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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

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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.

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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.

Reuters

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

The Independent UK

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.

Reuters

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.

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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

The Guardian - AU

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.

Al Jazeera

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.

Tribune News Service

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

The Independent UK

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.

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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.

Bangkok Post

Mercenaries hand Bakhmut over to Russian military

MOSCOW: The head of Russia's Wagner mercenary group said on Thursday his troops had started transferring their positions in the flashpoint eastern Ukraine city of Bakhmut to the Russian military.

The Independent UK

Head of Russian private army Wagner says his forces are handing control of Bakhmut to Moscow

The head of the Russian private military contractor Wagner claims his forces have started pulling out of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine and handing over control to the Russian military

The Independent UK

Companies find it's not so simple to leave Russia; some quietly stay put

When Russia invaded Ukraine, companies were quick to respond, some announcing they would get out of Russia immediately

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Evening Standard

Paramilitary group behind raid from Ukraine into Russia vows more incursions

Commander of forces who claim responsibility for raid on Belgorod says ‘yet again there will be a spot where things will get hot’

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war: Belarus says transfer of nuclear weapons from Russia has begun – as it happened

Comments from Alexander Lukashenko, Belarusian president, come as Russia and Belarus sign new deal for storage of nuclear weapons

Al Jazeera

Leader of anti-Putin force says expect more Russian border raids

Denis Kapustin, self-described leader of the Russian Volunteer Corps, said his unit will raid Russian territory again.

The Independent UK

South Africa under more scrutiny over Russian ship as ruling ANC says it would 'welcome' Putin

The South African government has come under growing pressure after it declined to release cargo documents relating to the visit by a Russian ship that the United States alleges collected a consignment of weapons for Moscow

The Independent UK

Nato chief says Ukraine should not join alliance until Russia’s invasion is over

Statement from Jens Stoltenberg comes as US looking into reports its military hardware was used in militia raid on Russian territory

Al Jazeera

‘Where is the logic?’: Georgia will not sanction Russia, says PM

Irakli Garibashvili says Georgian citizens and the nation’s economy would suffer if Tbilisi sanctioned Moscow.

Evening Standard

Russian private army Wagner Group has lost 20,000 troops in battle for Bakhmut, says leader

Yevgeny Prigozhin said about 20 per cent of the 50,000 Russian prisoners recruited to fight in the 15-month war died in the eastern Ukrainian city

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