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Russian ambassador claims the US urged him to defect and condemn Vladimir Putin

Anatoly Antonov claimed there were more attempts by US authorities to encourage defections. He claimed Russian staffers at the embassy are being handed cards inviting them to "communicate with FBI agents”

Daily Mirror

Biden and Bolsonaro to have awkward first meeting at Americas summit

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and his U.S. counterpart Joe Biden have never seen eye-to-eye, but they have agreed to an awkward, hastily arranged meeting in Los Angeles on Thursday for their own different motives.

Reuters

First Thing: Matthew McConaughey in emotional plea for gun control at White House

Actor and gun owner describes ‘window where real change can happen’ as he reflects on his home town of Uvalde. Plus, the Congolese student fighting for Russia

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Russian TV presenter in withering rant against Boris Johnson after vote of confidence

Russian anchor Olga Skabeyeva has been nicknamed Vladimir Putin's "Iron Doll" and is one of his chief propagandists with her presenting role on Rossiya-1 TV channel

Daily Mirror

‘I won’t apologise’: Angela Merkel defends relationship with Putin

‘Diplomacy was not wrong if it doesn’t succeed,’ Merkel says

The Independent UK

Russian army base sees scramble for Ukraine war supplies, some locals and soldiers say

The town of Valuyki in western Russia has become a crucial staging post in the latest phase of Russia’s war over the nearby border in Ukraine. Throughout last month, helicopters buzzed overhead, military vehicles clogged the roads, and soldiers prepared for combat at a huge military base there.

Reuters

Vladimir Putin begins moving long-range rockets thousands of miles across Russia

Vladimir Putin's Russian Red Army-era long-range "Hurricane" launcher can fire a salvo of 16 rockets in less than 20 seconds and engage targets up to 20 miles away

Daily Mirror

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Live updates | Turkey on food corridors: UN plan 'feasible'

Turkish foreign minister has described as “feasible” a plan by the United Nations for a grain corridor to carry Ukrainian agricultural products

The Independent UK

Trudy Rubin: Putin’s new war crime: Starving world’s poor by blocking Ukraine’s grain exports

You may think you’ve seen every horror in Russia’s kit of war crimes against Ukraine (short of weapons of mass destruction).

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Angela Merkel, Who Opposed Ukraine Joining NATO In 2014, Has No Regrets Over Handling Of Vladimir Putin

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel has reportedly said that she tried hard to prevent the Russian invasion of Ukraine during her time in office. What Happened: In an interview with the German journalist and author, Alexander Osang, Merkel said she does not blame herself for not trying hard enough for Ukraine.

Benzinga

Germany's Scholz fills Ukraine's Zelenskiy in on Putin call -govt spokesperson

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz discussed over the phone with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy his May 28 phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, a German government spokesperson said on Wednesday.

Reuters

Ukraine in race to export millions of tonnes of food as Putin ‘blackmails’ world with port blockade

Businesses are struggling to move vital grain supplies out of Ukraine and wary of any deal with Putin to ease blockade on Black Sea ports

The Independent UK

Why did Russia invade Ukraine? The conflict explained

Vladimir Putin’s military assault continues in face of near-unanimous international condemnation

The Independent UK

Ukraine’s defenders cling on as Russia steps up its blitz on Severodonetsk

The MoD says Ukrainian defences are ‘holding’ in the industrial city in the Luhansk province of the eastern Donbas region

Evening Standard

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The Congolese student fighting with pro-Russia separatists in Ukraine

Jean Claude Sangwa took up arms in Luhansk – and his pro-Moscow views are mainstream in much of Africa

The Independent UK

Russia admits to sending 600 conscripts to fight in Ukraine

Conscripts were returned to Russia ‘as soon as possible’, a military prosecutor claimed

The Guardian - UK

No regrets over handling of Vladimir Putin, says Angela Merkel

Former German chancellor claims her opposition to Ukraine’s Nato membership helped country

Evening Standard

Bring ‘much-loved’ captured Aiden Aslin home, say his emotional family

‘Aiden is a much-loved man and very much missed, and we hope that he will be released very soon,’ his family said.

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The Independent UK

No apologies: Germany's Merkel defends approach to Ukraine

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel has defended her approach to Ukraine and Russia during her 16 years as leader of Germany

Los Angeles Times

Brad Pitt invokes Ukraine in revised Chateau Miraval lawsuit against Angelina Jolie

LOS ANGELES — Brad Pitt has put the weight of the war in Ukraine behind his Chateau Miraval winery lawsuit against ex-wife Angelina Jolie, filing an updated complaint Friday in Los Angeles County Superior Court.

France 24

Confronting colonial past: What's at stake in Belgian king's visit to DR Congo?

Imperialism is a word on a lot of lips these days. Ukrainians use it to denounce an invasion that they say recalls the days of Czarist Russia, while Vladimir Putin uses it to rally support against the US and its allies. In the spotlight over the next week is one…

The Guardian - UK

Mystery Russian superyacht sets sail for the US after Fiji court ruling

Russian oil boss linked to ‘Putin’s yacht’ at centre of US court case

Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin 'orders assassination of hitman who poisoned Alexander Litvinenko'

The death of Dmitry Kovtun, wanted in Britain for the murder of Alexander Litvinenkod, was revealed on Saturday and claims have been made by Telegram channel General SVR citing inside sources in the Kremlin

Reuters

Russian parliament votes to tighten "foreign agents" law

The lower house of Russia's parliament on Tuesday gave initial approval to a bill further tightening the country’s laws against "foreign agents", at a time when President Vladimir Putin has warned the Russian people to watch out for traitors.

The Conversation

Russian roulette in Ukraine: Is Vladimir Putin powerful, or just lucky?

Has Vladimir Putin amassed more power than anyone else in the world? Forbes magazine picked him as the world’s most powerful person three years in a row (from 2013 to 2015). A 2018 CNN documentary portrayed him in the same way.

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