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The Latest Breaking News from Moscow

Putin ‘planning provocation’ at nuclear plant to disrupt Ukraine counteroffensive, Kyiv says

Ukraine’s defence ministry claims Russian forces will strike the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant

The Independent UK

Russia's ageing tanks are taking on fresh Ukrainian tanks gifted from Western nations in a move that could change the war

Western tanks are arriving while Russia dusts off 70-year-old museum pieces. But although Ukraine has the quality, experts say Moscow has the upper hand in quantity and warn "there's no such thing as a tank that can't be killed".

ABC News

Defeat would leave Russia brutal and vindictive even if Putin ‘disappeared’, says RAF chief – as it happened

Air Chief Marshall Sir Mike Wigston says Russian threat to UK could get worse if Putin was ousted

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Russian Orthodox Church fires Archpriest for 'obstruction' of icon transfer

Patriarch Kirill, head of the Russian Orthodox Church, on Saturday dismissed his expert on art and restoration for obstructing the transfer of a historic 15th-century Trinity icon to the Church from a Moscow museum.

Reuters

Ukraine claims Russia is plotting 'a provocation' at nuclear plant, offers no evidence

Ukraine’s military intelligence claims that Russia is plotting a “large-scale provocation” at a nuclear power plant designed to put hostilities on pause and give Moscow’s forces a respite they badly need to regroup ahead of the looming Ukrainian counteroffensive

The Independent UK

Russian forces temporarily ease attacks on Bakhmut to regroup, says Kyiv

Russian forces have temporarily eased their attacks on the besieged eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut to regroup and strengthen their capabilities, a senior Kyiv official said on Saturday. This comes as Ukraine struck oil pipeline installations deep inside Russia on Saturday with a series of drone attacks. Read our live…

France 24

Germany to remove at least 100 staff from its missions in Russia - source

Germany will remove more than 100 employees working at its missions in Russia after Moscow imposed limits on the numbers allowed to work in the country, a source with the German foreign ministry said on Saturday.

Reuters

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Russia accuses Japan of ‘cynical speculation’ after Tokyo’s nuclear rebuke

Russia on Saturday accused Japan of "cynical, unscrupulous speculation" over Tokyo's comments around the nuclear threat Moscow poses and promised to respond to Japan's latest round of sanctions imposed over Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Reuters

Russia tells United States: don't lecture Moscow on nuclear deployments

Russia on Saturday dismissed criticism from U.S. President Joe Biden over Moscow's plan to deploy tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, saying Washington had for decades deployed just such nuclear weapons in Europe.

Reuters

Ukraine claims Russia planning ‘massive’ incident at nuclear site

Ukraine’s defence intelligence directorate warns Russia will simulate an attack at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.

Al Jazeera

Ukraine says Russia plans to simulate accident at nuclear power plant

Ukraine's defence ministry on Friday said Russia was planning to simulate a major accident at a nuclear power station controlled by pro-Moscow forces to try to thwart a long-planned Ukrainian counteroffensive to retake territory occupied by Russia.

Reuters

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

A daring cross-border raid in Belgorod; Russia and China deepen their economic ties

The Guardian - AU

Russia says it discussed peace prospects for Ukraine with Chinese special envoy

President Vladimir Putin told his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in call on Friday that Russia was open to dialogue over Ukraine, the Kremlin said, shortly after Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov welcomed a Chinese peace envoy to Moscow.

Reuters

Cross-border raid fuels calls for Russia to arm its self-defence forces

A cross-border raid into Russia from Ukraine this week has fuelled calls for Moscow to allow local self-defence units to be armed, with one influential lawmaker suggesting a new military border command structure be set up.

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The Independent UK

Russia acknowledges Vatican peace initiative, says no steps yet for a mission to Moscow

Russia has indicated it views Pope Francis’ Ukraine peace initiative positively

Reuters

New case against jailed Kremlin critic Navalny goes to court next week

Moscow's city court will hold a hearing on May 31 in a new case against jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, according to official documents posted online, on charges that could keep him in prison for decades.

The Week

Russia moves tactical nuclear weapons into Belarus blaming ‘Nato aggression’

Moscow has started moving nuclear weapons into Belarusian territory, in response to what it called a “sharp escalation” on its western border.

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war live: two dead and 30 injured in Russian attack on Dnipro clinic – as it happened

Zelenskiy says rocket attack on Friday morning hit medical facility after night of heavy bombardment across country

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US says Russia cannot win in Ukraine, Moscow sees long war ahead

Russia’s former President Dmitry Medvedev said Ukraine war is likely to last decades with bouts of fighting and truces.

Tribune News Service

Families of 2 University of Idaho stabbing victims file legal claims against city, police, schools

BOISE, Idaho — The families of two victims of Moscow’s quadruple homicide have filed notices reserving the right to sue four government entities surrounding the crime.

The Independent UK

Russia has started deploying tactical nuclear warheads to Belarus, says Lukashenko

On the battlefied in Ukraine, the Wagner mercenary group says it is withdrawing from the eastern city of Bakhmut and will hand over its position to Russian forces

The Independent UK

US senator hopes Serbia adopts Russia sanctions as Serb spy chief travels to Moscow

A U.S. senator says he hopes Serbia adopts Western sanctions against Russia over the invasion of Ukraine, telling the Balkan country that “there is no future” in an alliance with Moscow

The Independent UK

The Russians out for revenge on Putin

The Russian Volunteer Corps and the Freedom of Russia Legion were formed in Ukraine in the wake of Moscow’s invasion. Now, the militias are taking the fight to the Kremlin – and aiming to topple the president. Kim Sengupta reports

Reuters

Russia's Putin sees prospects of settlement between Azerbaijan, Armenia

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday said that despite difficulties, he felt Azerbaijan and Armenia were moving towards a settlement to their decades-old conflict over the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh.

Reuters

Russian prosecutor asks court to recognise Nazi WW2 crimes around Moscow as genocide

Russian prosecutors have asked a court to recognise crimes committed by Nazi Germany in the Moscow region during World War Two as genocide and believe that around 6.4 trillion roubles ($82.3 billion) in damage was caused, they said on Thursday.

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