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Vladimir Putin’s regime crumbling as spies defect and Russia keeps relatives 'hostage'

The unprecedented swapping of sides has left furious Vladimir Putin reeling with a warning fired that anyone else who abandons Russia could see family members jailed - or worse

Daily Mirror

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 317 of the invasion

Putin’s unilateral ceasefire comes into effect; reports of Russian attacks before and after start of truce

The Guardian - UK

Russia preparing to mobilise extra 500,000 conscripts, claims Ukraine

Kyiv’s deputy military intelligence chief says force will form part of new offensives over spring and summer

The Guardian - UK

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Foreign Affairs

Is this blonde woman with Putin a ‘paid extra’ for photo-ops? Nope

Social media users have noted that the same blonde woman has appeared behind Russian President Vladimir Putin on three different occasions – proof, they say, that he used “paid extras” during his address marking the start of 2023. However, it turns out that these images do featuredifferent women. One is…

France 24

Satellite images reveal scale of devastation in Ukraine’s Bakhmut over recent months

Images reveal extensive damage to buildings, homes, infrastructure and fields in and surrounding the city in eastern Ukraine

The Independent UK

Ukrainian residents venture out on Russian Orthodox Christmas Eve amid Moscow ‘ceasefire’

Vladimir Putin has declared a 36-hour truce but it was initially unclear whether it was holding

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Russia says it has started brief Ukraine cease-fire that Kyiv scorned

Russia said its troops stopped fighting in Ukraine at noon Moscow time Friday under President Vladimir Putin’s order of a 36-hour cease-fire for the Orthodox Christmas holiday. Kyiv dismissed the offer as a ploy.

Tribune News Service

Ukraine war: why Russian soldiers' mothers aren't demonstrating the strong opposition they have in previous conflicts

Ukraine’s military launched a devastating strike on New Year’s Day hitting a building housing recently mobilised Russian soldiers in the occupied region of Donetsk.

The Conversation

What does Russia’s ceasefire declaration mean for Ukraine?

Volodymyr Zelensky accuses Vladimir Putin of seeking to halt Kyiv’s progress in Donbas with disingenuous call for temporary halt to conflict to accommodate Orthodox Christmas

The Independent UK

Russia says Ukraine shells its positions during Moscow's unilateral ceasefire

Russia said Ukraine shelled Russian military positions on Friday during a 36-hour ceasefire unilaterally declared by President Vladimir Putin, which Kyiv and its allies have dismissed as a sham.

Reuters

Kremlin-Ordered Truce Is Uncertain amid Mutual Mistrust

An uneasy calm in Kyiv on Friday was broken by air-raid sirens that also blared across the rest of Ukraine despite a Russian ceasefire declaration for the Orthodox Christmas, a truce scorned by Ukrainian officials as a ploy. No explosions were heard in the capital, however. And reports of sporadic…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Leak reveals Roman Abramovich’s billion-dollar trusts transferred before Russia sanctions

Exclusive: Files raise questions about whether oligarch’s children were made beneficiaries to protect fortune from possible asset freezes

The Guardian - UK

Why does Ukraine celebrate Christmas in January? Why Putin proposed ceasefire now

Putin proposed that the ceasefire would take place over January 6 and 7 to coincide with Orthodox Christmas

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Evening Standard

Ukraine and West dismiss Putin’s ‘ceasefire’ announcement as ‘cynical’ stunt

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has told Vladimir Putin that the war will only end “when your soldiers leave” in a fresh rejection of Friday’s supposed “temporary ceasefire”.

The Independent UK

Putin’s Russian ceasefire falters as US pledges more military equipment to Ukraine

Officials accuse Moscow’s forces of firing on Ukrainian positions – with Kyiv clear it would not acknowledge ceasefire unilaterally ordered by Russian president

France 24

US slams 'cynical' ploy as Ukraine shelling continues despite Russian truce claim

The United States said reports of continued shelling in eastern Ukraine on Friday showed that a ceasefire announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin to coincide with Orthodox Christmas was merely a "cynical" ploy to gain time. Earlier, Washington announced a new military assistance package for Ukraine worth an estimated 3…

The Independent UK

Russia’s forces begin temporary ceasefire in Ukraine as Zelensky dismisses call for truce

Ukrainian president accuses the Russian leader of wanting to halt Kyiv’s progress in eastern Ukraine

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Reuters

Russian ceasefire comes into force in Ukraine - state TV

A unilateral Russian ceasefire ordered by President Vladimir Putin has come into force along the entire front as of noon Moscow time (0900 GMT), Russian state television said.

The Independent UK

Kremlin-ordered truce is uncertain amid suspicion of motives

The impact of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s order for his forces in Ukraine to observe a unilateral, 36-hour cease-fire is in doubt

Asharq Al-Awsat

Biden Says Putin Trying to Find ‘Oxygen’ with Truce Proposal

US President Joe Biden suggested Vladimir Putin's struggle in Ukraine after 10 months of war and thousands of lives lost had prompted the Russian president to offer a 36-hour truce, saying, "I think he's trying to find some oxygen." The Kremlin said Putin had ordered a ceasefire from midday on…

The Independent UK

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukraine Clinches US, German Armored Vehicles, Rejects Russian Truce Order

Ukraine dismissed as a trick a unilateral order by Russia for a 36-hour ceasefire starting on Friday and the leaders of the United States and Germany said they were sending armored fighting vehicles in a boost for the Kyiv government. The US weapons package, to be announced on Friday, is…

Al Jazeera

Head of Russia’s Wagner mercenaries has eyes on Bakhmut mines: US

White House official says Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin wants to control salt and gypsum from mines near Bakhmut.

Financial Times

A Moscow diary: fear, loathing and deep denial

Champagne still flows at elite parties in the Russian capital, as cowed critics only speak openly in their own homes

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