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US to designate Wagner mercenary force a crime organisation

The Wagner Group has an estimated 50,000 fighters in Ukraine, 80 percent of them drawn from Russian prisons.

Al Jazeera

$NATO alliance still strong on Ukraine but fractures are emerging$

NATO alliance still strong on Ukraine but fractures are emerging

WASHINGTON: The billions of United States dollars in new arms for Ukraine announced this month — including British tanks, American fighting vehicles, and howitzers from Denmark and Sweden — are testament to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s failure to split the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) allies after nearly a year…

Bangkok Post

In Chicago, Secretary of State Blinken says Putin has already lost what he wanted in Ukraine

CHICAGO — Making a brief visit to Chicago on Friday, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said while Ukrainians have suffered tremendously, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has inflicted “extraordinary damage” on his own citizens and military and that U.S.-led sanctions will take a dramatic toll on Russia’s…

Chicago Tribune

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'Germany must realise Putin cannot be allowed to win and Ukraine allowed to fall'

If President Volodymyr Zelensky and the Ukrainian forces are to drive the Russian military from their country they need their allies to supply more equipment and munitions

Daily Mirror

A resurgence of alliances is an echo of past wars

Alliances are as old as civilisation. Older, actually: almost every hunter-gatherer band that anthropologists have studied, from the New Guinea highlanders to the Yanomamo in the Amazon, made alliances with other groups to try to protect themselves.

Bangkok Post

U.S. to designate Russia's Wagner Group as a transnational criminal organization

It comes in part in response to North Korean weapon shipments to the mercenary group, the White House said.

Axios

Russia’s atrocities in Ukraine, rehearsed in Chechnya

Moscow’s invasion has echoes of the tactics it employed in conflicts in the North Caucasus, experts and survivors say.

Al Jazeera

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Germany under growing pressure to send tanks to Ukraine

It’s amazing what the Germans can do when they put their mind to it. Prior to February 2022, the country was heavily reliant on Russian gas to heat its homes and power the mighty industries that make it the fourth-largest economy in the world. Before the war, more than half…

Evening Standard

Fighter jets, NATO, Congress and Ukraine: Complex issues roil US-Turkey relations

WASHINGTON — The United States is locked in a delicate dance with Turkey, one of its most problematic allies, that involves fighter jets, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Congress and, ultimately, the war in Ukraine.

Los Angeles Times

The Standard View: Ukraine needs western unity – and that means tanks

War is contingent on many things. Outcomes rest on a multiplicity of factors, decisions and inputs. Some are out of anyone’s control while others, such as arms supplies from allies, are not.

Evening Standard

Vladimir Putin's body double suffering from chronic kidney disease, wild claims suggest

Russians believe that Vladimir Putin has an army of body doubles that have stood in for him at key public appearances, including when he was driving over the Crimea Bridge in December last year, and at the funeral of a regional director

Daily Mirror

What dates are the DWP cost of living payments in 2023?

Millions of households on low incomes will receive fresh cost of living support worth up to £1,350

The Independent UK

Russia says relations with U.S. at an all-time low

Russia said on Friday that relations with the United States were at an all-time low, dismissing the idea the two sides could turn things around halfway through U.S. President Joe Biden's term in office.

Reuters

Germany has wavered on sending Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine. Why does it matter?

Nato allies – including Poland and the Baltic nations who fear the spread of Russian aggression – have been pressuring Germany to allow tanks to be sent to Ukraine to defend itself

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Evening Standard

Wagner Group: Putin’s ‘private army’ has up to 50,000 troops fighting in Ukraine, say UK defence chiefs

Military sources say the group is vying with the Russian regular army for supremacy in Putin’s chain of command

Evening Standard

America hails ‘decisive moment’ for Ukraine as allies pledge more military support

Time to dig deeper, allies told as Germany stalls on tanks

Financial Times

Martin Wolf: in defence of democratic capitalism

The marriage of liberal economics and democracy has brought immense benefits to the world, but faces its toughest test in decades. What needs to be done?

Reuters

Allies offer more weapons to Ukraine, but no decisions made on tanks

Western allies on Friday dampened Ukraine's hopes for a rapid shipment of battle tanks to boost its firepower for a spring offensive against Russian forces, with the United States urging Kyiv to hold off from mounting such an operation.

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The Independent UK

CIA director visits Kyiv, meets with Ukraine's Zelenskyy

CIA Director William Burns visited Kyiv last week to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy

The Guardian - UK

Scholz stalls on Ukraine tanks decision but looks poised to give go-ahead

Observers expect Germany’s hesitant chancellor will soon say yes to allowing supply of Leopards to war effort

The Conversation

Ukraine recap: world leaders gather at Davos to make the case for more military aid to Kyiv

“We’re tired of fighting Putin with rubbish kit”. This recent headline in The Times was an eloquent expression of the feelings of a Ukrainian tank sergeant, part of the 24th Mechanised Brigade fighting in Bakhmut in the country’s east. “Spider” Bogdan, whose Soviet-era T-62 had ground to a halt, dreams…

Fortune

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon says Ukraine could be an 'inflection point for the Western world': 'The only thing that matters for the future of the world is how this thing plays out'

A recession may be on the way, but Jamie Dimon says the Ukraine war is still the world's most challenging crisis.

Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin aide in security scare after helicopter makes emergency landing in Iran

Igor Levitin had been on a "secret" visit to Iran as Russia tries to speed up deliveries of missiles and military drones for use in Ukraine. He made an emergency landing due to 'security issues'

The Conversation

Ukraine war: Kremlin's campaign of misinformation keeps Kyiv and its allies guessing

During a recent visit to St Petersburg, Russian president Vladimir Putin reiterated his confidence in his country’s victory over Ukraine. Visiting a defence contractor, he also took the opportunity to reassure workers that his so-called “special military operation” was in defence of ethnic Russians and Russian speakers in Ukraine against…

Nottingham Post

DWP expected timeline for 2023 Cost of Living payments

Here's when to expect the cash boost

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