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Putin says Russia does not want war, calls Donbass 'genocide'

President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Russia does not want a war in Europe, but described the situation in east Ukraine's breakaway regions as "genocide" and called for the conflict there to be resolved through the Minsk peace progress.

Reuters

Russia’s Parliament Asks Putin to Recognize Breakaway East Ukrainian Regions

Russia's lower house of parliament voted on Tuesday to ask President Vladimir Putin to recognize two Russian-backed breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine as independent and the European Union told Moscow not to follow through. The move by the State Duma, if approved, could further inflame a wider standoff over a…

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Russia's parliament asks Putin to recognise breakaway east Ukrainian regions

Russia's lower house of parliament voted on Tuesday to ask President Vladimir Putin to recognise two Russian-backed breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine as independent and the European Union told Moscow not to follow through.

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Ukraine crisis: What are the Minsk agreements?

Emmanuel Macron says revival of peace accords from 2014 and 2015 ‘only path on which peace can be built’ as regional Russian aggression continues

The Independent UK

Ukraine crisis: What are the Minsk agreements?

Emmanuel Macron says revival of peace accords from 2014 and 2015 ‘only path on which peace can be built’ as regional Russian aggression continues

The Independent UK

Ukraine crisis: What are the Minsk agreements?

Emmanuel Macron says revival of peace accords from 2014 and 2015 ‘only path on which peace can be built’ as regional Russian aggression continues

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: What are the key parts of Ukraine's peace deal?

A peace agreement for eastern Ukraine has remained stalled for years

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Can Ukraine and Russia be persuaded to abide by Minsk accords?

Analysis: As Macron tries to revive 2015 agreement, Ukraine believes it is impossible to fulfil as it could hand power to Russia

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine-Russia crisis: What is the Minsk agreement?

France’s Macron says the 2015 ceasefire deal between Kyiv and Moscow offers a ‘path’ to peace.

Al Jazeera

Vast drills spotlight Russia's grip on Belarus during standoff with West

Russia launches the active phase of vast military exercises in Belarus on Thursday, a display of strength that shows how Moscow's tightening grip on Minsk has given it enhanced capabilities in its standoff with the West over Ukraine.

Reuters

Ukraine’s fate linked to “deeply flawed” Minsk Accords

The Minsk Accords are, in principle, supported by Russia, Ukraine, France, Germany and the U.S.

Axios

NATO continues to pump Ukraine with weapons: Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that NATO members continued to pump Ukraine with weapons, this issue was discussed with French President Emmanuel Macron.

Dynamite News

Satellite images show troop deployment to Belarus border with Ukraine ahead of Russian drills

Satellite images by a private U.S. company published on Sunday showed details of military maneuvres at the Belarus border with Ukraine ahead of joint drills announced by Moscow and Minsk that NATO has called the biggest deployment to Belarus since the Cold War.

Reuters

Finland's president says Minsk agreement should be looked at again

The Minsk agreement should be revisited to find a solution to the ongoing crisis between Ukraine and Russia, Finland's President Sauli Niinisto said on Friday.

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Exclusive-India could buy potash from Belarus in rupees as sanctions hit Minsk-sources

India plans to buy 1 million tonnes of potash from Belarus in the first such bilateral deal between the two countries after sanctions crippled Minsk's ability to sell the crop nutrient, two Indian officials involved in the discussions told Reuters.

The Independent UK

Ukraine security chief: Minsk peace deal may create chaos

Ukraine’s security chief is warning the West against forcing the country to fulfill a peace deal for rebel-held eastern Ukraine that was brokered by France and Germany

Reuters

War only possible if Belarus or Russia attacked, says Lukashenko

Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko said on Friday that Minsk had absolutely no interest in a war and that conflict would only break out if Belarus or its close ally Russia were directly attacked.

The Guardian - UK

A measure of autonomy in eastern Ukraine is the only way out of this crisis

Nato’s treatment of Russia almost guaranteed a chauvinistic reflex. The way forward is to implement the Minsk settlement, says the Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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"Belarusian Government Officials Charged With Aircraft Piracy for Diverting … Flight … to Arrest Dissident Journalist"

Arrr! Or, as we say in the Cyrillosphere, Аррр!

Daily Mirror

Belarus officials charged with aircraft piracy over diverted Ryanair flight

The US Department of Justice has charged four Belarusian government officials with aircraft piracy for allegedly diverting a Ryanair flight in order to arrest journalist Roman Protasevich

Reuters

U.S. charges Belarus officials with aircraft piracy over diverted Ryanair flight

Four Belarusian government officials have been charged in the United States with aircraft piracy for diverting a Ryanair flight last May to arrest a dissident Belarusian journalist who was on board, U.S. prosecutors said on Thursday.

The Independent UK

‘Code red’: How a Ryanair flight with a dissident on board was diverted to Minsk

From the evacuation that took 50 minutes to a sequence of mysterious emails, UN report finds many questions unanswered by the Belarus authorities, writes Simon Calder

Reuters

Belarus withheld information from Ryanair diversion probe, U.N. says

A United Nations report into the forced diversion of a Ryanair jetliner last year has found that a bomb threat that drew the plane to Minsk was "deliberately false" and that Belarus withheld crucial information from its fact-finding team.

Daily Mirror

Six Russian war landing ships sail past UK on way to Ukraine as tension mounts

The Korolev, Minsk and Kaliningrad are from the Baltic Fleet and are today sailing south passing England in open seas, amid speculation that are bound for an impending invasion of Ukraine

Reuters

Lithuania says Russian troops in Belarus pose "direct threat"

Russian troops arriving in Belarus for what Moscow and Minsk say will be joint military exercises are a direct threat to NATO member Lithuania, and could prompt Washington to station more troops in the region, Lithuania's defence minister said.

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