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Ukraine relinquishes Mariupol as Russia attacks both east and west

LVIV, Ukraine — With full control of the beleaguered port city of Mariupol in hand, Russian forces kept up their assault Tuesday on eastern Ukraine, now the focus of a grinding conflict that bears the hallmarks of a grim war of attrition.

Los Angeles Times

US set to block Russian debt payments, raising odds of default

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is poised to fully block Russia’s ability to pay U.S. bondholders after a deadline expires next week, a move that could bring Moscow closer to the brink of default.

Tribune News Service

Russia 'could swap Ukrainian steel plant siege heroes with imprisoned officers'

Even as hundreds of soldiers evacuated their Mariupol bunker, Russian forces continued to pound Ukraine with missiles, killing ten civilians and injuring three in a strike on Chernihiv

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Russia to expel two Finnish diplomats in tit-for-tat move

Russia's foreign ministry said on Tuesday that it was expelling two diplomats from the Finnish embassy in Moscow in retaliation against Helsinki's decision to expel two of its diplomats.

Reuters

New French PM Elisabeth Borne faces mountain of economic challenges

Elisabeth Borne has been appointed France's new prime minister. The former transport, ecology and labour minister faces numerous challenges, with the most pressing priority being helping French households with the soaring cost of living. She will also need to tackle the thorny issue of pension reform as well as steer…

France 24

Kremlin Critic Navalny Appeals against Nine-year Jail Sentence

Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny was due on Tuesday to appeal a nine-year prison sentence he was handed in March on charges that he and his allies say are politically motivated. His hearing comes as Russian authorities seek to silence remaining government critics and Moscow pushes on with its military…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukrainian president and German chancellor discuss war, Russia sanctions

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz discussed the situation on the front line of Ukraine's war with Russia on Tuesday and also the possibility of increasing sanctions pressure on Moscow.

Reuters

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Ukraine war: Israel treads careful line as public blames Russia

While PM Bennett tries to mediate peace, Israelis with backgrounds in ex-Soviet nations are against Moscow’s invasion.

Al Jazeera

Why did Russia invade Ukraine? The conflict explained

Vladimir Putin’s military assault continues in face of near-unanimous international condemnation

The Independent UK

Ukraine update: Rescue mission under way at Azovstal

KYIV, Ukraine: Ukrainian authorities said a rescue mission to extract the last defenders of the Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol was under way on Tuesday, after hundreds of soldiers were evacuated in an earlier operation.

Bangkok Post

Ending weeks of standoff, Russia takes key port but sees setbacks elsewhere

LVIV, Ukraine — After weeks of Russian bombardment, a band of Ukrainian soldiers fighting from a battered Mariupol steel plant ended combat operations on Monday, giving Moscow full control of a strategic port city that has been turned into a ruin of empty buildings and mass graves.

Los Angeles Times

Putin's manic body movements in official meeting questioned as health rumours deepen

Vladimir Putin continually moved hit feet during a meeting with the Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon in Moscow as fresh health questions were raised about the Russian leader

Daily Mirror

Moscow says G7 attempts to isolate Russia make global food crisis worse

Russia's foreign ministry said on Monday that attempts by the West and the G7 group of nations in particular to isolate Moscow have worsened global food shortages.

Reuters

Once a powerful symbol in Russia, McDonald's withdraws

Two months after the Berlin Wall fell, another powerful symbol opened its doors in the middle of Moscow: a gleaming new McDonald’s

The Independent UK

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The Hindu

A war that is shrinking India’s geopolitical options

The main worry now is about how to manage a China that is attempting to consolidate the region under its influence

Reuters

Envoy says Finland prepared for any kind of attack by Russia -Die Welt

Finland's ambassador to Germany, Anne Sipilainen, is not worried about Russia's threats over her country's move to join NATO as she sees Finland as prepared for any kind of attack from Moscow, German newspaper Die Welt reported on Monday.

Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin's troops REPELLED all the way back to border by Ukraine, NATO says

Defending troops are driving Russian forces back in a new counter-offensive as it emerged that Moscow has lost a third of its ground forces in just 82 days since the invasion started

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia Says it Will Evacuate Wounded Ukrainian Soldiers from Azovstal

Russia said on Monday that it had agreed to evacuate wounded Ukrainian soldiers from the bunkers below the besieged Azovstal steel works in Mariupol to a medical facility in the Russian-controlled town of Novoazovsk. "An agreement has been reached on the removal of the wounded," the Moscow defense ministry said…

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Al Jazeera

Belarus urges Russia-led military alliance to unite against West

Lukashenko, a key Moscow ally, accused the West of supporting Nazi ideas and of being ‘at war with Russia’ in Ukraine.

Al Jazeera

Moscow’s ‘defeat’ as Finland, Sweden move to join NATO

If both countries join the 30-member security bloc, NATO forces may be right next to the Finnish-Russian border.

Radio France Internationale

Kremlin warns bid to join NATO by Finland, Sweden will not improve security

The Kremlin said Monday that the decisions by Finland and Sweden to join the NATO military alliance will not improve security in Europe. Meanwhile, Moscow held a meeting of the six-country Collective Security Treaty Organisation.

The Independent UK

French carmaker Renault to sell Russian operations to Moscow

Russia will take control of French car manufacturer Renault’s operations in the country and resurrect a Soviet-era auto brand

Los Angeles Times

Russia warns Finland and Sweden over NATO as strikes pummel east Ukraine

LVIV, Ukraine — Russia on Monday warned Finland and Sweden that plans to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization were a "grave mistake," as Moscow's forces stepped up attacks in eastern and southern Ukraine.

The Guardian - UK

Russia to take over Renault’s Moscow factory to revive Soviet-era car

French carmaker joins other western firms leaving Russian market, with option to return within six years

Al Jazeera

Turkish nuclear plant threatened by Russian sanctions

Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant would be Turkey’s first, but Russia’s invasion of Ukraine may cause problems.

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