Russia-Ukraine war
‘Putin must have got the message’: Albanese hails G20 Ukraine declaration
Anthony Albanese said the summit had resulted in “the strongest language yet to be agreed by the international community” on Russia’s war on Ukraine.
- by Matthew Knott and Eryk Bagshaw
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After attacking Ukraine marketplace, Russia accuses US of ‘criminal act’
The Russian attack came as Antony Blinken visited Kyiv where he announced another $US1 billion worth of assistance.
Cuba identifies traffickers luring citizens into Russia’s war in Ukraine
The government says it has initiated criminal proceedings against those involved in “mercenarism”.
- by Sarah Dadouch and Mary Beth Sheridan
Unusual sight as Russian bomber jets are covered in car tyres
Satellite images show a curious arrangement at a Russian airbase: two Tu-95 long-range bombers covered in car tyres.
- by Chris Zappone
Inside the ambitious mercenary outfit emerging as a successor to Prigozhin’s Wagner group
Redoubt is a military intelligence-controlled group that started life as a cosy arrangement between Kremlin-linked oligarchs and senior army officers.
- by Roland Oliphant
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Why Ukraine’s new strike strategy has Putin on the run
The Ukrainian strategic strike campaign is part of a co-ordinated series of campaigns that, in totality, are placing increasing pressure on Russia.
- by Mick Ryan
Russian ‘General Armageddon’ seen in first photo since Wagner mutiny
Sergei Surovikin headed the military intervention in Syria’s civil war and was briefly in charge of Moscow’s war in Ukraine before the failed coup on Moscow.
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Kim to meet Putin in Russia this month to discuss selling arms to Moscow
The two will discuss the possibility of North Korea supplying weapons to Russia for the war in Ukraine, US and allied sources said.
- by Hyunsu Yim
Not the ‘best way of putting it’: Pope says ‘great Russian empire’ comments were a mistake
Pope Francis told Russian Catholics “Don’t forget [your] heredity. You are heirs of the great Russia...the great Russian empire,” as Vladimir Putin wages a war for Ukraine’s territory.
- by Philip Pullella
Zelensky wants wartime minister who got him Western support out
Oleksii Reznikov lobbied the US, Europe and other countries for billions of dollars of aid, but his department has been besieged by corruption allegations.
- by Tom Balmforth
Man ‘throws 10-year-old off bridge’ for ‘speaking Ukrainian’
Attacks against Ukrainians in Germany have increased since Berlin strengthened its support for Kyiv and opened its doors to refugees.
- by James Jackson