Bitter Johnson’ and calls for ‘massive’ tax cuts
Newspaper headlines: ‘Bitter Johnson’ and calls for ‘massive’ tax cuts Newspaper headlines: ‘Bitter Johnson’ and calls for ‘massive’ tax cuts
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Why Russia is trying to encircle Ukraine’s east
Donbas: Why Russia is trying to encircle Ukraine’s east What would Vladimir Putin need before he could claim success in his goal of “liberating” Ukraine’s old industrial heart and is that possible? Ukraine’s best-trained forces were already posted in the east because of an eight-year war with Russian-backed separatists. They are thought to have suffered …
Russia ‘digging up graves in Mariupol
Russia ‘digging up graves in Mariupol’ – as Moscow ‘strikes factory on outskirts of Kyiv’ Ukraine-Russia latest as Kyiv confirms nine evacuation routes have been agreed for Friday, including from Mariupol; Blasts are heard in Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities overnight; Russia says its flagship Black Sea vessel Moskva sunk after a fire. https://news.sky.com/story/ukraine-news-live-satellite-images-show-russian-troops-amassing-for-new-attack-as-zelenskyy-makes-prisoner-offer-to-putin-12541713
Rocket attack on Ukraine train station
Rocket attack on Ukraine train station kills over 30 trying to flee, over 100 injured A rocket attack on a crowded train station in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk has killed more than 30 people and injured more than 100, Ukraine’s state railway company said. Thousands of civilians have been waiting at train stations …
Zelenskiy tells EU ‘Prove that you are with us’
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy tells EU: ‘Prove that you are with us’ SADC response VS EU response in a time of crisis, War in Ukraine clearly shows that if nations need to stand together against an aggressor. EU lawmakers, many wearing #standwithUkraine T-shirts bearing the Ukrainian flag, others with blue-and-yellow scarves or ribbons, gave Zelenskiy a standing …
Ukraine: Fighting escalates despite ceasefire talks
Ukraine: Fighting escalates despite ceasefire talks Fighting has continued on the fifth day of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, despite talks aimed at securing a ceasefire. Missile strikes killed dozens of civilians in the country’s second city, Kharkiv, while air raid sirens sounded again in the capital, Kyiv. There were reports of fierce shelling in the …
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Somebody needs to give Putin a history lesson
Somebody needs to give Putin a history lesson (CNN)Vladimir Putin fancies himself a historian, or certainly a historical figure — one destined to rewrite or restore history in his own image. Now, with the might of the Russian military machine behind him, he has begun what could turn into as bloody a rampage as any …