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Reliable death tolls from the Ukraine war are hard to come by – the result of undercounts and manipulation

Those who initiate wars often begin with an overly optimistic assumption that the fighting will be quick, controllable and that casualties will be low. When many bodies start coming home or are left on the battlefield, it is a sign that the war is none of those things.

The Conversation

Russian ex-journalist calls treason charge 'travesty' as trial set to start

Russian former military reporter Ivan Safronov on Monday dismissed treason charges against him as a "travesty" as his trial was set to begin behind closed doors in Moscow.

Reuters

Russia denies military forces killed Bucha civilians in Ukraine

Spokesman says Russian defence ministry experts ‘have identified signs of video fakes’.

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U.S. pushes to suspend Russia from U.N. human rights body

The United States will ask the U.N. General Assembly to suspend Russia from the Human Rights Council, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations said on Monday, after Ukraine accused Russian troops of killing dozens of civilians in the town of Bucha.

Reuters

Russia Faces Global Outrage over Bodies in Ukraine’s Streets

Moscow faced global revulsion and accusations of war crimes Monday after the Russian pullout from the outskirts of Kyiv revealed streets strewn with corpses of what appeared to be civilians, some of whom had seemingly been killed deliberately at close range. The images of battered bodies out in the open…

Asharq Al-Awsat

EU to hit Russia with fresh sanctions over Ukraine after killings in Kyiv region town

The EU's foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, said sanctions were being prepared "as a matter of urgency."

Axios

Exiled oligarch calls on Russian tycoons to declare Putin ‘war criminal’ over Ukraine

‘Public figures cannot leave quietly and then sit quietly,’ Mr Khodorkovsky said

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Kremlin condemns Polish comments on readiness to host nuclear weapons

The Kremlin on Monday condemned comments by the leader of Poland's ruling party, who said Warsaw would be open to having U.S. nuclear weapons on its soil and would welcome a 50% increase in the number of U.S. troops in Europe.

Reuters

Kremlin denies Ukrainian allegations its forces killed civilians near Kyiv

The Kremlin said on Monday it categorically denied any accusations related to the murder of civilians in the Ukrainian town of Bucha and said Ukrainian allegations on the matter should be treated with doubt.

Reuters

Putin running out of missiles, jets and tanks because they're made in Ukraine

The T-72 tank and Kh-22 cruise missile are among Russia's key military weapons that are said to be manufactured in Ukraine and which are dwindling as troops withdraw

Daily Mirror

Commentary: Bucha’s atrocities are not Russia’s first. They must be the last

It’s hard to read the reports emerging from Bucha and other Kyiv suburbs, and nearly impossible to look at the images. Retreating Russian soldiers have left evidence of unthinkable brutality. Ordinary men and women lie dead on the street, in the dark mud and dirt, many shot, some with hands…

Tribune News Service

Russia maintains gas deliveries as Europe considers fresh sanctions

Russia maintained gas flows through key pipeline routes into Europe on Monday, despite uncertainty over payment terms and as European leaders urged further sanctions against Moscow amid allegations of war crimes in Ukraine.

Reuters

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky makes surprise Grammys appearance in video filmed in his bunker

His unexpected appearance at the annual music event comes as the Russia's assault on Ukraine rages on

Manchester Evening News

What is the legal definition of genocide and how is it prosecuted?

Ukraine’s leaders accuse Russian military of carrying out atrocities as brutal invasion continues

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The Guardian - UK

Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 40, including the Bucha killings

Ukraine accuses Russian forces of war crimes, as Volodymyr Zelenskiy visits scene of alleged atrocities

Reuters

Conscripts sent to fight by pro-Russia Donbas get little training, old rifles, poor supplies - sources

Military conscripts in the Russian-backed Donbas region have been sent into front-line combat against Ukrainian troops with no training, little food and water, and inadequate weapons, six people in the separatist province told Reuters.

Evening Standard

Vladimir Putin will ‘never conquer’ Ukraine, Boris Johnson vows

Zelensky says genocide has been committed after evidence of indiscriminate killings of civilians in Bucha, near Kyiv

The Guardian - AU

Zelenskiy says more than 300 people killed and tortured in Bucha – as it happened

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West pledges to punish Russia over civilian killings in Bucha

The United States and European countries pledged on Monday to punish Moscow over civilian killings in northern Ukraine, where a mass grave and tied bodies of people shot at close range were found in a town seized back from Russian forces.

The Guardian - AU

‘Massacre of innocents’: how the papers covered Russia’s atrocities in Bucha

Accusations of war crimes and calls for tougher sanctions feature on Monday’s front pages amid horror at civilian killings by Russian troops

Reuters

In Ukrainian street, a corpse with hands bound and a bullet wound to the head

A man lay sprawled by the roadside in the Ukrainian city of Bucha on Sunday, his hands tied behind his back and a bullet wound to his head, one of hundreds of local residents that officials say have been found dead in the wake of five weeks of Russian occupation.

ABC News

Before war in Ukraine, London was a glitzy playground for Russia's richest families

Nearly three decades ago, the UK started offering a "golden visa" to the world's ultra-rich. Thousands of Russians bought lavish homes and sent their children to the best boarding schools. But critics say it turned London into a haven for their riches.

Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin sets up hotline to urge 'good' Russians to report 'traitors'

The Kremlin and Vladimir Putin have set up a hotline and website that enables everyday ordinary Russians to rat out their neighbours, family and friends and other citizens over anti-war sentiment

Asharq Al-Awsat

Kremlin Warns West: Rouble-for-Gas Scheme Is the 'Prototype'

President Vladimir Putin's rouble payment scheme for natural gas is the prototype that the world's largest country will extend to other major exports because the West has sealed the decline of the US dollar by freezing Russian assets, the Kremlin said. Russia's economy is facing the gravest crisis since the…

Reuters

U.S. calls reports of many killed in Mali 'extremely disturbing'

The United States is following "extremely disturbing accounts" of large numbers of people killed in a village in central Mali, State Department spokesperson Ned Price said on Sunday.

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