink its definitions of terrorism

As the Russian invasion unfolds, a deep vein of Ukrainian nationalism – already irritated by the annexation of Crimea and a Russian-backed insurgency in the Donbas region – has been unleashed.

The Conversation

Ukraine’s foreign legion joins the battle against Russia

The Ukrainian government has called for volunteers to join its army. Will they make a difference?

Al Jazeera

Is there any justification for Putin’s war?

Nato invasion, genocide and drug-addled neo-Nazi’s: we assess whether any of Russia’s claims are valid

The Guardian - UK

Can Donbas republics work as a buffer zone?

Is the de facto states model followed for Abkhazia, Transnistria and South Ossetia a possible way out for the Russia-Ukraine conflict?

The Hindu

Ukraine facing 'economic strangulation' from war, former finance minister says

Ukraine's former finance minister has told FRANCE 24 that any company doing business with Russia is indirectly financing the war in Ukraine. Natalie Jaresko was in office from 2014 to 2016, when Russia annexed Crimea and conflict was raging in the eastern Donbas region. She described the current situation facing…

France 24

In 2014, the 'decrepit' Ukrainian army hit the refresh button. Eight years later, it's paying off

In 2014, Ukraine’s military was called “decrepit” by one national security analyst, and its navy was in “a sorry state.” Ukrainian General Victor Muzhenko, a former top commander of Ukraine’s armed forces, went as far to say that the military was “an army literally in ruins.”

The Conversation

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Volodymyr Zelensky: the comedian who defied the might of Putin's war machine

Heading into battle in Ukraine, Russian forces mark their equipment with a single letter signifying their objective. There have been different interpretations of the letter “Z” being used on Russian vehicles – one is that it represents the first letter of “Za pobedy”, which means “For victory” in Russian. But…

Al Jazeera

Russian invasion displaces Ukrainians who fled Donbas conflict

As Russia pounds Ukraine, many people displaced during 2014 conflict are having to flee their homes for a second time.

The Guardian - UK

Russia’s callousness towards its own soldiers is undermining its combat power

In past conflicts Russia could hide small scale casualties, but not any more, says Rusi research fellow Jack Watling

The Guardian - UK

20 of the best films to help understand what’s happening in Ukraine

Documentaries and fiction features that contextualise the unfolding horrors in the former Soviet republic, as chosen by researchers at Ukraine’s Dovzhenko national film centre in Kyiv

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Ukrainian president's former press secretary on why he won't abandon his country

Exclusive: President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's devotion to his country confirmed by one of his closest allies

ABC News

Inside Donetsk, the separatist republic that triggered the war in Ukraine

Foreign Correspondent spends a week inside the alternative reality of the "anti-fascist" Donetsk People's Republic in the lead-up to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Evening Standard

Evening Standard Comment: The West should be braced for a long battle against tyranny

Even before its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia faced isolation and economic sanctions by the West for its annexation of Crimea and support for separatists in the Donbas region. Its Olympic athletes could not compete under the Russian flag as punishment for state-sponsored doping violations and its economy was in…

The Independent UK

Cultural backlash intensifies against Russia over invasion

The cultural backlash against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is intensifying

Al Jazeera

Locals in Ukraine breakaway regions recount short-lived joy, hope

Residents of Ukraine’s statelets recount their joy over Russia’s recognition of their independence – and what came next.

France 24

From the Maidan protests to Russia's invasion: Eight years of conflict in Ukraine

Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine on February 24 placed the smaller eastern European country at the centre of international concern. FRANCE 24 traces the chronology of the conflict between Moscow and Kyiv to the Maidan protests in Ukraine’s capital in late 2013.

The Guardian - UK

From budgets and cocktails to all-out war: Ukraine’s week of grim transformation

Many people in Ukraine – like many outside observers – have found it hard to believe what has transpired, though spirits mostly remain high

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