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Russia to Hold Sweeping Joint War Games with China, Others

Russia said Monday it will launch sweeping military drills in the country’s east that will involve forces from China — a show of increasingly close defense ties between Moscow and Beijing amid tensions with the West over the Kremlin’s action in Ukraine. The Russian Defense Ministry said that the Vostok…

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Ukraine Says it Has Begun Counter-Offensive to Retake Russian-Held South

Ukrainian troops bolstered by stepped-up supplies of Western military aid on Monday started a long-awaited counter-offensive to retake territory in the south seized by Russian forces since their invasion six months ago. However, the southern port city of Mykoliav came under heavy Russian shelling, with the mayor saying homes had…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Johnson complains about Putin "smears"

Johnson says the Wisconsin press is "basically saying that I'm a tool of Russia, which I am not"

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Proxy war between East and West in Serbia, President Vucic says

Serbia wants to join the EU while keeping strong relations with its gas supplier Russia and key investor China.

Al Jazeera

Russia-Ukraine war: A weekly recap and look ahead (Aug. 29)

Catch up on key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

WEKU

Ukraine launches long-awaited counteroffensive to retake Russian-occupied Kherson

Russia took large areas of southern Ukraine in the opening days of the war.

Axios

Former US Ambassador to Russia says Putin won’t recover from Ukraine defeat

The US is sending an additional $3bn arms package to Kyiv as the war there enters its’ seventh month

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Russia alleges second Ukrainian involved in Darya Dugina killing

Security service claims without evidence that man helped assemble car bomb that exploded near Moscow

The Guardian - UK

Russia ships S-300 air defence missiles out of Syria - satellite images

Russia has shipped a battery of S-300 anti-aircraft missiles from Syria to a Russian port near Crimea, according to an Israeli satellite imaging company, in an apparent attempt to bolster its air defences in the war with Ukraine.

Reuters

Ukrainians brave nuclear risk to escape Russian-ruled south

Thousands of people fleeing Russia-controlled areas of south Ukraine are arriving in a city near Europe's largest nuclear plant despite fears of a radiation leak from fighting. For many, the shelling in their hometowns is a more urgent danger.

Reuters

Ukraine strike hits fuel depot at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant - Russian-installed officials

Officials installed by Russia in Ukraine said on Monday that a Ukrainian missile strike punched a hole in the roof of a fuel depot at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the RIA Novosti news agency reported.

Reuters

Radiation levels normal at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant following Ukrainian missile strike - Russian-backed officials

Russian-installed officials in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia said radiation levels at the region's nuclear power plant were normal and the situation there was under control, the RIA Novosti news agency reported.

Reuters

UN team heads to Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant amid fresh Russian strikes nearby

Recent spate of shellings has raised fears of radiation disaster at the occupied power station

The Independent UK

East and West clash in a proxy conflict over Serbia, President Vucic says

Serbia is the stage for a proxy war between East and West, President Aleksandar Vucic said on Monday, as Belgrade seeks to maintain a delicate balancing act between its ambition to join the European Union and its ties with Russia and China.

Reuters

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The Guardian - UK

‘I call it the doghouse’: slow progress on rebuilding ruined homes near Kyiv

Little help is on offer from Ukrainian authorities five months after Russians’ retreat

The Independent UK

US attacks Russia’s ‘cynical obstructionism’ for blocking UN nuclear treaty

‘After weeks of intensive but productive negotiations, the Russian Federation alone decided to block consensus on a final document’

The Hindu

How India looks at the Ukraine and Taiwan crises

Even as Russia’s Ukraine invasion completed six months on August 24, India voted against a Russian m

Reuters

Russia sharply scales back Far East war games with China

Russian military exercises in the Far East this week will take place on a far smaller scale than when they were last held in 2018, reflecting the strain on Moscow's forces as they struggle to make headway on the battlefields of eastern Ukraine.

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Zelenskiy blames Russia as Europe counts cost of gas crisis

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy accused Russia of economic terrorism on Monday as the cost of Europe's energy crisis spiralled with Germany on the hook for at least 19 billion euros to bail out its biggest importer of Russian gas.

WEKU

After a deadly jail blast, Ukrainians want answers about war prisoners held by Russia

The families of Ukrainian soldiers imprisoned by Russian forces have embarked on a desperate search for information after a deadly explosion at the Olenivka prison.

Reuters

Despite shelling, family life goes on in cellar in eastern Ukraine

Bogdan and Olga have had no electricity, gas or running water for more than a month in their village near the frontline in eastern Ukraine, but they have no plans to leave.

Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin’s police detain wealthy Russian drivers flaunting flashy cars in Moscow

Footage shows the crackdown against the wealthy drivers flaunting their foreign vehicles on Moscow’s streets, as huge numbers of Russian soldiers are dying in the war in Ukraine

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Companies feel burn of prolonged suspensions of operation in Russia

Six months after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the adverse effects on Japanese companies operating in Russia are growing. Their production, shipment and sales have been suspended due to supply chain interruptions in Russia, and most of the firms have no prospect of resuming operations.

Al Jazeera

Did sanctions really hurt the Russian economy?

Six months after the Kremlin sent troops into Ukraine, the Russian economy finds itself at a crossroads.

The Independent UK

Russia to hold sweeping joint war games with China, others

The Russian military says it will launch sweeping military drills in the country’s east that will involve forces from China

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