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Vladimir Putin may use phosphorus bombs in desperation to seize Mariupol, warns UK

Fighting in the beseiged port city is intensifying with Russian generals using indiscriminate shelling

Evening Standard

Live Updates | New Zealand sending transport plane, money

New Zealand will send a military transport plane and a support team of 50 to Europe, as well as give money to Britain to buy weapons, as it significantly steps up its response to the war in Ukraine

The Independent UK

Putin’s war shows autocracies and fossil fuels go hand in hand. Here’s how to tackle both

Democracies are making more progress than autocracies when it comes to climate action. But divestment campaigns can put pressure on the most recalcitrant of political leaders

The Guardian - US

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Piers Morgan slams countries for 'failing our moral duty' in Ukraine's war with Russia

Piers Morgan has hit out at countries across the world for not helping Ukraine enough as Russia continues with its attack

Daily Mirror

Ukraine Repulses Attacks in East as Russia Presses to Control Mariupol

Ukrainian troops have repulsed several Russian assaults in the country's east, British intelligence said on Monday, while President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said thousands of Russian soldiers were massing for a new offensive. Russian forces were also pushing to establish control over the southern port city of Mariupol, the lynchpin between Russian-held…

Asharq Al-Awsat

The United Nations calls for an investigation into violence against women and children in Ukraine – as it happened

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The Guardian - UK

Ukrainian Defenders Dig in as Russia Boosts Firepower

A showdown looms in Ukraine as Russia appointed a new military commander and looked to concentrate its attacks on the eastern part of the country, while Ukraine’s president said his troops will hold their ground, and urged Western leaders, in particular President Joe Biden, to do more. Ukrainian President Volodymyr…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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France’s election seen from the US: Geopolitics, inflation loom large

Could France be facing its Trump moment? For US commentators, France’s presidential runoff between Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen has raised the prospect of a fresh shakeup in transatlantic alliances, which could test Western unity against Putin’s Russia as war rages in Ukraine.

France 24

Ukrainian defenders dig in as Russia boosts firepower

Ukrainian forces dug in while Russia’s military lined up more firepower and tapped an experienced general to take centralized control of the war

The Independent UK

Ukraine girds for Russian offensive in the east

(Adds unconfirmed reports of chemical weapons use in Mariupol)

Reuters

Vladimir Putin's 'strategic blunder' could see Finland and Sweden join NATO by summer

Washington is reportedly banking on the growth of the western alliance from 30 to 32 members, as a direct consequence of President Putin’s invasion of Ukraine

Daily Mirror

U.S. national security adviser says Kremlin "planned" attacks on civilians in Ukraine

"The larger issue of broad-scale war crimes and atrocities in Ukraine lies at the feet of ... the Russian president," Jake Sullivan said.

Axios

Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 47 of the invasion

Zelenskiy says Mariupol death toll probably in tens of thousands; Austrian chancellor has ‘direct, open and tough talks’ with Putin

The Guardian - AU

The Case for Pursuing the Issue of Russian War Crimes in Ukraine - Even Though Putin is Highly Unlikely to Ever be Tried and Punished

Putin and other Russian leaders are likely guilty of massive war crimes. And there is real, though limited, value to pursuing the issue.

Reason

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Axios

May 9 Russian holiday will be pivotal, dangerous deadline

The annual WWII Victory Day commemoration is a date with significant symbolism in Russian domestic politics.

The Guardian - UK

How Le Pen tried to soften image to reach French election runoff

Centrist Macron may find it hard to make criticism of far-right opponent’s racist, anti-Muslim platform stick in next round

Al Jazeera

Austrian chancellor to meet Putin in Moscow

Chancellor Karl Nehammer will be the first European leader to meet Vladimir Putin since the invasion of Ukraine.

The Guardian - UK

France faces bruising runoff after Macron and Le Pen top first-round vote

Projected results in first part of presidential race put centrist leader on 27.6% and far-right candidate on 23.4%

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Manchester Evening News

'It didn’t feel real': A Ukrainian journey - from fleeing war to being welcomed in Greater Manchester

Maria Romanenko, who has temporarily set up home in Reddish, gives her account of what it was like leaving her war-torn country behind

The Independent UK

Who is General Alexander Dvornikov? The ‘brutal’ Russian commander now in charge of Ukraine invasion

The 60-year-old is known as the ‘butcher of Syria’ for ‘ruthless’ tactics during the Syrian civil war

Reuters

Austrian leader to meet Putin in Moscow, hoping to build bridges

Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Monday, he said, adding he hoped to help build bridges between Russia and Ukraine and stop the "war of aggression".

Los Angeles Times

Analysis: Russia lost the battle for Kyiv with its hasty assault on a Ukrainian airport

HOSTOMEL, Ukraine — Days after Russian forces retreated from Kyiv, the northern outskirts of the Ukrainian capital are littered with the charred remains of blown-up and abandoned Russian tanks, armored personnel carriers and other equipment.

The Guardian - UK

Aleksandr Dvornikov: Russian general who helped turn tide of Syrian war

Analysis: career military officer and ‘blood and soil nationalist’ now faces different set of challenges in Ukraine

The Guardian - US

New Russian war chief will bring more brutality in Ukraine, US warns

Moscow promotes Alexander Dvornikov, who led Russian troops in Syria, as it regroups for Donbas battle

The Guardian - UK

‘They made him kneel and shot him in the head’: the savage occupation of Bucha

Exclusive: resident recounts the murder of her nephew, just one of the casualties of the carnage wrought by Russian forces

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