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Another key leader of the Russian-backed militants falls victim to an assassination in the Donbass

Russia-backed militants fired 42 times on Ukrainian positions, most intensively on Lebedinskoye, Vodyanoye, Shirokino and Pavlopol. There are conflicting reports of the battle at Vodyanoye yesterday.

The new Azov National Corps opposes EU membership and calls instead for a new union between the Black and Baltic seas.

The trial of five defendants in the murder of opposition leader Boris Nemtsov continues in Moscow District Military Court. Three of the defendants testified that they were tortured to extract confessions.

Seven Ukrainian soldiers were wounded yesterday.

LIVE UPDATES: After several days of bellicose statements against the US by President Vladimir Putin, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says Russia doesn’t want to fight America. Welcome to our column, Russia Update, where we will be closely following day-to-day developments in Russia, including the Russian government’s foreign and domestic policies. The previous issue is […]

Nuclear threats, ballistic missile tests, and wars of words — the heating rhetoric coming out of the Kremlin is about Syria, NATO, and Trump

LIVE UPDATES: Sources told Znak that the Kremlin has issued an advisory to Russian officials telling them to bring their children studying abroad back to Russia. But the Kremlin and MPs deny the story. Welcome to our column, Russia Update, where we will be closely following day-to-day developments in Russia, including the Russian government’s foreign […]

Meanwhile heavy shelling is reported today near Mariupol and Avdeyevka

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s meeting with Turkish President Recep Erdogan has put relations back on track, with a ban on fruit imports lifted, resumption of TurkStream and construction of a nuclear plant, and cooperation on Syria.