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Ukraine recap: Kim Jong-un visits Putin for arms-for-tech talks while Kyiv urges west for longer-range missiles to aid counteroffensive

Vladimir Putin spent a few pleasant hours this week with one of his friends and allies – an increasingly exclusive club these days. Putin met up with North Korea’s supreme leader, Respected Comrade Kim Jong-un, who rode his armoured train 20 hours to the Vostochny space centre in the remote…

The Conversation

With Russia isolated on the world stage, Putin turns to old friend North Korea for help

By meeting North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at Russia’s Far East spaceport, President Vladimir Putin signaled his readiness to share rocket technology with Pyongyang

The Independent UK

Musk pressed on his "ignorance and ego"

Musk refused to answer

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New US sanctions target workarounds that let Russia get Western tech for war

The United States is sanctioning more than 150 businesses and individuals as it tries to crack down on evasion and deny Russia access to technology, money and financial channels that fuel Moscow's war in Ukraine

The Independent UK

How Russia's theatre scene has been obliterated by Putin’s culture war

Over the past decade, Russian president Vladimir Putin’s regime has introduced ideologically driven cultural policies intended to shape a new, virtuous Russian citizen for the future.

The Conversation

Vladimir Putin ‘accepts’ Kim Jong-un’s invitation to visit North Korea

Increased friendship between North Korea and Russia raises Western fears of arms deal

Evening Standard

Kim Jong-un’s chair was ‘greatest concern’ at Putin summit

The North Koreans didn’t leave any chances when it came to the comfort and safety of their leader

The Independent UK

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Putin will give me a jail sentence for opposing his war in Ukraine, but he won’t silence me

Russia’s president is wrong if he mistakes the silence of most of his people for tacit support, says film-maker Alexander Rodnyansky

The Guardian - UK

Boris Johnson takes swipe at Rishi Sunak over ‘slow’ response to Ukraine weapons pleas

‘Why are we always so slow?’ asks ex-PM in scathing remarks about Sunak government

The Independent UK

Russian pilot ‘believed he had permission to shoot down RAF spy plane’

The Ministry of Defence has publicly accepted Russia’s explanation that a ‘technical malfunction’ caused the incident on September 29 last year.

The Independent UK

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 568 of the invasion

Ukraine claims to have destroyed Russian air defence system in Crimea; Russia claims it repelled drone attack on Black Sea patrol ship

The Guardian - AU

South Korea expresses 'concern and regret' over military cooperation talks between Kim and Putin

South Korea has expressed “deep concern and regret” over a meeting between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin that was apparently focused on expanding military cooperation as the two isolated, nuclear-armed leaders vowed to support each other in their escalating confrontations with the United States

The Independent UK

Isolated Putin and Kim lay groundwork for second summit – as pair warned over ‘price to pay’ for cooperation

US threatens additional sanctions on North Korea and Russia in case of an arms deal – while South Korea also warns of consequences

The Independent UK

Vladimir Putin accepts Kim Jong Un invitation to North Korea

Kim is continuing his tour of eastern Russia after his summit with Putin at the Vostochny Cosmodrome.

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🔴 Live: Ukraine orders civilian evacuation in under-fire areas in Kherson region

Ukrainian officials on Thursday ordered the evacuation of families with children in areas of the southern Kherson region that are “subject to constant enemy fire”, Governor Oleksandr Prokudin said. Follow our liveblog for the latest developments on the war in Ukraine. All times are Paris time (GMT+2).

Al Jazeera

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 568

As the war enters its 568th day, these are the main developments.

The Guardian - AU

Austrian ex-foreign minister moves to Russia – with ponies flown in on military plane

Karin Kneissl says she is moving to Russia to lead a thinktank she set up with St Petersburg University

The Guardian - AU

Kim Jong-un invites Putin to North Korea after summit brings ties to ‘a new level’

North Korean media report that Kim was briefed on space vehicles during his meetings in Russia, though no specific detail of any deal has emerged

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The Guardian - UK

Boris Johnson attacks UK aid to Ukraine: ‘What the hell are we waiting for?’

Former PM says west is dragging its feet in support for Ukraine and calls for urgent supply of weaponry in Spectator column

Al Jazeera

Kim Jong Un’s support for Russia sparks warnings from the West

US says it ‘won’t hesitate’ to impose more sanctions on Russia and North Korea if they conclude any new arms deal.

Al Jazeera

US has little leverage against Russia-North Korea cooperation, experts say

Washington could impose more sanctions, but analysts say penalties are unlikely to halt Moscow-Pyongyang alliance.

The Independent UK

Trump says Putin is using Biden’s ‘illegal Banana Republic style treatment’ of him to condemn US

Ex-president remains under four separate criminal indictments

The Guardian - UK

‘Nothing left to lose’: Putin embraces role of spoiler with Kim Jong-un summit

Russia’s propagandists trumpeted the president’s North Korean connection as, in isolation, he threatened to cross a serious line

The Conversation

Russia's disastrous decision to invade Poland in 1920 has parallels with Putin's rhetoric over Ukraine

From the beginning, Russia has framed its invasion of Ukraine as necessary for the defence of the country. According to Vladimir Putin, Nato’s deliberate and aggressive encroachment into a region once dominated by Moscow is to blame, as the west seeks to dismember Russia. By extension, Ukraine – a country,…

Evening Standard

OPINION - What will come of the Russia-North Korea talks?: The Leader podcast

Vladimir Putin has met North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the Vostochny Cosmodrome, a satellite launch facility in Russia's far east, for talks on, in Putin’s words, ‘all topics’.

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