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World's biggest permafrost crater in Russia’s Far East thaws as planet warms

Explorers uncover Russia's Batagaika crater, a one-km-long gash that forms world's biggest permafrost crater. Scientists warn of danger as thawing permafrost releases greenhouse gases

The Hindu

Ukraine wants ships to keep exporting its grain despite Russian attacks. Some are interested

A major shipping group says there is still interest from ship owners in carrying Ukrainian grain through the Black Sea if they can mitigate the risk

The Independent UK

A murdered writer, his secret diary of the invasion of Ukraine – and the war crimes investigator determined to find it

When he realised the Russians were coming for him, Ukrainian writer Volodymyr Vakulenko buried his journal. Then he was taken away never to return. Now, his chronicle has been unearthed …

The Guardian - UK

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Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 514 of the invasion

Moscow ‘waging war’ on global food supply, US tells UN; Putin says it will use ‘all means at its disposal’ to defend Belarus after Warsaw moves troops to east

The Guardian - AU

Hardline Putin critic faces jail after arrest in Moscow

A hard-line critic of Vladimir Putin who accused the Russian president of weakness and indecision in Ukraine has been arrested in Moscow.

Evening Standard

Russia comes under pressure at UN to avoid global food crisis and revive Ukrainian grain shipments

Russia came under pressure at the U.N. Security Council from its ally China and developing countries as well as Western nations to avert a global food crisis and quickly revive Ukrainian grain shipments

The Independent UK

Russia ‘holding humanity hostage’ over Black Sea grain deal, UN hears

Security council session told that world’s poorest and most vulnerable at risk after Russia blocked exports

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What happened in the Russia-Ukraine war this week? Catch up with the must-read news and analysis

Russia and Ukraine issue tit-for-tat warnings after Moscow pulls out of Black Sea grain deal; the sole remaining resident of one Ukrainian village who curses Putin every morning

The Guardian - AU

Any Polish aggression on Belarus is attack on Russia, Putin says

President says Russia will retaliate against any attack on ally. Poland denies having territorial ambitions in Belarus.

Al Jazeera

‘We try to keep a good mood’: escapism alive in Odesa’s resorts despite Russian onslaught

Repeated attacks this week on southern Ukrainian city stand in contrast with the vestiges of summer life in its beach areas

The Guardian - UK

Vatican is moving ahead with plan to reunite Ukrainian children taken to Russia with their families

The Vatican is pressing ahead with a plan to try to reunite Ukrainian children taken to Russia during the war with their families

The Independent UK

What is the Wagner mercenary group led by Yevgeny Prigozhin?

Vladimir Putin has leant on military contractors to claim victories in Ukraine but his former friend’s attempted mutiny and threats against Russia’s defence establishment have exposed cracks in the president’s authority

The Independent UK

Putin warns Poland against ‘unleashing aggression’ against Belarus

Russian president reacts angrily after Polish defence minister sends troops to guard eastern border

The Guardian - UK

Russian authorities detain a hard-liner who accused Putin of weakness in Ukraine

A prominent Russian hard-liner who accused President Vladimir Putin of weakness and indecision in Ukraine has been detained on charges of extremism, a signal the Kremlin has toughened its approach with hawkish critics after last month’s abortive rebellion by the Wagner mercenary company

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Wealthy Russian businessman loses fight over detained superyacht

Sergei Naumenko wanted a judge to make an order setting aside a Government decision to detain the Phi following Russia’s attack on Ukraine.

The Conversation

In Kyiv, signs of the ongoing war are evident – but daily life continues uninterrupted as well

I went to Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, in June 2023 to visit an old friend and to better understand how the ongoing war with Russia is altering Ukrainians’ daily lives.

The Guardian - UK

Russia arrests pro-war Putin critic Igor Girkin, according to reports

FSB agents come to Girkin’s home and escort him away ‘in an unknown direction’

Evening Standard

Russia conducts live fire drills in the Black Sea after pulling out of grain deal

Video released by Russian defence ministry shows ship launching rockets to rehearse ‘apprehending an offending vessel’

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The Independent UK

US confirms Ukraine is already using its cluster bombs against Russian targets

Putin quips Western weapons supplied to Ukraine ‘burn well’ on the battlefield

The Conversation

Russia-Africa summit provides a global stage for Moscow to puff up its influence

Forty-three African heads of state attended the 2019 Russia-Africa summit. They had high hopes that Russia would emerge as a new source of investment and trade for the continent. Russian president Vladimir Putin promised to double Russian trade with Africa in five years to US$40 billion.

The Independent UK

India ‘hopes’ all G20 leaders, including Putin, will attend upcoming world summit

‘This is a physical summit and we would hope that all the invitees are able to participate in person’

Al Jazeera

Concern mounts in East Africa over halted Black Sea grain deal

Analysts say East Africa could experience food shortages due to complications from Russia exiting the grain initiative.

Radio France Internationale

EU-LatAm summit condemns 'war in Ukraine' without mentioning Russia

A summit between European and Latin American countries closed with a watered-down statement that condemned the war in Ukraine but failed to mention Russia. Yet, critics see the summit as a step forward in relations between the EU and the global south.

Al Jazeera

Lithuanian border towns grapple with threat of Russia-Ukraine war

Lithuanians in towns near Belarus feel unsafe despite authorities bolstering border security amid ongoing Ukraine war.

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 513 of the invasion

Agricultural produce destroyed in latest Russian strike on Odesa; US-supplied cluster bombs now confirmed to be in use by Ukraine

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