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Vladimir Putin used to call out America for its hubris. Now he appears to have fallen into the same trap

Vladimir Putin has regularly warned the West of the dangers of getting stuck in foreign conflicts. So why does he appear to be ignoring his own advice and wading deeper and deeper into his ruinous war with Ukraine?

ABC News

Zelenskiy: armed forces achieved 'significant results' in eastern Ukraine

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Friday said Kyiv's forces had achieved "significant results" in the east of the country and mentioned the Russian-occupied stronghold of Lyman, but without giving details.

Reuters

With pomp, bluster and ceremony, Putin defies West in speech

Russian President Vladimir Putin has cast his move to absorb four Ukrainian regions as part of an existential battle for Russia's very survival against an aggressive West

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Ukraine says troops closing in on key Russian-held stronghold of Lyman

Ukrainian troops have captured two villages that lie very close to the eastern Russian-occupied stronghold of Lyman, officials said on Friday, in the clearest sign yet the town could soon fall.

Reuters

Biden says Putin's actions on Ukraine are sign he's struggling

President Joe Biden said on Friday that Russian President Vladimir Putin's annexation of parts of Ukraine are a sign he is struggling and warned Russia that the United States will defend "every inch" of NATO territory.

Reuters

Russia's Putin signs decree on routine autumn conscription - TASS

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree setting out the routine autumn conscription campaign, calling 120,000 citizens up for statutory military service, the state news agency TASS reported on Friday.

Reuters

IMF board approves new food shock financing window to ease war shortages

The International Monetary Fund said its executive board approved a new mechanism for low-condition emergency loans to help vulnerable countries cope with food shortages and rising costs stemming from Russia's war in Ukraine.

Reuters

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Putin says Russia will win Ukraine war at concert celebrating seizure of four regions

Putin ranted at spectators watching a televised patriotic pop concert on Moscow's Red Square on Friday that Russia would achieve victory in its seven-month-old military campaign with Ukraine

Daily Mirror

Nobel Prize Season Arrives amid War, Nuclear Fears, Hunger

This year's Nobel Prize season approaches as Russia's invasion of Ukraine has shattered decades of almost uninterrupted peace in Europe and raised the risks of a nuclear disaster. The secretive Nobel committees never hint who will win the prizes in medicine, physics, chemistry, literature, economics or peace. It's anyone's guess…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Nord Stream leaks: where will Europe get its gas from now?

Accusations continue to fly about the cause of major leaks from the two Nord Stream pipelines transporting gas through the Baltic Sea from Russia to Europe.

The Conversation

NATO Says Putin’s ‘Serious Escalation’ Will Not Deter It from Supporting Ukraine

NATO accused Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday of provoking "the most serious escalation" of the war in Ukraine since it began, but said he would not succeed in deterring the alliance from supporting Kyiv. "We have the combination of the mobilization in Russia, combined with the reckless, dangerous nuclear…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Behind the shining pomp of the Red Square rally is a Russia in turmoil

As a Moscow concert marked Putin’s declaration of the annexation of four regions of Ukraine, the backlash to mobilisation reached fever pitch

The Guardian - UK

Russians push baseless theory blaming US for burst pipeline

The Kremlin and Russian state media are aggressively pushing a baseless conspiracy theory blaming the U.S. for damage to natural gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea

The Independent UK

Putin tells Red Square concert Russia will achieve victory in Ukraine

President Vladimir Putin told invited spectators watching a televised patriotic pop concert on Moscow's Red Square on Friday that Russia would achieve victory in its seven-month-old military campaign with Ukraine.

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Putin Celebrates Annexation: People in the 4 Regions Are Becoming Our Citizens Forever

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday cast his move to absorb four Ukrainian regions as part of an existential battle for Russia's very survival against an aggressive West, a blustery show of his readiness to further up the ante in the conflict in Ukraine that has now entered its eighth…

Tribune News Service

Ukraine bids to join NATO despite long odds against wartime move

Ukraine formally applied to join NATO Friday, but the alliance is likely to react cautiously to avoid provoking a full-blown conflict with Russia since members are pledged to come to each other’s defense.

Tribune News Service

Putin vows annexation of occupied Ukraine lands is ‘forever’

Vladimir Putin vowed his annexation of four occupied regions in Ukraine is irreversible, as the Russian president formalized Europe’s biggest land grab since World War II and accused the West of trying to subjugate his country.

Reuters

U.S. has not seen action suggesting Russia is contemplating using nuclear weapons - Blinken

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Friday the United States has not to date seen Russia take any action that suggests it is contemplating the use of nuclear weapons, despite what he decried as "loose talk" by President Vladimir Putin about their possible use.

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France 24

Russia is not cooperating with us on Ukraine, ICC says

The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court spoke about alleged war crimes in Ukraine with FRANCE 24, Karim A. A. Khan KC urged Russia to cooperate with the ICC and said "we've got no political agenda". Asked about Russian FM Sergei Lavrov's claim that the ICC is not investigating…

Los Angeles Times

US sanctions Russia after Putin annexes parts of Ukraine

WASHINGTON — The United States and Group of 7 allies responded Friday to what they called Russia's illegitimate annexation of Ukrainian territories, issuing a new round of sanctions and warning other nations that they will be similarly punished should they support the Kremlin's latest move.

Al Jazeera

US announces ‘severe’ Russia sanctions over annexation in Ukraine

Joe Biden accuses Moscow of ‘trampling on the United Nations Charter’ as US targets hundreds in new sanctions package.

Asharq Al-Awsat

IMF Says Ukraine War Prompts Worst Global Food Crisis Since at Least 2008

The Ukraine war's disruptions to grain and fertilizer flows have prompted the worst food security crisis since at least the one following the 2007-2008 global financial meltdown, with some 345 million people now facing life-threatening shortages, the International Monetary Fund said on Friday. A new IMF research paper estimates that…

Reuters

NATO says Putin's 'serious escalation' will not deter it from supporting Ukraine

Zenger

Azerbaijan’s Response To Russia’s Invasion Has Included Plans For Increased Energy Exports To Europe

Azerbaijan has pledged to increase natural gas imports to Europe following the start of the war - echoing similarity to the EU.

Reuters

Russia vetoes UN resolution on proclaimed annexations, China abstains

Russia on Friday vetoed a UN Security Council resolution introduced by the United States and Albania condemning Moscow's proclaimed annexation of parts of Ukraine, with Russia's strategic partner China abstaining from the vote.

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