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Protesters enraged as Berlin State Opera lifts ban on Russian-born soprano

Anna Netrebko to perform as Lady Macbeth on four dates at Staatsoper despite concern over Kremlin links

The Guardian - UK

Russian and North Korea artillery deal paves the way for dangerous cyberwar alliance

Russia is currently firing some 14 million shells a year in Ukraine. They are only manufacturing 2 million. The Ukrainians, on the other hand, are firing around 2.5 million shells a year, but are also struggling to source them.

The Conversation

Putin meets the leader of Belarus, who suggests joining Russia's move to boost ties with North Korea

Russian President Vladimir Putin has hosted a meeting with his Belarusian ally, who referred to this week’s summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and suggested that Minsk could join Moscow’s efforts to revive an old alliance with Pyongyang

The Independent UK

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Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 569 of the invasion

Ukraine claims to have seized the village of Andriivka in Donetsk; Lukashenko says Belarus has been supplying Russia with fuel

The Guardian - AU

Russian submarine suffered ‘catastrophic damage’ in Ukrainian missile strike, says UK

A missile strike by Ukraine on Sevastopol naval base this week caused “catastrophic damage” to a Russian submarine and destroyed a landing ship, UK defence chiefs said on Friday.

Evening Standard

Russian pilot tries to shoot down RAF spy plane over Black Sea: ‘You have the target’

Intercepted communications reveal the pilot misinterpreted an order and fired two missiles

The Independent UK

North Korea’s Kim checks out fighter jets in latest stop on Russian tour

Kim Jong Un was shown around the Komsomolsk plant, which produces some of Russia’s most advanced war planes.

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Putin and Kim Jong-un exchange rifles as North Korean leader continues Russia tour

Russian president also gave Kim at meeting the gift of a ‘glove from a space suit that has been to space’ amid warnings from US and South Korea about any weapons deal

The Guardian - AU

The Vladimir Putin-Kim Jong-un summit: five things we learned

Meeting in Russia’s Far East could mean worrying weapons developments in Ukraine and the North Korean leader’s military ambitions

The Guardian - AU

Belarus’s Lukashenko proposes ‘three-way cooperation’ with Putin and Kim Jong-un – as it happened

Belarusian president’s suggestion comes during a meeting with his Russian counterpart

The Guardian - AU

Ukraine liberates village near Bakhmut amid Russian losses in east and south

Vladimir Putin has lost more than 600 troops in just the last 48 hours, says Ukrainian military

The Independent UK

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 569

As the war enters its 569th day, these are the main developments.

Al Jazeera

Kim Jong Un stops to see a fighter jet factory as Russia and North Korea are warned off arms deals

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has stopped in a far eastern Russian city to see a factory that builds the country’s most advanced fighter jets on his extended trip that hints at his interest in sophisticated weaponry

The Independent UK

North Korea's Kim visits military aviation factory in Russia's far east

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrived at a Russian industrial city to visit a military aviation plant on Friday, Russian agencies reported, following his summit with President Vladimir Putin.

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Al Jazeera

Putin, Kim gift each other guns at meeting, and a Russian space glove

Russia’s Putin presented North Korea’s Kim with a Russian rifle of the ‘highest quality’ and received a gun in return.

The Conversation

What does Kim Jong Un stand to gain from his meeting with Vladimir Putin?

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has reportedly offered his “full and unconditional support” to Russian President Vladimir Putin during his visit to eastern Russia this week.

The Guardian - AU

Ukraine ‘holds initiative’ in counteroffensive, UK’s most senior military officer says – as it happened

Sir Tony Radakin says Kyiv is pushing Russia back” and has rejected claims Ukraine’s counteroffensive is struggling

The Independent UK

She danced with Putin at her wedding. Now the former Austrian foreign minister has moved to Russia

A former Austrian foreign minister who had invited Russian President Vladimir Putin to her wedding and danced a waltz with him at the 2018 reception says she has moved to St. Petersburg to set up a think tank there

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The Conversation

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 Independent UK

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

Salon

Musk pressed on his "ignorance and ego"

Musk refused to answer

The Independent UK

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 Conversation

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.

Evening Standard

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

The Independent UK

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

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