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Russia faces first foreign default since 1918 – here's how it could complicate Putin's ability to wage war in Ukraine

Russia may be on the cusp of its first default on its foreign debt since the Bolsheviks ousted Czar Nicholas II a century ago.

The Conversation

Russian TV host's furious outburst after warship Moskva sinks: 'How could you lose it?'

Vladimir Solovyov was articulating the Kremlin leader’s own anger when he launched a full-frontal attack on the Navy over the sinking of the Moskva in a nationwide broadcast

Daily Mirror

Two Captured Britons Appear on Russian State TV, Ask to Be Swapped

Two British fighters captured in Ukraine by Russian forces appeared on Russian state TV on Monday and asked to be exchanged for a pro-Russian politician who is being held by the Ukrainian authorities. It was unclear how freely the two men - Shaun Pinner and Aiden Aslin - were able…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Two British fighters captured by Russia ask to be exchanged for Putin ally ‘Prince of Darkness’

Shaun Pinner and Aiden Aslin ask Boris Johnson to bring them back to UK

The Independent UK

Putin ally held in Ukraine suggests prisoner swap for Mariupol forces - video

Pro-Russian Ukrainian politician Viktor Medvedchuk appealed in a video released by Ukraine's security service on Monday to be handed over to Moscow in a prisoner swap for Ukrainian forces and civilians trapped in the besieged city of Mariupol.

Reuters

Two captured British fighters ask to be swapped with Vladimir Putin ally ‘the prince of darkness’

They asked British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to help bring them home in exchange for Ukraine releasing Viktor Medvedchuk

Evening Standard

Fukuyama: We can still save democracy

The man who brought us "The End of History" says America faces long-term "political decay," but it's not too late

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Why has Russia invaded Ukraine? The conflict explained

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

The Independent UK

How likely is it that Russia will launch a nuclear attack?

Vladimir Putin has placed the Kremlin’s strategic nuclear weapons forces on ‘high alert’, prompting fears over what could happen next

The Independent UK

Vladimir Putin's nuclear bomber planes called 'Bears' fly in Ukraine striking distance

Video taken over the weekend in Ukraine showed four of Russia's feared TU-95s flying close to the border as the Kremlin ramps up attacks in response to the Mockva sinking

Daily Mirror

After Russian pullback, Ukraine's northern Sumy region prepares for new assault

Russia's forces may have pulled back in some parts of Ukraine more than a week ago, but the territorial defence force in the northern Sumy region is training and bracing for further attacks.

Reuters

Brit ready to house Ukrainian family pays £3,000 for hotel as they wait WEEKS for visa

Maryna and teenage daughter Anna left Kyiv with nothing after Vladimir Putin's forces invaded, spending two days at a station in the freezing cold before they could board a train taking them to freedom

Daily Mirror

Seven dead as Russian missile strikes on Lviv, officials say

Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadovyi said seven people were killed and 12 wounded in overnight missile strikes

Evening Standard

Commentary: Putin may not worry he will ever face justice, but recent history shows he should

The grotesque images of civilians being slaughtered in Ukraine echo the horrors I witnessed covering the war in Bosnia three decades ago, and President Joe Biden was right to use the word “genocide” to describe the mass murder Russia is committing in Ukraine.

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Reuters

Russian teacher rejected Kremlin propaganda, then paid the price

Days after Russia’s Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine, Andrei Shestakov opened a set of files in a WhatsApp group chat for history teachers like himself in his town in east Russia.

Radio France Internationale

Ukrainian forces prepare for last-ditch defence of strategic Mariupol

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Russia of wanting to "destroy" the entire eastern region of Donbas, as the last remaining forces in the strategic port of Mariupol prepared Monday for a final defence.

Daily Mirror

Boris Johnson's first 1,000 days - his 50 biggest scandals, rows and U-turns as PM

From proroguing Parliament to prurient probes to Partygate, we have rounded up all the biggest scandals and controversies to dog Britain's only criminal Prime Minister as he marks 1,000 days in Downing Street

Asharq Al-Awsat

Syrian Fighters Ready to Join Next Phase of Ukraine War

During a visit to Syria in 2017, Vladimir Putin lavished praise on a Syrian general whose division played an instrumental role in defeating insurgents in the country’s long-running war. The Russian president told him his cooperation with Russian troops "will lead to great successes in the future." Now members of…

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The Independent UK

Syrian fighters ready to join next phase of Ukraine war

The next chapter of the war in Ukraine could see Russia bringing in greater numbers of battle-hardened fighters from Syria, observers say

Al Jazeera

Hundreds of thousands flee Russia and Putin’s ‘two wars’

Some 200,000 Russians have left their homes and jobs, fearful of being persecuted for opposing Putin’s war on Ukraine.

The Independent UK

`No surrender': Ukrainians fight on in Mariupol steel plant

Ukraine vowed to fight to the end in the besieged port city of Mariupol where a few thousand fighters held on in a massive steel plant laced with tunnels

Daily Mirror

Entire street fly Ukrainian flags after neighbour 'declares support for Putin'

Izabelle Stevens, 20, initially turned the other cheek when a neighbour hoisted the Russian flag outside his home in British Columbia, Canada, but she later found he'd been sharing content supporting Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine

Daily Mirror

Nikita Khrushchev warns Russia may drop nukes on Ukraine - 60 years after great-grandad stepped back from brink

Nikita Khrushchev, the great granddaughter of ex Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev, believes Vladimir Putin would eventually do whatever it takes to claim victory in the war

Daily Mirror

'Desperate' Putin may attack NATO base in bid to 'choke off' arms flow to Ukraine

Lord Peter Ricketts - the UK's first National Security Adviser - says Vladimir Putin is becoming "increasingly desperate" to cut off the supply of arms into Ukraine

Daily Mirror

Chilling theory behind 'wolverines' graffiti spotted on Russian tanks in Ukraine

It is thought President Vladimir Putin is now massing his forces in the country's east in an effort to record a battlefield win in the Donbas border region

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