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UK boosts defense spending in response to Russia and China

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has pledged to increase U.K. military funding by 5 billion pounds ($6 billion) over the next two years in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the challenge posed by China

The Independent UK

Could Myanmar Be Implicated in Russia’s War Against Ukraine?

The head of Ukraine’s defense intelligence says Russia is buying weapons via third countries, and Myanmar might be one of them.

The News Lens

Iran-Saudi Arabia deal casts China in unfamiliar global role

An agreement between Iran and Saudi Arabia to re-establish diplomatic relations has cast China in a leading role in Middle Eastern politics — a part previously reserved for longtime global heavyweights like the U.S. and Russia

The Independent UK

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Putin’s private Wagner army ‘recruiting soldiers in Russian schools’

Recruiters for Vladimir Putin’s private army are giving "career talks" in Russian schools in a bid to sign up young soldiers to fight in Ukraine, UK intelligence chiefs believe.

Evening Standard

Russia approves 60-day extension of Black Sea grain deal

Russia consented on Monday to prolong an ongoing Black Sea grain deal for 60 days following its second-term expiration date on March 18. The original deal was brokered by the UN and Turkey in July 2022 to ensure safe transportation of grain and other food products to prevent a food…

France 24

Alexey Navalny film on fighting the Kremlin wins Oscar

Navalny, 46, fell ill in Siberia in 2020 and was flown to Germany, which said it found evidence he had been poisoned.

Al Jazeera

‘Forcible transfer’: Orphans from Ukraine ‘taken’ by Russia

Thousands of children have been transferred to Russia or occupied territories, says the watchdog’s report.

Al Jazeera

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Russia's economy holds up, but growing challenges test Putin

Russia has weathered sweeping Western economic sanctions better than many expected

The Independent UK

Heavy losses reported by Russia and Ukraine as battle for Bakhmut rages

Both sides claim to have killed huge numbers of enemy soldiers, but have not given details of their own casualties

Evening Standard

Türkiye to Continue Normalization Talks with Assad Regime within Days

Türkiye confirmed its intention to continue the normalization talks with the Syrian regime in the coming period, expressing its hope that Damascus would understand its concerns about the presence of the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) near its borders. Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar asserted that Ankara will continue the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Growing foothold: how Russia donates fertiliser to deepen African alliances

Malawi is at the centre of a diplomatic tussle for influence, but as a food crisis looms, farmers are happy to accept desperately needed shipments

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine, Russia Locked in Brutal Battle in Bakhmut, Casualties Mount

Ukrainian forces faced relentless Russian attacks on Bakhmut in its eastern Donetsk region on Monday, with both sides reporting mounting enemy casualties as they battled across a small river that bisects the ruined town and now marks the front line. The situation in the nearly deserted town was difficult, the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukraine is world’s third largest arms importer: SIPRI

Fuelled by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, European countries are also increasing arms imports, the think tank says.

Al Jazeera

France mulls nuclear revamp as Ukraine war prompts an energy mix rethink

French lawmakers start examining a new bill on Monday aimed at speeding up the construction of new nuclear reactors, which President Emmanuel Macron says are crucial to bolstering France’s energy independence. Critics of the bill, however, say it ignores pressing concerns over the safety of the country’s ageing reactors as…

France 24

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The Guardian - UK

Long shadow of US invasion of Iraq still looms over international order

‘Tell me, how does this end?’ asked US general David Petraeus during first push to Baghdad in 2003

The Guardian - UK

‘I hope I haven’t killed anybody’: the pacifist author fighting on Ukraine’s frontline

Vlad Beliavsky dreamed that his new psychology book would help end wars. He has now spent a year in uniform, trying to catch saboteurs and fend off Russian cyber attacks

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war: Xi to visit Russia as early as next week; Moscow says it could agree to shorter Black Sea grain deal – as it happened

China’s president planning to visit Moscow soon and also speak to Zelenskiy; hopes for possible grain deal extension but Russia wants 60-day limit

The Independent UK

Ukraine-Russia news – latest: Putin and Wagner group reach ‘boiling point’ in Bakhmut rivalry

Power struggle set against bloody backdrop of battle for city in Donetsk

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The Independent UK

US turns to new ways to punish Russian oligarchs for the war

The U.S. has begun an aggressive new push to inflict pain on Russia’s economy and especially its oligarchs with the intent of thwarting the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine

Wales Online

Sunak 'promises £5bn boost for defence'

Increase in spending to counter growing threat of Russia and China

Los Angeles Times

‘Navalny’ wins the Oscar, and director Daniel Roher blasts Putin and the war in Ukraine

LOS ANGELES — Daniel Roher just knocked Russian President Vladimir Putin off his high horse, dedicating his Oscar to political prisoners around the world.

The Independent UK

‘Stay strong my love’: Alexei Navalny’s wife delivers heartfelt message to Russian opposition leader at Oscars

‘Alexei, I am dreaming of the day when you will be free and our country will be free’

Daily Mirror

Oscar-winning director and Putin critic sends 'vital' message to Russian President

Navalny won the award for the Best Documentary Feature Film at tonight's Academy Awards, with director Daniel Roher dedicating the win to political prisoners around the world

The Independent UK

'Navalny,' about dissident fighting Kremlin, wins doc Oscar

“Navalny,” a look at a Russian opposition leader following an attempt on his life, has won the Oscar for best documentary feature

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 383 of the invasion

ICC expected to open two war crimes cases; Xi Jinping planning to visit Putin in Moscow and also to speak to Zelenskiy

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