- Assad claims he wished to keep fighting as Syrian regime fell but Russians evacuated him (theguardian.com)Why America’s Kurdish Allies Are Under Threat in a New Syria (nytimes.com)Assad uncle used Guernsey adviser to secretly manage vast wealth (theguardian.com)Sacks of chemicals, plastic fruit … and millions of pills: inside a Damascus Captagon factory (theguardian.com)
- In Ukraine, Killings of Surrendering Russians Divide an American-Led Unit (nytimes.com)
- Putin’s War Will Soon Reach Russians’ Tax Bills (nytimes.com)
- Too Little Ammunition, Too Many Russians: The Harrowing Retreat From Avdiivka (nytimes.com)Britain prepared to loan Ukraine all frozen Russian central bank assets in UK, says minister (theguardian.com)
- More than 150 Russians captured on some days of incursion, Ukraine official says (theguardian.com)Kremlin response to Kursk incursion shows how Putin freezes in a crisis (washingtonpost.com)
- How One Crack in the Line Opened a Path for the Russians (nytimes.com)
- Russians go to the polls in a sham election for their president (economist.com)Putin fuming after man 'urinates on his parents' graves' and Russians light polling stations on fire during elections (gbnews.com)
- Ukrainian attacks on supply lines slowed Russians in Kharkiv, intercepts show (washingtonpost.com)
- The Russians Destroyed Their Villages. Now They Rebuild. (nytimes.com)
- Putin fuming after man ‘urinates on his parents’ graves’ and Russians light polling stations on fire during elections (gbnews.com)