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Taiwan’s foreign minister says China and Russia are supporting each other's ‘expansionism’
- Russia and China are helping each other expand their territorial reach, and democracies must push back against authoritarian states that threaten their rights and sovereignty, Taiwan’s outgoing foreign minister, Joseph Wu, said in an interview with The Associated Press. Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping reaffirmed their “no-limits” partnership as both countries face rising tensions with the West.
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Ukraine's divisive mobilization law comes into force as a new Russian push strains frontline 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. (AP video shot by Alex Babenko)
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Poland invests $2.5 billion into fortifying border with Russia and Belarus
Poland is investing almost £2 billion to step up security on its eastern border, its prime minister announced on Saturday, in a bid to defend itself against what it describes as a growing threat from Russia and Belarus.
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Lipstick protester vows to keep fighting Russian influence despite intimidation and violence
As she applies her lipstick in the reflection of the riot policeman’s shield, Ana Minadze has only one thing on her mind: defiance.
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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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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”.
