- Russia claims capture of strategic town in Ukraine as fighting rages in east (theguardian.com)
- Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskiy warns against appeasing Russian dictator Vladimir Putin (washingtonpost.com)Russia Scrambles to Stabilize Its Economy as War Takes a Toll (nytimes.com)Putin’s Puppets Can’t Stop Bitching About the Grueling Cost of His War (thedailybeast.com)
- War Loot: Satellite images appear to show Russian ships loading up with Ukrainian grain in Crimea (cnn.com)Russian attack in Donbas largest on European soil since second world war, says Ukraine (theguardian.com)Too late to evacuate civilians in face of Russian attack, says Luhansk official (theguardian.com)‘My house, the barns, I lost everything’: the Ukrainian farmers devastated by war (theguardian.com)
- Senior Russian diplomat at UN defects over war in Ukraine – reports (theguardian.com)
- Biden mocks Putin’s failed effort to ‘Finland-ize’ Europe in Naval Academy speech (nydailynews.com)
- Russia trying to destroy Donbas, says Zelenskiy, as fighting in eastern Ukraine intensifies (theguardian.com)Narrower Focus Helps Russia Make Gains in Ukraine’s East (nytimes.com)Oil, gas firms use Ukraine war to resist climate efforts (rawstory.com)
- Russia and China Held Military Exercise in East Asia as Biden Visited (nytimes.com)
- Russian forces surround Ukraine towns Sievierodonetsk and Lyschansk as assault on the Donbas continues (theguardian.com)
- Vladimir Putin ‘survived assassination attempt’ soon after Ukraine invasion (theage.com.au)
- Russia’s invasion of Ukraine underlines need for ‘free and open’ Indo-Pacific, Biden says (theguardian.com)