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Who are the Wagner mercenaries and why are they so involved in Ukraine?

Vladimir Putin has leant on military contractors to claim victories in Ukraine but their leader’s frank dispatches have increasingly rattled the Moscow establishment

The Independent UK

Ukraine-Russia news – live: Wagner chief says ‘knocking on all doors’ for arms from Putin

Yevgeny Prigozhin’s representative denied entry to Russian military headquarter over war talks

The Independent UK

Susan Abulhawa calls for more open debate on Ukraine conflict ahead of Writers' Week talk

In a sometimes heated interview ahead of her appearance at Adelaide Writers' Week, Susan Abulhawa condemned the Russian president for committing "horrible crimes", but repeated criticism of Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

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Yevgeny Prigozhin, 'Putin's Chef,' has emerged from the shadows with his Wagner Group

Yevgeny Prigozhin, known as "Putin's Chef" because of his company's origins in the catering business, now fields a mercenary army of 50,000. Its role in Ukraine is central to Russia's war effort.

WEKU

The Soviet spy films that inspired a young Vladimir Putin

Vladimir Putin grew up in "brute, almost Darwinian conditions". But his skills as a master manipulator would take him far.

ABC News

After 70 years, Stalin’s shadow still looms over Russia and Ukraine – but Putin is a tyrant in his own right

Joseph Stalin took his last breath 70 years ago. He died of a cerebral haemorrhage on March 5 1953, aged 74, at his dacha – or country house – west of the Kremlin in a leafy pocket of Moscow’s urban sprawl.

The Conversation

Vladimir Putin orders textbooks be rewritten to brainwash kids into worshipping invaders

The schoolbooks are being altered to include a positive outlook on the full-scale invasion, avoiding the mention of Russia's humiliating battlefield performances, focusing instead on the eastern region of Donbas

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Vladimir Putin builds beach barricades in annexed Crimea over fears of Ukrainian attack

Aerial view footage shows a massive barricades being built on tourist beaches in annexed Crimea, a beach which was once bustling with tourists during the summer

Daily Mirror

Putin’s gymnast ‘lover’ says she’s found her ‘ideal man’ in rediscovered interview

Alina Kabaeva, who was first reported to be involved with the Russian president in 2008, spoke about having met ‘a great man’ in 2008

The Independent UK

Ukraine's new wartime unity lays the groundwork for eventual rebuilding, without the complex and stubborn divisions of the past

Once divided, Ukrainians are thinking about how to rebuild their nation and are prioritizing national interests over regional ones.

The Conversation

Defence Secretary ‘pretty confident’ about receiving Budget boost

Ben Wallace has lobbied for extra funding to deal with inflationary pressures and the cost of backing Ukraine in the fight against Russia.

The Independent UK

Vladimir Putin’s forces capturing Bakhmut will not ‘change the tide of this fight,’ says US Defence Secretary

Vladimir Putin’s troops are said to have almost encircled the town in the Donetsk province in the eastern Donbas region

Evening Standard

Russia steps up effort to take elusive prize of Ukraine city

The fate of Bakhmut appears to be hanging in the balance as Russian forces continue to encroach on the devastated eastern Ukrainian city

The Independent UK

‘A generational shift’: war prompts Ukrainians to embrace their language

Kremlin has banned Ukrainian from occupied territory schools but elsewhere language is on the rise

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Chicago Tribune

Commentary: Ukraine needs continued Western support — and tough love — on its path to true nationhood

The day the Ukrainian Parliament declared independence on Aug. 24, 1991, I witnessed the historical moment from the gallery with my wife and a group of Western expatriates. Below us, amid rapturous applause, a huge Ukrainian flag was carried into the hall on the shoulders of many of Ukraine’s founding…

Fortune

How the IMF naively parroted Putin’s fake statistics–and botched its economic forecast for Russia

The IMF simply does not have the data it needs to independently calculate Russia’s GDP by any accepted method.

WEKU

Justice Department task force takes aim at Russian oligarchs and their riches

The Justice Department's Task Force KleptoCapture, set up in the days after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, has gone after Kremlin-aligned elites, including their luxury yachts and opulent homes.

The Independent UK

Vladimir Putin: What is driving Russian leader’s relentless assault on Ukraine?

He sold the invasion as a collective decision with his military chiefs, but it is the president alone who will have to answer to history, writes Mary Dejevsky

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Daily Mirror

'Huge' star-studded Live Aid-style gig announced at Wembley to raise money for Ukraine

A huge benefit concert is set to be held at Wembley stadium this year, with big-name performers such as The Rolling Stones and U2 invited to play in order to raise money for the victims of the Ukraine conflict

The Independent UK

Ukraine vows to defend ‘fortress’ Bakhmut as Russia claims battle is ‘close to end’

Two civilians killed and homes left destroyed as fighting rages on

Daily Mirror

Donald Trump's bizarre boast he can settle Ukraine war in 'one day' - and prevent WW3

The former-President, who is plotting a return to the White House in the 2024 election, made the claims at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) which this year has been dubbed 'TPAC' thanks to the sheer number of Trump supporters in attendance

Daily Mirror

Moment Putin's secret 'lover' admits he's her 'ideal man' in TV interview

Alina Kabaeva, 39, is a former Olympic gymnast who is 30 years younger than him and the pair have never acknowledged their relationship, but many suspect they have at least two children together

The Guardian - UK

Nato faces an all-out fight with Putin. It must stop pulling its punches

Having catastrophically failed to deter Russian aggression in Ukraine, the western alliance needs a plan to win the war, writes Simon Tisdall

Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin's Chechen warlord ally 'seriously ill' amid fears of poisoning

Chechen warlord Ramzan Kadyrov, who has advocated using nuclear weapons against Ukraine, is rumoured to have been poisoned and is being treated in the United Arab Emirates

Daily Mirror

Moment Putin's foreign minister is LAUGHED at as he claims West started Ukraine war

Laughter and groans erupted from the crowd at the G20 Summit in New Delhi when Putin's foreign minister Sergei Lavrov claimed Russia was a victim of the war in Ukraine

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