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Ukraine's divisive mobilization law comes into force as a new Russian push strains front-line troops
- A divisive mobilization law in Ukraine came into force on Saturday, as Kyiv struggles to boost troop numbers after Russia launched a new offensive that some fear could close in on Ukraine’s second-largest city. It also provides incentives to soldiers, such as cash bonuses or money toward buying a house or car, that some analysts say Ukraine cannot afford. Lawmakers dragged their feet for months and only passed the law in mid-April, a week after Ukraine lowered the age for men who can be drafted from 27 to 25.
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Firefighters tackle massive blaze in Odesa following Russian airstrike
One person was killed and eight others were wounded on Friday following Russian airstrikes on Odesa, Ukraine's National Police said on Telegram.
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Brexit has let UK respond quickly on Russia and Ukraine, says Polish foreign minister
Brexit has allowed Britain to respond quickly to Russian aggression and claim a leadership role on aid to Ukraine, Poland’s foreign minister has told The Telegraph.
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Ukraine's divisive mobilization law comes into force as a new Russian push strains front-line troops
A divisive mobilization law in Ukraine came into force on Saturday, as Kyiv struggles to boost troop numbers after Russia launched a new offensive that some fear could close in on Ukraine’s second-largest city. It also provides incentives to soldiers, such as cash bonuses or money toward buying a house or car, that some analysts say Ukraine cannot afford. Lawmakers dragged their feet for months and only passed the law in mid-April, a week after Ukraine lowered the age for men who can be drafte
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Putin claims ‘no plans’ to capture Kharkiv - Ukraine: The Latest
Today, as Putin updates the world about his plans for the Kharkiv offensive, we discuss Ukraine’s huge drone attack on Russian naval bases overnight. Plus, we hear from distinguished Ukrainian journalist Illia Ponomarenko and hear an update on demining battlefields. Finally, we hear an interview from David Knowles on the ground in Lviv.
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Xi and Putin: The marriage of convenience that is reshaping the world order
Vladimir Putin began the second day of his trip to China on Friday by laying a wreath at the memorial to Soviet soldiers who kicked the Japanese out of Manchuria in 1945. Then he went to Harbin, the Chinese terminus of the trans-Siberian railway, to address an industry forum.
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Zelensky snubs Macron plan for truce with Russia during Paris Olympics
Ukraine’s president has snubbed Emmanuel Macron’s call for a truce with Russia during the Olympics this summer and said the West has put his country in a “nonsense situation”.
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Watch: British Army leaves US troops trailing in river crossing race
The 156-metre stretch across the Drawa River in western Poland would normally be a perilous scenario for approaching armies.
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Putin claims he has no plans ‘as of today’ to capture Kharkiv
Vladimir Putin has said Russia has no plans to capture the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv as he discussed the possibility of peace talks with Xi Jinping, the Chinese president.
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The West has yet to grasp we have moved fast into a world crisis that leads to war
Isolationism is a good instinct but a bad policy. The difference between home and everywhere else is vital to the human psyche and to national existence. Logically, it leads to respect for others: they have their homes, too, so neither should interfere with the other.
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Out of the slaughterhouse, into the ‘meatgrinder’ for Ukraine’s recruits
Gennady Daskal is no stranger to blood and guts. Until last month, the 27-year-old was working in an abattoir in central Ukraine, killing pigs and cows for a living. Now, after being conscripted, he is preparing to enter a very different kind of slaughterhouse. As part of a rookie infantry assault unit, he is being trained up for the Donbas frontline – the gruelling combat zone that many nickname the “meatgrinder”.
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Russia’s navy has become a near laughing stock
The Russians are giving the world a maritime headache. In the High North, their uneasy teamwork with China continues. Moscow and Beijing have recently announced a “joint commission for the development of the Northern Sea Route”. Plenty of analysts, those of RUSI included, believe that this benefits Xi more than Putin, but either way, Russia’s desire to use the High North for grey-zone activities is only going to increase.
