Russia-Ukraine war
Russia’s plunging currency sparks a rare Moscow outburst
Vladimir Putin’s chief economic adviser has criticised Russia’s central bank in a rare show of discord between top officials after a sudden decline in the rouble.
- by Bloomberg News
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Putin sent this critic to prison as a birthday present. I spoke to him from his cell
He’s been sentenced to 8½ years in jail for discussing the massacre of Ukrainian civilians. His lawyer conveyed my questions to him and returned with his handwritten responses.
- by Peter Hartcher
‘Bribery is treason’: Zelensky sacks 112 army draft chiefs
The president said that any sacked army recruitment officers not being investigated should head to the front to fight for Ukraine.
- by Dan Peleschuk
Money machines: The obscure way Wall Street raked in billions from Russia
The mass exodus of Western companies and investors from Russia a year ago created an opportunity and a dilemma for Wall Street’s financial titans.
- by Donal Griffin, Nariman Gizitdinov and William Shaw
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.
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
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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
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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.