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Timeline: Six months of Russia’s war in Ukraine

On February 24, Russia launched a full-scale assault on Ukraine. These are the main events of the war over six months.

Al Jazeera

Ukrainians, weary but defiant, mark Independence Day amid fears of new attacks

Ukrainians revelled in a surreal display of burnt-out Russian tanks and armour laid out this week as war trophies in central Kyiv to mark the 31st anniversary of independence, but fears of fresh Russian attacks lurked behind their show of defiance.

Reuters

Ukraine is holding Russia to a bloody stalemate, but winning the information war

Ukraine’s day of independence, 24th August, is being met by apprehension as much as celebration by Ukrainians and their supporters worldwide. The Russian regime has threatened retribution with strikes against civilian targets across the country. US diplomats have been ordered out of Kyiv, just in case.

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Britons must endure ‘short-term pain’ of energy bills so Putin is defeated, minister warns

Armed forces minister James Heappey admitted that a ‘really expensive winter lies ahead’ for many UK families

Evening Standard

'Reborn' Ukraine marks independence six months after Russian invasion

Ukraine’s main cities were unusually quiet on Wednesday, Ukraine's independence day, after President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that Russia could use the occasion to launch more missile attacks six months after the start of the invasion.

Radio France Internationale

Russia ‘in very fragile position’ and bracing for ‘major’ Ukrainian counterattack, say UK

Advance of Russian troops ‘can be measured in metres, not miles’, UK defence secretary says

The Independent UK

Putin says forest fires could worsen in European Russia, Far East

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday there was a risk that forest fires could worsen in both the European part of Russia and in its far east.

Reuters

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Ex-mayor arrested on charges of discrediting Russian army

The former mayor of Russia’s fourth-largest city has been arrested on charges of discrediting the country’s military

The Independent UK

Ukraine marks six months of war with Russia

Ukraine and its western backers are contemplating how long the fighting could go on.

Axios

Ukraine invasion: Six months of Putin’s war unravels Russia’s superpower image

LONDON: Six months into President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, the war has upended fundamental assumptions about Russia’s military and economy.

The Times of India

Geoff Baker: Kraken among NHL teams tapping into Finnish talent surge

SEATTLE — Finland coming mere inches from a stunning upset at the just completed IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship in Edmonton, Alberta, is yet another sign of its emergence as a global power in the sport.

Tribune News Service

Analysis-Putin bets winter gas chokehold will yield Ukraine peace - on his terms

Cold winters helped Moscow defeat Napoleon and Hitler. President Vladimir Putin is now betting that sky-rocketing energy prices and possible shortages this winter will persuade Europe to strong arm Ukraine into a truce -- on Russia's terms.

Reuters

Ukraine will fight to the end: Zelenskyy’s Independence Day vow

Ukraine celebrates 31 years of independence from the Soviet Union, and also marks six months since start of invasion.

Al Jazeera

Russia detains opposition politician for calling Ukraine war ‘an invasion’

Ex-Ekaterinburg mayor Yevgeny Roizman said he was to be charged under laws banning criticism of armed forces

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The Independent UK

Ben Wallace says UK can ‘certainly toughen up’ visa conditions for Russians

The Defence Secretary said he does not like watching oligarchs’ wives “enjoying themselves in Greece or the South of France”.

The Independent UK

UK imports from Russia collapsed 97% after Ukraine invasion, official figures show

June was the first month on record that the UK imported no fuel from Russia

The Independent UK

Former Russian mayor arrested on charges of discrediting Vladimir Putin’s army

Former mayor of Yekaterinburg arrested amid new crackdown on war critics

Al Jazeera

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 182

As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its 182nd day, we take a look at the main developments.

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Ex-mayor Arrested on Charges of Discrediting Russian Army

The former mayor of Russia's fourth-largest city was arrested Wednesday on charges of discrediting the country's military, part of a crackdown on critics of Moscow's military action in Ukraine. Police arrested Yevgeny Roizman, 59 who served as the mayor of Yekaterinburg in 2013-2018, following searches at his apartment and office,…

The Independent UK

Liz Truss says Ukraine will ‘have no greater ally’ than the UK if she is made PM

Truss promises to declassify more intelligence to expose Russian misinformation

The Independent UK

How to help and support the people of Ukraine as war reaches six-month point

From writing to your MP to sending donations, here are some of the ways in which you can help the people of Ukraine

Zenger

Ukrainian Marines Track And Kill Russian Troops In Donetsk

This footage shows how Ukrainian marines tracked and killed Russian soldiers hiding in damaged buildings in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine.

Chicago Tribune

Commentary: Putin’s war in Ukraine is making shameful history for Russia once again

Tuesday marked an uncomfortable anniversary for Russian President Vladimir Putin. On that day in 1939, Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union entered into a partnership that paved the way for war just one week later. Defending Soviet dictator Josef Stalin’s decision to formally collaborate with Adolf Hitler to secretly carve…

Reuters

Russian Defence Minister Shoigu: military campaign in Ukraine 'deliberately' slowed to reduce civilian casualties

Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Wednesday that the slowing pace of Russia's military campaign in Ukraine was deliberate, and driven by the need to reduce civilian casualties.

The Independent UK

Ukraine: Cosying up to Russia would make cost of living crisis ‘100 times worse’, says minister

Trying to repair relations with Moscow would be ‘catastrophic’, says UK Armed Forces minister

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