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Ukraine war: after two months of slow progress the long-awaited counteroffensive is picking up speed. Why has it taken so long?

Ukraine’s 2023 counteroffensive was the subject of speculation for months before it officially began at the beginning of June. So far, only modest progress has been made and there have been concerns from Kyiv’s allies that Ukraine is making insufficient headway against entrenched Russian defences.

The Conversation

As the games industry freezes out Russia, Russians double-down on piracy

A new study reckons seven out of ten players in the country are pirating software.

PC Gamer

Cryptomining Booms in Russia Despite US Sanctions

Bitmain and MicroBT expanding their shipments to Russia as U.S. market gets saturate.

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No, this video doesn’t show Ukrainian soldiers ‘giving up without a fight’

Pro-Russian social media accounts have been widely sharing a video that they claim shows Ukrainian soldiers surrendering to the Russian army en masse. The video, however, actually shows a prisoner swap between the Russian state-funded paramilitary group, the Wagner Group, and the Ukrainian army in May 2023.

France 24

'Outside interests' driving anti-France protests in Niger, says deposed PM

Ouhoumoudou Mahamadou, who was removed as prime minister of Niger when military officers seized power last week, told RFI and France24 that external forces are seeking to stir up opposition to France, after protesters outside the French embassy were seen waving Russian flags.

Radio France Internationale

Hiroshima attack marks its 78th anniversary – its lessons of unnecessary mass destruction could help guide future nuclear arms talks

It was 8:15 on a Monday morning, Aug. 6, 1945. World War II was raging in Japan and across Europe.

The Conversation

Up First briefing: Pakistan bombing; Yellow trucking meltdown; grieving pet loss

A deadly bombing near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border has killed dozens and injured hundreds. Shipping company Yellow is expected to file bankruptcy. How to cope with the loss of a pet.

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China imposes curbs on drone exports citing Ukraine and concern about military use

China has imposed restrictions on exports of long-range civilian drones, citing Russia’s war on Ukraine and concern drones might be converted to military use

The Independent UK

What role is Russia playing in the Niger coup?

Thousands of supporters of the junta that seized power in Niger last week have taken to the streets to wave Russian flags and sing the name of Vladimir Putin.

The Week

Russia threatens to use nuclear weapons if Ukraine counter-offensive succeeds

Russia has threatened nuclear retaliation if Ukraine mounts a successful counter-offensive.

Evening Standard

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 523 of the invasion

At least six people have been killed in Kryvyi Rih, and two people killed in occupied Donetsk, after several strikes across Ukraine

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine-Russia war – live: Putin’s missiles kill 10-year-old girl in Zelensky’s hometown

Zelensky calls for long-range weapons for Kyiv to defeat ‘Russian savages’

The Independent UK

Ukraine says Russian missiles hit another apartment building and likely trapped people under rubble

Ukraine's interior minister says Russian missiles have slammed into a central Ukrainian city and killed at least one person and likely trapped others beneath rubble

The Independent UK

UK imposes sanctions as Russia jails Putin critic for 25 years

The United Kingdom on Monday sanctioned "key figures involved in [the] deplorable sentencing" of a dual national Russian dissident as courts dismissed his appeal against a 25-year sentence. Earlier a Russian attack on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s hometown of Kryvyi Rih killing at least six people with more likely trapped…

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Russia-Ukraine war live: civilian deaths reported after strikes in Kryvyi Rih, Kherson and Donetsk

Ukraine defence minister says Moscow has intensified strikes on military infrastructure; Kremlin says Ukraine counteroffensive ‘not working out as planned’

Evening Standard

Volodymyr Zelensky hails ‘powerful day’ in Ukraine’s counter-offensive

He also says Putin’s war is ‘gradually returning to Russia’s territory’

The Independent UK

Ukraine war – live: Putin’s aide says Russia ‘would be forced’ to go nuclear if Kyiv’s pushback is successful

Fierce fighting engulfs Ukraine’s northeast where Russia gathered tanks and troops

Al Jazeera

Saudi Arabia to host Ukraine peace talks, top official says

Ukrainian official says summit will discuss Kyiv’s peace formula, which calls for departure of all Russian troops.

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Al Jazeera

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 523

These are the main developments as the Russian invasion of Ukraine enters its 523rd day.

The Conversation

More corrupt, fractured and ostracised: how Vladimir Putin has changed Russia in over two decades on top

Vladimir Putin’s own version of history casts himself as modern Russia’s bulwark and champion.

The Independent UK

War is returning to Russia, Zelensky warns, as Moscow rocked by drone attacks

Ukrainian president says strikes are an ‘inevitable, natural, and absolutely fair process’ of the war

Zenger

Russia Downs Ukrainian Drones Targeting Moscow

Increasing uneasiness as hostile drones attempt attacks on Russian capital; Moscow claims control

The Independent UK

Russian anti-war activists hold protest after activists face entry, residence problems in Serbia

Dozens of Russian antiwar supporters in Serbia have held a protest after two prominent activists and critics of Russian President Vladimir Putin had problems with entry and residence permits in the Balkan country

Al Jazeera

West African gov’ts give Niger coup leaders a week to cede power

Economic Community of West African States regional bloc demands President Mohamed Bazoum be reinstated within a week.

Radio France Internationale

Russia-Africa summit ends without grain deal or path to end war in Ukraine

African leaders are leaving two days of meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin with little to show for their requests to resume a deal that kept grain flowing from Ukraine and to find a way of ending the war there.

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