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Russia-Ukraine war
Putin sent this critic to prison as a birthday present. I spoke to him from his cell
He’s been sentenced to 8½ years in jail for discussing the massacre of Ukrainian civilians. His lawyer conveyed my questions to him and returned with his handwritten responses.
- by Peter Hartcher
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‘Bribery is treason’: Zelensky sacks 112 army draft chiefs
The president said that any sacked army recruitment officers not being investigated should head to the front to fight for Ukraine.
- by Dan Peleschuk
Ukrainian drones downed near Crimea and Moscow
Thirteen drones in total were aimed at Moscow and Sevastopol in Crimea, the Russian Defence Ministry said, on Thursday alone.
Ukrainian eatery to bring chicken Kyiv, green borscht and dumplings of every variety to Broadway
The next restaurant in the Plate it Forward family, Kyiv Social, is set to open in September, supporting Ukrainians in Sydney displaced by the war.
- by Scott Bolles
Counting casualties on the battlefield amid Russia’s war on Ukraine
More than 500 days after Russian forces launched their illegal invasion of Ukraine, the number of soldiers killed or injured on both sides has been said to run into the hundreds of thousands. But counting casualties is an imperfect science.
- by Lucy Cormack
Ex-shop assistant detained over plot to assassinate Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky
“The perpetrator tried to establish the time and list of locations of the approximate route of the head of state,” Ukraine’s intelligence agency said.
- by David L. Stern and Siobhán O'Grady
Russia retaliates against Ukraine for tanker attacks, unleashing drone barrage
Ukraine’s air force said Russia launched 70 attack drones and missiles, including cruise missiles from aircraft and Iranian-made, Shaheds.
Ukrainian official admits attack on Russian warship at Black Sea
A Russian warship was seriously damaged by a Ukrainian drone on the Novorossiysk naval base, although Russia said it had fended off the attack.
- by Hanna Arhirova and Emma Burrows
Russia targets Ukraine’s Danube port, sending global grain prices higher
“Moscow is waging a battle for a global catastrophe,” said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. “They need world food markets to collapse.”
- by Pavel Polityuk
Russia’s Medvedev: We’d have to use a nuclear weapon if Ukrainian offensive was a success
Medvedev, who has cast himself as one of Moscow’s most hawkish voices, appeared to be referring to part of Russia’s nuclear doctrine.
- by Andrew Osborn
How dangerous is it having Europe’s largest nuclear reactor in the middle of a war zone?
The Zaporizhzhia power plant has become a chess piece in the Kremlin’s illegal invasion of Ukraine, a prized chip it is unwilling to relinquish.
- by Lucy Cormack