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Top Turkey, Syria, Russia diplomats to meet soon -Turkish official

Turkey, Syria and Russia aim to schedule a meeting of their foreign ministers this month and possibly before the middle of next week, though no date or location has yet been chosen, a senior Turkish official said on Wednesday.

Reuters

Ukraine and Russia Agree Prisoner Swap in Ankara Talks

Russia and Ukraine have agreed on an exchange of 40 prisoners of war, Russian Human Rights Commissioner Tatyana Moskalkova said on Wednesday after meeting her Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Lubinets in Türkiye. Moskalkova and Lubinets met on the sidelines of an international ombudsman conference in Ankara. Photos showed them sitting on…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukraine says mining town holding out against Russian assault

The fate of a devastated salt-mining town in eastern Ukraine is hanging in the balance

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Russian, Ukrainian rights commissioners meet in Turkey

Russian Human Rights Commissioner Tatiana Moskalkova and her Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Lubinets met in the Turkish capital on Wednesday for talks expected to focus on humanitarian assistance.

Reuters

Russia to rescue ISS crew on backup rocket after capsule leak

Russia said on Wednesday it would launch another Soyuz spacecraft next month to bring home two cosmonauts and a U.S. astronaut from the International Space Station after their original capsule was struck by a micrometeoroid and started leaking last month.

Reuters

Protests to save a village from being swallowed by a coal mine expose Germany's climate conflict

Germany made a strong return to coal burning after the war in Ukraine cut off Russian gas supplies.

Fortune

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 322

As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its 322nd day, we take a look at the main developments.

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Russia's Wagner Says it Controls Ukraine's Soledar

The head of Russia's mercenary group Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, said early Wednesday his fighters had taken control of Ukraine's city of Soledar after intense fighting this week, but some "urban battles" continued. "Wagner units have taken control of the whole territory of Soledar," Prigozhin said through his press service on…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Zelenskyy revokes Ukrainian citizenship of Putin ally Medvedchuk

Ukraine’s president has stripped four people of citizenship, including a Kremlin ally transferred in a prisoner swap.

Al Jazeera

Russia replaces military commander in Ukraine in latest reshuffle

Russia again replaced its top commander in Ukraine on Wednesday, putting army chief of staff Valery Gerasimov in charge of its forces in the conflict, as fighting continued to rage for control of the eastern salt-mining town of Soledar. Earlier, Poland's President Andrzej Duda said during a visit to Kyiv…

France 24

Ukraine news – live: Claims Russia’s Wagner group has seized Soledar denied by Kyiv

The group – run by an ally of Vladimir Putin – has claimed control of the town, but Kyiv says there is intense fighting there and around the nearby city of Bakhmut

The Independent UK

Russia’s Wagner Group chief says troops have taken Soledar

Eastern Ukrainian town renowned for its salt mines has been at the centre of days of fierce fighting.

Al Jazeera

U.S. Patriot training confirms participation in Ukraine conflict-Russian ambassador

U.S. plans to train Ukrainian servicemen in the use of Patriot missiles provides further proof of Washington's participation in the Ukraine conflict, Russia's ambassador to the United States said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Russia and China ready for quick travel resumption - TASS cites Chinese envoy

Russia and China are ready to resume mutual travel as soon as possible and deepen their strategic cooperation, Zhang Hanhui, China's ambassador to Russia told the Russian state TASS news agency in remarks published on Wednesday.

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Zelenskiy strips Putin ally Medvedchuk, three others of Ukrainian citizenship

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy stripped four political figures of their Ukrainian citizenship on Tuesday, including pro-Kremlin politician Viktor Medvedchuk who was transferred to Russia last year in a prisoner swap deal.

Reuters

Ukraine says troops hold out in corpse-strewn battlefield of Soledar

Ukraine said on Thursday its troops were holding out despite heavy fighting on a battlefield littered with bodies in a salt mining town in eastern Ukraine, where Russian mercenaries have claimed Moscow's first significant gain in half a year.

The Guardian - UK

Head of Russia’s Wagner group says his troops have taken control of Soledar

Yevgeny Prigozhin poses with some of his mercenaries in Ukrainian town renowned for its salt mines

Reuters

Russia's Wagner says it controls Ukrainian town of Soledar, fighting continues

The head of Russia's private military firm Wagner on Tuesday said his forces had taken control of the eastern Ukrainian mining town of Soledar but that fighting continued, Russian news agencies reported.

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Russian head of children's book jury resigns after war propaganda allegations

The Russian head of a jury awarding the biennial Hans Christian Andersen prize for children's literature announced her resignation on Tuesday, after allegations of her involvement in Russian war propaganda.

Reuters

Ukraine says its need for more weapons crucial, since Russia plans escalation

The need for the West to supply Ukraine with an increased number of modern weapons is critical because Russia is gathering forces for another escalation, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday.

ABC News

Russian mercenaries from the Wagner group owned by a key Putin ally are stoking influence in resource-rich Central African Republic

While Vladimir Putin desperately rallies support for his war in Ukraine, a network of paramilitary mercenaries known as the Wagner Group is shoring up his power in resource-rich central Africa, more than 5,000 kilometres away.

The Independent UK

Russia steps up assault on eastern Ukraine – as US to provide weapons training to Kyiv’s troops

While Ukraine can count on the support of Western nations, Moscow appears to be sustaining heavy losses in both troops and equiment

Fortune

Putin's stalled Ukraine war could make Russia a failed state by 2033, global strategists say

Economic collapse and social upheaval could be in the cards for Russia and Putin by 2033.

Asharq Al-Awsat

German FM Promises Weapons and EU Accession Help on Surprise Ukraine Trip

Germany's Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock made a surprise visit to the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv near the Russian border on Tuesday, promising more weapons as well as "concrete offers" to help the country's accession to the European Union. In a statement ahead of a meeting with Foreign Minister Dmytro…

The Independent UK

Ukrainian troops to train on Patriot system in Oklahoma

About 100 Ukrainians will head to Oklahoma’s Fort Sill soon to begin training on the Patriot missile defense system the U.S. and Germany have pledged to help protect its from Russia's ongoing barrage of its civilian population and infrastructure

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