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Putin tells Modi he understands India's concerns over Ukraine conflict

Russian President Vladimir Putin told India's Narendra Modi on Friday that he understood New Delhi's concerns about the conflict in Ukraine and wanted it to end "as soon as possible", according to a readout of a bilateral meeting published by the Kremlin.

Reuters

‘Now is not an era of war’: India’s Modi berates Putin over Ukraine conflict

It is the second dressing down for Putin at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit

The Independent UK

Putin’s Taiwan support outweighs any Xi concerns about Ukraine

Even as Vladimir Putin admitted that Xi Jinping had concerns about the war in Ukraine, the Russian leader’s comments on Taiwan may ultimately matter more to his Chinese counterpart.

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PM Modi tells Vladimir Putin ‘now is not an era of war’

“Russia understands India’s concerns,” responds Mr. Putin

The Hindu

Indian PM Modi tells Russia's Putin now 'is not an era of war'

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday told Russian President Vladimir Putin that now is not a time for war, with food, fertiliser and fuel security among the major concerns of the world at present.

Reuters

Moscow's military reserves may be smaller than initially assumed - German defence minister

Russia has suffered significant troop and equipment losses in Ukraine and the impact of Kyiv's latest counter-offensive may reveal Moscow's military reserves to be smaller than assumed, Germany's defence minister told Reuters.

Reuters

India's Modi, Turkey's Erdogan hold unexpected meeting at regional summit

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on the sidelines of a regional summit on Friday, in their first encounter in over two years since relations soured after Erdogan's comments on the disputed Muslim-majority region of Kashmir.

Reuters

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Ukraine's rapid advance against Russia shows mastery of 3 essential skills for success in modern warfare

Ukrainian forces, aided by Western firepower, have upset traditional military logic once again.

The Conversation

Ukraine war: Putin's failure will pave the way for China's rise to pre-eminence in Eurasia

What had been suspected for some time has now come out into the open: China has “concerns” about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. While this is hardly a big surprise, the source and venue of this admission is. Few would have expected Vladimir Putin himself to make such a statement –…

The Conversation

Russian soldiers weaponised rape in liberated town with 400 buried in mass grave

The town of Izyum in Ukraine's northeastern Kharkiv region was liberated on Saturday after a lightning Ukrainian counteroffensive sent thousands of Russian soldiers packing, leaving a trail of weapons and ammunition as they retreated

Daily Mirror

Why does Russia want to block Ukraine from joining Nato?

Vladimir Putin vehemently opposed to neighbouring state signing up to western military alliance

The Independent UK

Ukraine-Russia maps: Where is the invasion taking place?

Vladimir Putin’s ‘special military operation’ has brought bloody warfare to cities of western neighbour

The Independent UK

China's Xi calls for effort to prevent 'color revolutions'

A Russian state news agency says Chinese President Xi Jinping has warned his Central Asian neighbors against allowing outsiders to destabilize them with “color revolutions.”

The Independent UK

Ukraine: Mass grave contains mostly civilians

KYIV: Most of the people buried in a mass grave discovered in the eastern Ukrainian city of Izium are civilians, Ukraine’s police chief said on Friday, based on a preliminary estimate.

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The Conversation

Russia is building a closer alliance with the world's autocracies – the west should beware

Russia is planning to buy “millions” of Soviet-era weapons from North Korea, a recent US intelligence report revealed. Britain’s defence intelligence has also confirmed that Russia is already using Iranian-made drones in Ukraine.

The Independent UK

Cease-fire continues to hold between Armenia, Azerbaijan

A cease-fire between Armenia and Azerbaijan has held for a second straight day, halting an outburst of fighting that killed more than 200 troops from both sides

Tribune News Service

Commentary: A weakened Putin is no use to Russia

As Ukrainian troops probe Russian defenses along the entire front and only the Wagner Group mercenaries continue a small-scale offensive operation in the Donetsk region, the initiative in the Russo-Ukrainian war is firmly in the hands of the invaded, not the invader. While that can still change, perhaps more than…

Tribune News Service

Martin Schram: Did Xi just learn from Putin?

This was not the way Russia’s Vladimir Putin wanted to look, for all the world to see on Thursday, when he walked into the massive and bizarrely flowered and leafy conference room in Uzbekistan for his much-needed meeting with a deep-pocketed counterpart, China’s Xi Jinping.

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Russia's Putin says SCO should stage major sporting event

Russian President Vladimir Putin told a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) on Friday that the group should consider staging its own major sporting competition.

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Daily Mirror

Russian officials turn to booze over Vladimir Putin's disastrous Ukraine war

Russian President Vladimir Putin has had to warn some of his advisers about excessive drinking. With Ukraine's counteroffensive developing, some in the Kremlin have turned to the bottle

Tribune News Service

Commentary: Punishing Russians won’t end the Ukraine war

So far, economic sanctions on Russia have done nothing to halt Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine. The ruble is still strong. Oil prices are high. Before Ukraine’s latest advances on the battlefield, polls showed that 75% of Russians still supported the war (in public at any rate).

The Hindu

SCO should try to create resilient supply chain in our region, says PM Modi

Better connectivity and giving transit rights is key to creating a better supply chain, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said at the SCO Summit

Reuters

India's Modi assails Putin over Ukraine war

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday that now was not the time for war, directly assailing the Kremlin chief in public over the nearly seven-month-long conflict in Ukraine.

Reuters

Armenia's PM holds calls with Putin, Macron, Blinken on border clashes with Azerbaijan

Russia's President Vladimir Putin held a phone call with Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Friday to discuss this week's clashes between Armenia and Azerbaijan, the Armenian government said in a statement.

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