Russia reportedly fires navy chief after Ukraine’s attacks on Black Sea fleet (www.theguardian.com)
Apparent sacking of Adm Nikolai Yevmenov highlights fallout over Kyiv’s ability to sink Russian warships
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Apparent sacking of Adm Nikolai Yevmenov highlights fallout over Kyiv’s ability to sink Russian warships
Ulf Kristersson distances himself from Macron, saying ‘France’s tradition is not the Swedish tradition’
Volodymyr Zelenskiy accuses Warsaw of ‘mockery’ as farmers blockade Ukrainian grain at border
Russian forces launch attacks further west of key city as Kremlin congratulates its soldiers on biggest gain since May last year
With Republicans blocking US military aid, if Europe does not plug the gap Ukraine risks slow-motion defeat
Reports of one dead and 20 damaged residential buildings in Mykolaiv in country’s south, and injuries amid power outages in Kyiv
Zelenskiy said Russia was receiving artillery from North Korea, warning that a European plan to send Kyiv 1m artillery shells should not be further delayed
Member states hope to persuade Hungary to remove its block on funding at Brussels emergency summit
French president says future security architecture of Europe could no longer be settled by the US and Russia
Ukrainian embassy says conferences with speakers including Putin ally Alexander Dugin are a ‘provocation’
Exclusive: Sergey Kolesnikov has supplied building materials to Russian military and for use in occupied Ukraine
Ukrainian officials said at least 28 people were injured by overnight wave of missiles and drones
Wave of drone and missile strikes that wounded dozens was retaliation for ‘terrorist attack’, says Moscow
Ukrainian military moving to defensive positions, UK’s MoD says; Russian tax revenue from oil exports slashed by 32%, US says
The Hungarian leader wants to deprive Kyiv of funding and to halt expansion plans, but officials are mapping out a workaround, says Paul Taylor of the Friends of Europe thinktank
Orbán vetoed €50bn in EU aid for Ukraine defence against Russian invasion in early hours of Friday morning
Polling reveals cool attitude to accession of Georgia and some western Balkan states, and opposition to admitting Turkey
Ukraine accuses invaders of killing civilians and setting up human shields; sanctions over North Korean arms supply to Russia. What we know on day 814
Dutch photographer and multimedia journalist Jelle Krings revisits the families that have kept a war-torn country moving, despite the Russian onslaught and in the face of great personal sacrifice
Russian leader praises ‘comradely’ talks with Chinese president before concert to mark 75 years of ‘friendship’
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development cuts growth forecasts for regions it operates in, saying war ‘casting long shadow’
US secretary of state took to stage with his guitar to perform Neil Young’s Rockin’ in the Free World
By removing Sergei Shoigu and promoting key allies, Russia’s leader is shoring up the war machine he needs to justify his survival, says Samantha de Bendern of Chatham House
Shadow foreign and defence ministers go to Kyiv ‘to ensure we take politics out of the UK’s support for Ukraine’