Volodymyr Zelensky
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‘Let Ukraine strike back’: Birmingham urges West to help after Russian strike claims at least 50 lives
Now a Russian air attack on Lviv on Wednesday has killed three people, injured more than 30 and destroyed historic buildings in the heart of the city.
- by Rob Harris
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Brutal butcher or brilliant general? Meet Ukraine’s top soldier taking the war to Russia
The 59-year-old’s daring invasion of Russia’s Kursk region has put him in the spotlight.
- by Roland Oliphant
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Zelensky fires air force commander after F-16 crash that killed pilot
An MP on the Ukraine parliament defence committee earlier claimed the F-16 was downed by a Patriot air-defence system.
- by Illia Novikov and Hanna Arhirova
‘We’ll reopen embassy’: Birmingham makes pledge on visit to Kyiv
Australia remains an international outlier as it refuses to reopen its embassy in Kyiv more than two-and-a-half years after Russian troops invaded.
- by Rob Harris
Opinion
Russia-Ukraine war
The US wants to avoid World War III, so Ukraine has no choice but attack
Since the end of the Cold War, Western nations have largely been able to assume a posture of strategic timidity. Ukraine doesn’t have that choice.
- by Mick Ryan
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Kyiv launches ‘one of largest ever’ drone attacks on Moscow: mayor
“This is one of the largest attempts to attack Moscow using drones ever. We continue to monitor the situation,” the Moscow mayor said.
- by Lidia Kelly
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Ukraine says it has seized more land in a week than Russia has all year
Ukrainian forces have pushed on with their major cross-border advance into the Kursk region for a second week, claiming to have captured more Russian ground and prisoners.
Even Ukrainian soldiers were in the dark on the plan. How did Zelensky pull this off?
Planned in secrecy, the incursion was a bold move to upend the war’s dynamics and put Moscow on the defensive – a gambit that could also leave Ukraine exposed.
- by Kim Barker, Anton Troianovski, Andrew E. Kramer, Constant Méheut, Alina Lobzina, Eric Schmitt and Sanjana Varghese
Putin pulls back troops from Ukraine to resist Kursk invasion
Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine had rounded up Russian prisoners of war who could be swapped for captured Ukrainian fighters, expanding what he called an “exchange fund”.
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Putin cuts off governor detailing Ukraine’s inroads into Russia
The acting Kursk governor said that about 121,000 Russians have been evacuated or left the areas affected by fighting on their own.
- by Daryna Krasnolutska
Analysis
China relations
Australia refuses to match allies sanctioning China over support for Russian war
The UK, US and the EU are among those sanctioning Chinese companies accused of helping Russia wreak havoc in Ukraine. The Albanese government is an outlier.
- by Lisa Visentin
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