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Ukraine vows strict controls over controversial cluster bomb use

Ukraine welcomed the U.S. decision to provide cluster munitions, with Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov outlining “five key principles” that he said would govern the use of the controversial weapons.

Tribune News Service

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 493

As the war enters its 493rd day, these are the main developments.

Al Jazeera

Russia blames US, EU for escalating tensions in Kosovo

Russia on Saturday blamed Kosovo, the United States and European Union for escalating tensions in the Balkans and said it was watching with concern after violent clashes between Kosovan police and protesters opposed to ethnic Albanian mayors.

Reuters

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Zelenskiy likens Bakhmut's devastation to Hiroshima after World War Two

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy likened the ruins of Ukraine's eastern city of Bakhmut with the destruction of Hiroshima in World War Two, as he attended the Group of Seven summit in the Japanese city on Sunday.

Reuters

Russia accuses Prague of 'illegal' move against its embassy, pledges action

Russia on Thursday said a move by the Czech government to cancel Soviet-era decrees that granted the Russian embassy free use of land in Prague and other cities was illegal and pledged to take measures to defend its own interests.

Reuters

Russia and Ukraine 'Black Sea grain corridor' deal to be extended - Erdogan

A deal allowing Ukraine to export crops from key ports via the Black Sea is to be extended, according to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres welcomed the Turkish-brokered agreement to extend a pact to allow shipments of grain from Ukraine to the global market for…

Radio France Internationale

Russia confirms Black Sea grain deal renewed for two months, says 'distortions' remain

Russia confirmed on Wednesday that a deal to allow Ukraine to export its grain safely across the Black Sea, despite Russia's war in Ukraine, had been extended for two months.

Reuters

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Wagner chief asks Moscow to hand Bakhmut positions to Chechen forces

The chief of the Russian paramilitary group Wagner on Saturday asked Moscow to let him hand over his positions in the hotspot city of Bakhmut to Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov. Read our live blog to see how all the day's events unfolded. All times are Paris time (GMT+2).

France 24

Pro-Kremlin novelist injured in car explosion in Russia

Russian state news agency Tass says the car of a prominent pro-Kremlin novelist exploded in Russia on Saturday, wounding him and killing his driver

The Independent UK

Russia-Ukraine war live: death toll rises in Uman and Dnipro after intense Russian strikes – as it happened

More than 20 people confirmed dead in wake of Russian aerial bombing of Ukrainian cities on Friday morning

The Guardian - AU

Russia says does not plan nuclear escalation, but others should not test its patience

Russia does not intend to take the path of nuclear escalation in its standoff with the West over Ukraine but others should not test its patience, Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Thursday.

Reuters

Zelenskyy and Xi hold first talks since Russian invasion

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy describes the talk with Chinese President Xi Jinping as ‘long and meaningful’.

Al Jazeera

In letter to Putin, UN chief proposes way forward on Ukraine Black Sea grain deal

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has proposed to Russian President Vladimir Putin a "way forward aimed at the improvement, extension and expansion" of a deal allowing the safe Black Sea export of Ukrainian grain, a U.N. spokesperson said on Monday.

Reuters

Russia Announces ‘Reciprocal’ Expulsion of More than 20 German Diplomats

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Saturday that Moscow was expelling more than 20 German diplomats, the RIA Novosti news agency said, as Berlin said some Russian diplomats had left Germany. A German Foreign Ministry official said Berlin and Moscow had been in contact about their respective representations…

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Black Sea Grain Deal Elusive Despite Resumption of Ship Inspections

Inspections of ships carrying Ukrainian grain from the Black Sea resumed on Wednesday under a UN-brokered deal, but Kyiv said more time was needed to secure an extension of the initiative. Ukraine, which depends heavily on revenue from grain sales as it battles Russia's invasion, and its allies blamed the…

Reuters

Russia accuses Ukraine of sabotaging grain deal with bribery scheme

Russia on Wednesday accused Ukraine of sabotaging the Black Sea grain deal by demanding bribes from ship owners to register new vessels and carry out inspections under the cover of a deal the United Nations hopes could ease a global food crisis.

Reuters

Russia summons Western diplomats over 'meddling' in dissident's case

Russia's Foreign Ministry summoned the U.S., British and Canadian ambassadors for a dressing down on Tuesday after they condemned the conviction of an opposition politician on treason charges.

Reuters

Moldova outdoor assembly to confirm pro-European orientation -president

The president of ex-Soviet Moldova called on her compatriots on Monday to gather at a mass outdoor assembly next month to endorse her drive for closer integration with Europe.

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Russia says it will ignore media lobbying for release of arrested US reporter

Moscow will ignore a letter from media groups urging the release of a U.S. reporter accused of spying because they have not shown the same regard for a Russian pro-war blogger killed by a bomb, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Wednesday.

Reuters

Russia: U.S. threats over reporter's arrest will 'reap whirlwind'

Russia said on Friday that if the United States threatened Moscow over its arrest of Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reporter Evan Gershkovich, it would reap a "whirlwind", the state-owned news agency RIA reported.

Reuters

Russia freezes German cultural institute's accounts in tit-for-tat move

The accounts of Germany's Goethe Institute have been frozen in Russia, the German Foreign Ministry said on Friday, following a threat by Moscow to retaliate against measures taken to curb its own cultural institute in Berlin.

The New Daily

Penny Wong voices ‘concern’ about US reporter’s Moscow arrest on spy charges

The White House has branded as absurd espionage charges against a Wall Street Journal reporter now being held in one of Russia's most infamous prisons.

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war: Biden tells Russia to release WSJ reporter accused of espionage; China’s Xi urged to speak to Zelenskiy – as it happened

US administration furious after Evan Gershkovich taken into custody; Spanish PM calls on Xi Jinping to meet Ukraine president

The New Daily

Wall Street Journal reporter arrested on spy charges in Russia

Russia has charged a US correspondent for the Wall Street Journal with spying, the first time this has happened since the Cold War.

Daily Mirror

Russia trolls Prince William after Poland trip to thank UK troops for 'defending freedom'

Prince William made an unannounced visit to British Royal Artillery gunners near the Ukraine frontline in Poland to thank them for their services - but was mocked by Russia for the show of support

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