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The Latest Breaking News from Ukraine

Russia to formally annex four occupied Ukrainian regions

Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhia set to be incorporated into Russia at a ceremony in Moscow on Friday.

Al Jazeera

Why is Russia sending oil and gas workers to fight in Ukraine? It may signal more energy cutoffs ahead

Russia’s effort to conscript 300,000 reservists to counter Ukraine’s military advances in Kharkiv has drawn a lot of attention from military and political analysts. But there’s also a potential energy angle.

The Conversation

Russia plans to annex parts of Eastern Ukraine – an Eastern European expert explains 3 key things to know about the regions at stake

Russia is set to formally annex four occupied territories in eastern Ukraine, claiming the region as its own more than six months after it first invaded its neighboring country.

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Latvian election shadowed by division among ethnic Russians

Latvians will be voting on Saturday in a general election that has been substantially influenced by neighboring Russia’s attack on Ukraine, political disintegration among the Baltic country’s sizable ethnic-Russian minority as well as issues around the economy, including high energy costs

The Independent UK

Finland announces Russian tourist ban in solidarity with Ukraine

Decision taken to prevent damage to country’s reputation, says Helsinki

The Independent UK

External Affairs Minister Jaishankar indicates F-16 issue came up with Blinken

At Wednesday’s briefing Mr Jaishankar said the energy fallout of the Ukraine conflict also featured widely in his talks.

The Hindu

Russia’s annexation gamble: Why is Putin raising the stakes?

Russian political insiders say move to formally seize Ukrainian territory underscores Moscow’s refusal to back down.

Al Jazeera

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Bulgaria to hold election overshadowed by war in Ukraine

Bulgarians will go to the polls for the fourth time in less than two years in a general election overshadowed this time by the war in Ukraine, rising energy costs and galloping inflation

The Independent UK

Ukraine's offensive in Kharkiv was hard and bitter, say soldiers who did the fighting

While Ukraine's counteroffensive this month was hailed as stunning by military observers, Ukrainian troops tell NPR that Russian forces put up stiff resistance in parts of the Kharkiv region.

WEKU

Russia to annex four occupied regions of Ukraine on Friday

The expected annexation will dramatically raise the stakes in the war.

Axios

New York Times reveals details of Russian soldiers’ calls

Battlefield conversations highlight the disarray of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and reference civilian killings.

Al Jazeera

Hungary cannot support any new EU energy sanctions against Russia - govt

Hungary cannot support the European Union's planned eighth round of sanctions against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine if those contain energy sanctions, Prime Minister Viktor Orban's chief of staff said on Thursday.

Reuters

Factbox-Russia's annexation plan in Ukraine: Kremlin signing ceremony

President Vladimir Putin will host a signing ceremony in the Kremlin on Friday to incorporate four Ukrainian regions into Russia, a major step towards formally annexing around 15% of Ukraine.

Reuters

Ukraine war: why Russians fleeing conscription should be treated as refugees

People fleeing across borders is a hallmark of armed conflict. We first saw millions of Ukrainians flee the country when the Russians invaded Ukraine in February this year. Now there are reports of hundreds of thousands of Russians fleeing their country in order to avoid Russia’s first mobilisation since the…

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Russia to annex four regions of Ukraine on Friday

Vladimir Putin will attend a ceremony in the Kremlin

Evening Standard

Now the Americans are worried that Vladimir Putin may well hit the nuclear button

President Biden is an old man. This is not something American officials and those close to the White House are usually keen to signal but this week — as Russia made repeated thinly veiled threats to use nuclear weapons over Ukraine — they were. The commander-in-chief has vivid memories of…

The Guardian - UK

Putin signs decrees paving way for annexing Ukraine territories of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia

Kremlin says decrees recognise two regions as independent, ahead of Friday’s expected speech on annexation of four regions of Ukraine

The Guardian - UK

Russia escalating use of Iranian ‘kamikaze’ drones in Ukraine

Hundreds of weapons may now have been deployed in Crimea and occupied areas of the south

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Salon

Biden, Putin, Trump and the hurricane

Facing rising danger of nuclear war and a massive hurricane, Joe Biden hits an inflection point. Is he up for it?

Evening Standard

Russia says it will annex four more parts of Ukraine after ‘sham’ referendums

President Volodymyr Zelensky has warned Russia of a ‘very harsh’ response if Moscow goes ahead with annexations

The Independent UK

Kremlin: 4 regions of Ukraine to be folded in Russia Friday

Russia has confirmed it will formally annex parts of Ukraine where occupied areas held a Kremlin-orchestrated “referendum” on living under Moscow’s rule that the Ukrainian government and the West denounced as illegal and rigged

Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin to declare four Ukraine regions part of Russia TOMORROW

Russian media said despot Vladimir Putin will sign four accession treaties, which will annexe parts of Ukraine currently held by the Kremlin's troops

Reuters

Putin to annex four Ukrainian territories in Kremlin ceremony on Friday

Russian President Vladimir Putin will on Friday begin formally annexing 15% of Ukrainian territory, presiding at a ceremony in the Kremlin to declare four Ukrainian regions part of Russia.

Daily Mirror

12 powerful Vladimir Putin critics and oligarchs found dead since start of Ukraine war

Last week another of the warmonger's close allies Ivan Pechorin, 39, met his maker after reportedly falling into the sea off his boat as he sailed close to Russky Island off Russia's Pacific coast

Reuters

Italy will not recognise outcome of Russian 'referenda' - Draghi

Italy will not recognise the outcome of the "referenda" in Russian-controlled areas of Ukraine, Prime Minister Mario Draghi told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Thursday.

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