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Lavrov says Russia's objectives in Ukraine now go beyond Donbas

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday that the geographical objectives of Moscow's "special military operation" in Ukraine are no longer limited to the eastern Donbas region but include a number of other territories, Russian state news agency RIA Novosti reported.

Reuters

Erdoğan asks Russia and Iran to back Turkey’s incursion into Syria

Turkish president cites Kurdish forces in north-west Syria as justification for extending zone of control

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine war: why Moscow could go nuclear over Kyiv's 'threats' to Crimea

As the war in Ukraine is about to head into its sixth month, the ferocity with which it is fought shows no signs of abating – neither on the battlefield, nor in the rhetoric emerging from Moscow and Kyiv.

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Key bridge in Kherson region 'badly damaged' by Ukraine shelling

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Reuters

US, Allies Discuss Possible Training for Ukrainian Air Force

The United States and its allies are starting to examine possible training for Ukrainian pilots as part of a long-term effort to potentially help Kyiv build a future Ukrainian air force, Air Force Chief of Staff Charles "CQ" Brown told Reuters. With the West's provision of anti-aircraft weaponry, Ukraine has…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Putin’s Iran Trip Shows How Isolated Russia Has Become, Says White House

Russian President Vladimir Putin's trip to Iran this week shows how Russia has become isolated in the wake of its invasion of Ukraine, John Kirby, the White House's chief National Security Council spokesman, told reporters on Tuesday. Putin had talks with Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in Iran on Tuesday, the…

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‘They’re burning our crops on purpose’: Ukraine says Russia deliberately torching grain fields

Ukrainian authorities have accused Russia of deliberately destroying the wheat crops that farmers have managed to grow this year. Amid a looming global food crisis, Russian President Vladimir Putin maintains Moscow is ready to facilitate Ukrainian grain exports by the Black Sea. But Ukrainian farmers watching their burning fields have…

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Russia's Putin searches for allies in meeting with Iranian and Turkish leaders

Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to Iran is intended to deepen ties with regional heavyweights as part of Moscow's challenge to the United States and Europe as the military campaign continues in Ukraine.

Radio France Internationale

Putin, in Tehran, Gets Strong Support from Iran over Ukraine

Putin, in Tehran, gets strong support from Iran over Ukraine Russian President Vladimir Putin won staunch support from Iran on Tuesday for his country’s military campaign in Ukraine, with Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei saying the West opposes an "independent and strong" Russia. Khamenei said that if Russia hadn’t sent troops…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Moscow says peace talks ‘don’t make sense’ and hints at plans for new annexations – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Ukraine and Russia: What you need to know right now

Russian President Putin raised the idea of adding limits to a U.N.-brokered deal for Ukrainian grain exports via the Black Sea and threatened to halt all energy supplies to Europe if Brussels caps the price of Russian gas.

Reuters

Russian president Vladimir Putin visits Tehran for talks with Iran and Turkey

RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin arrived in Iran yesterday for a visit intended to deepen ties with regional heavyweights as part of Moscow’s…

The National (Scotland)

Russia's war aims in Ukraine widen, U.S. says any annexations will be challenged

Russia's military "tasks" in Ukraine now go beyond the eastern Donbas region, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday, as its forces shelled eastern and southern Ukraine.

Reuters

US says Russia preparing sham vote as pretext to annex Ukrainian territory

‘Annexation by force will be a gross violation of the UN Charter, and we will not allow it to go unchallenged or unpunished’ said National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby

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Explainer: What Putin wants from Iran and why Tehran might be cautious

A budding courtship between Russia and Iran is an unwelcome development for the West that the United States will watch with concern, but it falls well short of a geopolitical game changer.

Reuters

Iran's Khamenei seeks long-term Moscow, Tehran cooperation

Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told Russian President Vladimir Putin that Tehran and Moscow needed to stay vigilant against "Western deception," calling for long-term cooperation between Tehran and Moscow, state TV reported on Tuesday.

Reuters

U.S. prosecutors seek broader powers to seize Russian oligarchs' assets

The U.S. Department of Justice is seeking broader authority from Congress to seize Russian oligarchs' assets as a means to pressure Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine, a top prosecutor said on Tuesday.

Reason

If Ukraine Wants To Stand for Liberty and Democracy, It Should Rethink Some of Its Wartime Policies

We can condemn the actions of Moscow without forfeiting the right to point out missteps in Kyiv.

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How Russia’s war has harmed Ukraine’s ethnic Greek minority

Most ethnic Greeks lived in the city of Mariupol, but some have died and many were displaced by Russia’s bombardment.

Reuters

EU to soften sanctions on Russian banks to allow food trade

The European Union will amend its sanctions on Moscow on Wednesday by allowing the unfreezing of some funds of top Russian banks that may be required to ease bottlenecks in the global trade of food and fertilisers, a draft document showed.

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Russia Says it Will Fine Apple for Violating Antitrust Laws

Russia's competition authority said on Tuesday it would fine US tech giant Apple for violating Russian antitrust laws and abusing its dominant position in the app store market. The federal anti-monopoly service (FAS) said it would levy a turnover-based fine against Apple, the size of which would be determined during…

The Guardian - US

What do we really know about the Russian roots of America’s biggest cannabis company?

Curaleaf could be worth $75bn by 2030. But its US-born chair, Boris Jordan, faces questions over his two decades in Russia

The Hindu

Russia seeking oil payments from India in dirhams

Moscow replaced Saudi Arabia as the second biggest oil supplier to India after Iraq for the second month in a row in June

France 24

Putin in Iran for summit overshadowed by Ukraine war

Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei Tuesday urged strengthened energy co-operation with Moscow in a meeting with Vladimir Putin after Russia's president arrived in Tehran for a three-way summit on the Syria war.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Putin Meets Iranian Leader on First Trip outside Former Soviet Union since Ukraine War

Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks with Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in Iran on Tuesday, the Kremlin leader's first trip outside the former Soviet Union since Moscow's Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine. During his visit to Tehran, Putin will also hold his first face-to-face meeting since the invasion with a…

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