Russia-Ukraine war
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.
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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
Opinion
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Vladimir Putin is getting a cash boost and the West needs to stop it
Surging oil prices are allowing Russia to generate more revenue to fund its war. It might be time for the West to step in.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
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
Opinion
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Why Putin is losing his war, and Xi is winning his
Putin chose to launch a kinetic war to expand his territory. Xi chose “grey zone” warfare – distinctly aggressive, but without firing a shot.
- by Peter Hartcher
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 drone strikes second Russian tanker
Moscow strongly condemned what it sees as a Ukrainian “terrorist attack” on a civilian vessel in the Kerch Strait and promised retaliation.
- by Hanna Arhirova
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 blames ‘phone scammers’ for tricking elderly into fire-bombing army enlistment offices
Most of the perpetrators of the recent attacks have been identified as aged 50 or older, according to media reports from two dozen Russian regions.
- by Nataliya Vasilyeva
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