#Reports of heavy fighting around Kyiv

#Reports of heavy fighting around Kyiv

“Reports of heavy fighting around Kyiv” Heavy fighting broke out near the Ukrainian capital on Thursday, two days after the Kremlin said it would “radically” reduce its fighting forces there as a goodwill gesture. Oleksandr Palviuk, governor of the Kyiv oblast, said on Telegram Thursday that Russian forces continued their shelling of Irpin and Makariv…

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#Don’t bet on the end of Vladimir Putin

#Don’t bet on the end of Vladimir Putin

“Don’t bet on the end of Vladimir Putin” Almost five decades ago I was sent on my first assignment to Moscow as a wet-behind-the-ears foreign correspondent for Reuters, and was told in farewell drinks at the pub just how lucky I was. Surely, said my fellow hacks, I would witness the end of Leonid Brezhnev,…

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#China’s still US enemy No. 1 and other commentary

#China’s still US enemy No. 1 and other commentary

“China’s still US enemy No. 1 and other commentary” Conservative: China’s Still US Enemy No. 1 While Vladimir Putin’s “barbarous invasion of Ukraine is a watershed moment in the return of history,” Americans can’t “devote the entirety of our attention to a single geopolitical challenge,” Sen. Marco Rubio warns at the Washington Examiner. We “must…

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#Roman Abramovich, Ukraine officials ‘may have been poisoned’: report

#Roman Abramovich, Ukraine officials ‘may have been poisoned’: report

“Roman Abramovich, Ukraine officials ‘may have been poisoned’: report” Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich and Ukrainian officials — who were negotiating an end to Moscow’s invasion reportedly — suffered symptoms suggesting they were poisoned, according to a Wall Street Journal report. Abramovich, the oligarch who is thought to be close to Russian President Vladimir Putin, and…

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#Kremlin censors Zelensky interview with Russian journalists

#Kremlin censors Zelensky interview with Russian journalists

“Kremlin censors Zelensky interview with Russian journalists” Four prominent Russian journalists interviewed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for a news story — only to see the Kremlin block it from being broadcast, according to a report. Zelensky spoke via Zoom with Tikhon Dzyadko, Mikhail Zygar and other independent Russian journalists for some 90 minutes Sunday. According…

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