The Guardian says the war in Ukraine will result in expensive food and energy for the next three years, the World Bank has warned.
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Russia-Ukraine crisis
Russia invaded Ukraine on 24 February 2022, marking a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which began in 2014 following the Ukrainian Revolution of Dignity.
The invasion triggered Europe’s largest refugee crisis since WW2, with millions leaving the country and millions more displaced.
Russia invades Ukraine 2022
In 2014, at the start of the Russo-Ukrainian war, Russia annexed Crimea and Russian-backed separatists seized part of the south-eastern Donbas region of Ukraine, sparking a regional war there.
In 2022, Russia began a large military build-up along its Ukrainian border – over 190,000 armed troops. Russia’s President Vladimir Putin had continued to deny Russia was planning an invasion until shortly before the invasion.
In a broadcast shortly before the invasion, Putin espoused irredentist views, questioned Ukraine’s right to statehood and falsely claimed the country was being governed by neo-Nazis. Putin also claimed NATO constitutes a threat to Russia’s national security by expanding eastward since the early 2000s, which NATO disputed. Russia demanded NATO cease expansion and bar Ukraine from ever joining. The UK, USA and allies all accused Russia of planning to attack or invade Ukraine, Russian officials and state media continued to deny it up until 23 February 2022.
The invasion began on 24 February – Putin announced it was a “special military operation” to “demilitarise and denazify” Ukraine. Russia then started missiles and airstrikes across Ukraine as well as a large ground invasion from multiple directions.
The invasion has been widely condemned by the international community.
The Russian invasion of Ukraine hasn’t gone entirely to plan as the Russians underestimated the Ukrainian people’s will to fight for their country.
France24 says Ex-Soviet Moldova urged citizens to stay calm and stepped up security after a series of blasts in a Russian-backed separatist region raised fears of a spillover from the war in Ukraine.
Daily Express says THE KREMLIN has been accused of falsifying footage from the Orthodox Easter Service in Moscow in an attempt to hide the ailing health of Vladimir Putin.
Daily Express says WHEN the most powerful tanks in the world were ranked last year, Russia and China’s armoured vehicles came high up the list.
The Sun says FEARS rose of a Russian ruse to spark a war in another European state last night after explosions were heard in a Moldovan breakaway state bordering Ukraine.
The Guardian says the UK backs Ukrainian troops carrying out strikes in Russian territory, the armed forces minister has said, calling it “not necessarily a problem” if Ukraine uses weapons donated by Britain.
The Sun says RUSSIA has been rocked by huge explosions and a massive fire following a suspected missile strike by Ukraine.
The Metro says a Russian oil depot went up in flames overnight amid claims of cross-border attacks by Ukrainian forces.
Euronews says nearly two months into the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Kremlin has taken extraordinary steps to blunt an economic counteroffensive from the West.
Russian shelling kills several in Luhansk and Kharkiv regions. Russian forces have now shifted their focus to the offensive in the eastern Donbas region of…
UN chief to meet Zelensky and Putin to push urgent steps for peace. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow…
The Metro says Russian forces have been accused of hiding bodies as the Kremlin makes preparations to proclaim a breakthrough on May 9.
France24 says Russian President Vladimir Putin alone can decide the fate of the 100,000 civilians still trapped in Ukraine’s war-torn Mariupol.
Mass graves found near Mariupol, which they say adds to mounting proof of Russian war crimes against Ukrainian civilians
The Daily Express says RUSSIAN FURY directed at President Putin has intensified as sailors on the destroyed Moskva warship are still missing, presumed dead, despite Putin denying use of conscripts in the war, reports claim.
The Sun says VLADIMIR Putin has called off the assault on hero Ukrainian troops buried in the Mariupol steel plant, declaring the besieged city is now in Russian hands.
The Metro says Ukraine has offered to hold last ditch negotiations with Russia to get fighters and civilians out of Mariupol.
Mariupol has fallen as Ukrainians negotiate evacuation to the Russians as World war II soviet flags appear in Ukrainian cities. “Without any conditions. We’re ready…
The World War II Soviet flag is beginning to appear across parts of Ukraine ahead of Russia’s May 9 WWII Victory Day celebration. Russian forces…
The Guardian says the Russian tycoon Oleg Tinkov has denounced Moscow’s “massacre” in Ukraine and urged the west to help end “this insane war”.
Euronews says bosses and unions in Germany have joined forces to oppose a possible EU ban on Russian gas, saying it would grind industry to a halt.
TRT World says Netflix has said inflation, the Russian offensive in Ukraine, and fierce competition contributed to a loss of subscribers for the first time in more than a decade.
Ukraine shoots down Russian cruise missiles fired at Lviv region and watch the video as Ukraine ambush the Russian military. The head of the Lviv…
The Daily Express says RUSSIA’s offensive into the East of Ukraine has been picked apart by retired US four-star General Jack Keane who believes the push will “play into the hands of the Ukrainians.”
The Daily Express says INDIA “is not going to change its stance on Russia at the moment” and Boris Johnson is “definitely going to raise it” during his visit to the country, according to a journalist.