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Even greater peril to civilians seen as Russia readies eastern Ukraine onslaught

MYKOLAIV, Ukraine — With Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy telling compatriots to brace for a fateful week, Western military officials warned Monday that Russian forces will likely resort to even more brutal tactics against civilians in a looming offensive in the country’s south and east.

Los Angeles Times

Russia could use phosphorus weapons in renewed Mariupol assault, UK warns

Russia was ‘greatly risking further civilian casualties’ with use of unguided bombs, MoD says

The Independent UK

Putin 'should threaten nukes' and WILL take Kyiv in new onslaught, says warlord Kadyrov

Warlord Ramzan Kadyrov - leader of Chechnya and a lieutenant-general in the Russian national guard - also called on Putin not to abandon his aim of seizing Kyiv despite the current pullback

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The United Nations calls for an investigation into violence against women and children in Ukraine – as it happened

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The Guardian - UK

Austrian chancellor to meet Putin in Russia amid warnings of fresh offensive against Ukraine

Karl Nehammer will be first EU leader to meet Russian president since invasion began, and called for a ceasefire and full investigation of war crimes

The Guardian - AU

Khamzat Chimaev was told he may have cancer after coughing up blood in training

UFC star Chimaev almost retired from fighting last year after battling lengthy symptoms of Covid-19, but doctors actually feared it was cancer

Daily Mirror

Moscow rules: Why the west’s Middle East partners choose Putin over principle in Ukraine war

Gulf nations have refused to condemn the invasion or back western sanctions against Russia, underscoring deepening ties with Moscow as their faith in the US fades, writes Borzou Daragahi

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How Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine is forcing his friends to choose between Russia and the West

As the death toll climbs in Ukraine and pressure mounts for neighbours to intervene, European leaders who have stoked friendships with both the West and Russia may soon be forced to pick a side.

ABC News

Putin’s lapdog wears Prada: Chechen leader Kadyrov poses on TikTok while his men kill civilians in Ukraine

Beyond the brutality and bloodshed associated with Chechnya’s militia, Ramzan Kadyrov is using Russia’s war and posturing on social media to boost his standing with Vladimir Putin, reports Borzou Daragahi

The Independent UK

Who has Putin’s ear? Inside the president’s inner circle

Western intelligence claim Russia’s leader is out of touch. But who has the upper hand in the Kremlin’s jostling factions – and is there a chance of a palace coup?

The Guardian - UK

Was this photo of Chechen leader Kadyrov praying in a petrol station taken in Ukraine?

A photo claiming to show the Head of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov has made the rounds on social media and on international media outlets. In the photo, Kadyrov is said to be praying in a petrol station in Mariupol, the Ukrainian port city where Chechen fighters are currently helping…

France 24

Luxury life of Chechen warlord claiming to be leading Putin’s bid to seize Mariupol

Ramzan Kadyrov has built palaces in Chechnya’s capital Grozny - one as his seat of power, another for his first wife, and a third for a woman assumed to be his polygamous junior spouse

Daily Mirror

Chechen chief Kadyrov says Russia will make no concessions in Ukraine

Ramzan Kadyrov, the powerful head of Russia's republic of Chechnya, said on Wednesday that Moscow would make no concessions in its war in Ukraine and that Kremlin negotiator Vladimir Medinsky had been wrong to suggest otherwise.

Reuters

Putin promotes Chechen leader with ties to murder of Kremlin critic

Ramzan Kadyrov promoted to lieutenant-general for his role in invasion of Ukraine

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France 24

In Mariupol, a war of images to prove who controls the city

Mariupol, a city under siege by the Russian army, has become a symbol of Ukrainian resistance. Amid intense fighting and devastating shelling attacks, Mariupol is also the site of a war of images. Propaganda photos and videos from both sides have been widely distributed as proof that either the Ukrainians…

The Guardian - AU

Wednesday briefing: New threat to Johnson over Partygate

Police decision to fine 20 people shatters PM claim rules were followed … Zelenskiy says Ukraine is not naive over talks … and the terror of cyberstalking

ABC News

Ukraine's first lady Olena Zelenska may be on Russian hit lists, but she refuses to leave her husband Volodomyr Zelenskyy in a warzone

With war unfolding all around her and hit squads placing a target on her back, Ukraine's first lady Olena Zelenska is using the power of her platform to support those fleeing for their lives.

Daily Mirror

Putin ally takes his 14-year-old son armed with rifle to Mariupol massacre

Ramzan Kadyrov, one of the most feared men in Russia, has reportedly enlisted his son in the attack on Mariupol

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Daily Mirror

Prada-wearing warlord known for medieval torture brought in to salvage Ukraine invasion

Fashion lover Ramzan Kadyrov has taken charge of Russia's "special mission" to destroy Mariupol, replacing one of the several generals Vladimir Putin has lost in the Ukraine invasion

Al Jazeera

Will Ukraine be the next Chechnya?

Al Jazeera speaks to Chechen dissident Tumso Abdurakhmanov on the parallels between the Ukraine and Chechnya conflicts.

Daily Mirror

Murdered Putin rival 'tailed' by suspected hit squad agent now laying siege to Mariupol

An investigation has now claimed that Vladimir Putin rival Boris Nemtsov was assassinated in 2015 after being tailed by an agent who had connections to a Kremlin hit squad

The Independent UK

Russian troops ‘drive tank over commander’ amid anger at high casualties

Colonel Yuri Medvedev is said to have suffered severe leg injuries in the attack

Al Jazeera

Latest Ukraine updates: Russia says first phase of war near end

Ukraine war news from March 25: Russian general says Moscow will push to fully capture eastern region of Donbas.

Al Jazeera

What role is Chechnya’s Ramzan Kadyrov playing in Ukraine war?

Chechen forces deployed in Ukraine appear to be more of a ‘PR initiative’ than military utility, analysts say.

France 24

‘Putin banked on NATO being split, he’s getting the opposite,’ Biden says

Russian President Vladimir Putin had banked on NATO being split when he launched an invasion of Ukraine last month, but Putin actually sparked the exact opposite, with the alliance now being “more united than ever”, US President Joe Biden said at a NATO-G7 summit in Brussels on Thursday. Read FRANCE…

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