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Russian casualties in Ukraine top 80,000, says US

Vladimir Putin’s forces are taking ‘tremendous number of casualties’, top US official says

The Independent UK

US announces fresh military and financial aid for Ukraine

Russia suffered 70,000 to 80,000 casualties – troops killed or wounded in action – since war began, US official says.

Ukraine: head of occupied Zaporizhzhia plans referendum on joining Russia

Pro-Russian head of administration signs decree to start preparations, as Moscow plans to annex seized territory

The Guardian - UK

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Vladimir Putin gives 'orders to prepare for use of tactical nuclear weapons' in Ukraine

Russian leader Vladimir Putin is accused of preparing a response to a fake scenario involving an attack on a nuclear…

Scholz party rejects bid to expel German ex-leader Schroeder

Local officials with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s party rejected a bid to expel former Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder over his close…

The Independent UK

What America’s Great Unwinding Would Mean for the World

The conundrum facing America’s allies is how to cope with a great imperial power in decline that is still a…

Kremlin: No Basis for Meeting Between Putin, Zelenskiy

The Kremlin said on Monday there was no basis for a meeting between the Russian and Ukrainian presidents at the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran Denies Reports Claiming Russia Will Use its New Satellite in Ukraine War

Iran announced on Sunday that its satellite, scheduled to be launched by Russia next week, will be under its control…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukrainian woman challenges Putin by telling Russians about war on porn and gambling sites

Images and videos for Russian and Belarussian audiences used to counter Kremlin’s propaganda

The Independent UK

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Blow for Vladimir Putin as elite special forces commander killed in Ukraine war

Nikolay Gorban, a Russian commander in the elite FSB Spetsnaz special forces troops, died “somewhere in Ukraine on August 2”…

Russia ‘highly likely’ to be using indiscriminate ‘butterfly mines’ in eastern Ukraine, UK warns

Deeply controversial PFM-1 mines allegedly maimed high numbers of children who mistook them for toys during the Soviet-Afghan conflict, the…

Evening Standard

Ukraine, Russia trade blame for nuclear plant shelling amid global alarm

Kyiv and Moscow traded blame on Monday for the weekend shelling of Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear complex amid international alarm that…

‘Even from behind prison bars in Russia, I can see opposition to Putin’s war growing’

Every day is the same in prison, a monotonous routine from the moment we are woken up by the sounds…

Irish Independent

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Russian-appointed Kherson mayor was poisoned by chef, claims news agency

The Russian-appointed mayor of Kherson was poisoned by a chef who was brought into his household a day before he…

Irish Independent

‘Putin’s chef’ trawls jails for convicts to join group of mercenaries

The Kremlin insider known as “Putin’s chef” personally toured Russian prisons to recruit 1,000 convicts to fight for his Wagner…

Irish Independent

Ukraine investigating nearly 26,000 alleged war crimes

Just 15 of 135 people charged are in custody, prosecutor says

The Independent UK

Ukraine nuclear power plant shelled again

Ukraine says Europe’s largest nuclear power plant has again been hit with shelling as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy rails against “Russian…

Winter is coming: And it’ll test EU unity against Russia

An energy crisis will acquaint Europeans with the costs of imposing such stiff economic sanctions

Truss told Scotland to 'get lost' with Nicola Sturgeon swipe, says Gordon Brown

GORDON Brown has condemned the “muscular Unionism” on display in the Tory leadership race as he accused Liz Truss of…

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Russia’s private military contractor Wagner comes out of the shadows in Ukraine war

Mercenary group does not officially exist but is playing a more public role and openly recruiting in Russia

The Guardian - UK

Lindsey Graham among senators throwing support behind Pelosi's Taiwan trip

Following Pelosi's controversial trip to the island nation, the Chinese military began live ammunition drills, launching 11 ballistic missiles into…

‘China is watching’: Senators push for more support for Ukraine, Taiwan

They see a connection between the situations thousands of miles apart.

Syria's Kurds Face US, Russian 'Betrayals'

A few days ago, an Arab official asked Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov about the secret behind the unique cooperation…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Erdogan Says Putin Asked Him to Cooperate with Assad Regime

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Saturday that his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin asked him to cooperate with Bashar al-Assad’s…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Putin fires at least six Russian commanders over 'poor' battlefield performance

The Ministry of Defence’s latest assessment said 10 top generals had been killed in conflict and six sacked since Putin’s…