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Ukraine to call for heavy arms when top U.S. officials visit Kyiv

Ukraine will ask U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin for more powerful weapons during an expected visit by the officials to Kyiv on Sunday as the Russian invasion enters its third month.

Reuters

U.N. chief Guterres heading to Turkey ahead of Moscow, Kyiv visits

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will visit Ankara before heading to Moscow next week to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin and then to Ukraine for talks with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, a U.N. statement said on Saturday.

Reuters

Russia's Putin attends midnight Orthodox Easter mass in Moscow

President Vladimir Putin on Sunday attended an Easter mass conducted by the Russian Orthodox Church, which has strongly backed the Kremlin leader's "special military operation" in Ukraine.

Reuters

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Ukraine fends off Russian attacks as Mariupol, Odesa take pounding. Top US officials to arrive

KRAMATORSK, Ukraine — Russian and Ukrainian troops faced off Saturday along a 300-mile battlefront in the country’s east, where Ukraine said it beat back numerous attacks but faced renewed shelling in the crippled city of Mariupol, the Black Sea port of Odesa and beyond.

Los Angeles Times

Russia-Ukraine latest updates: US officials to meet Zelenskyy

Ukraine news from April 24: President Zelenskyy says he hopes to secure heavy weapons at talks with senior US officials.

Al Jazeera

Why is Belarus supporting Russia and how is it involved in Ukraine?

Old school Soviet relic Alexander Lukashenko increasingly dependent on Vladimir Putin’s patronage for survival as grip on power slips and economy teeters on brink of disaster

The Independent UK

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events on day 59

As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its 59th day, we take a look at the main developments.

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Putin has ignited a new anti-colonial struggle. This time, Moscow is the target

Belarusian exiles watch events in Ukraine with fear but also hope. Could they too fight back?

The Guardian - UK

Top US Diplomat, Defense Secretary to Visit to Kyiv on Sunday, Says Zelenskiy

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin will travel to Kyiv on Sunday and hold talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, the Ukrainian leader said on Saturday. He told a news conference in Kyiv that he would discuss the kinds of weapons that Ukraine needs…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Turkish Air Space Closed to Planes Carrying Troops from Russia to Syria

Turkish air space has been closed to military and civilian planes carrying troops from Russia to Syria after consultation with Moscow, Turkey's state broadcaster TRT Haber cited Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu as saying on Saturday. NATO member Turkey has good relations with both Russia and Ukraine and has sought to…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukraine president threatens to quit talks if Russia holds 'pseudo-referendums' in occupied areas

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday that Kyiv would quit talks with Moscow if Russia destroys Ukraine's people in the city of Mariupol and holds "pseudo-referendums" to create "pseudo-republics" in Russian-occupied areas.

Reuters

Can Russia win the battle for Ukraine's battered east?

SLOVYANSK, Ukraine — When Russian troops blitzed into Ukraine, what was supposed to be an easy victory quickly foundered as Ukrainian forces mounted a strong defense that — along with Russia's many missteps — have left Moscow mired in a withering two-month war with no end in sight.

Los Angeles Times

EU Says Pay for Russian Gas in Euros to Avoid Breaching Sanctions

EU companies may be able to work around Russia's demand to receive gas payments in rubles without breaching sanctions if they pay in euros or dollars which are then converted into the Russian currency, the European Commission said on Friday. The companies would also need to seek additional conditions on…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukraine largely fends off Russian attacks in the east, says Mariupol remains contested

KRAMATORSK, Ukraine — Russian and Ukrainian troops faced off Saturday along a 300-mile battlefront in the country’s east, where the Ukrainian military said its forces had beaten back more than half a dozen separate attacks. But punishing shellfire forced defenders to regroup in some areas.

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The Guardian - UK

Back in the USSR: Lenin statues and Soviet flags reappear in Russian-controlled cities

Colonisation appears to have superseded ‘denazification’ in Putin’s military goals for eastern Ukraine

Daily Mirror

At least eight killed including 3-month old baby in brutal Odessa missile strike

Earlier today, Ukraine's southern air command claimed that two Russian missiles struck a military complex and two residential buildings in the strategic port city of Odessa

The Independent UK

Why has Russia invaded Ukraine? The conflict explained

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

Reuters

Russian Patriarch prays for quick end to Ukraine conflict but avoids criticising it

The leader of the Russian Orthodox Church, whose backing for Moscow's "special military operation" in Ukraine has dismayed many fellow Christians, said on Saturday he hoped it would end quickly but again did not condemn it.

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Daily Mirror

Russia 'attempting to retrieve secrets and weapons' from wreck of Moskva flagship

Russian President Vladimir Putin is thought to be keen to raise unexploded missiles and secret coding devices from the sunken Moskva cruiser whose sinking left Moscow humiliated

The Guardian - UK

Pro-war memes, Z symbols and blue and yellow flags: Russian influencers at war

As the government tightens its grip, some social media stars are speaking out, while others are pivoting to propaganda

The Independent UK

Zelensky warns Russia has ambitions of invading other countries: ‘Who will come next?’

Zelensky’s warning came after a Russian general elaborated on Moscow’s intention to control the whole of southern Ukraine to better access Moldova

Reuters

Russia's invasion of Ukraine enters third month

Russia heads into the third month of its invasion of Ukraine on Sunday with no end in sight to fighting that has killed thousands, uprooted millions and reduced cities to rubble.

Radio France Internationale

Hopes fade for truce over Orthodox Easter as Russian campaign continues

Hopes for a weekend truce in Ukraine to celebrate the Orthodox Easter faded with talks between Moscow and Kyiv stalled as Russia said it aimed to take full control over the east and south of its neighbour.

Evening Standard

Russia has made ‘no major gains’ in past 24 hours as Ukraine counterattacks, says UK

Russian air and maritime forces have failed to establish control and heavy fighting is continuing in Mariupol, the MoD said

Daily Mirror

Vladmir Putin's 'lover' spotted wearing 'wedding ring' as she comes out of hiding

Alina Kabaeva, 38, posed with gymnasts in one image, a "ring" finger on her right hand is visible - in Russia, couples wear their wedding ring on that finger

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