US team headed to Moscow for Ukraine talks as Putin visits Kursk – BBC.com

US team headed to Moscow for Ukraine talks as Putin visits Kursk  BBC.com Russia lays out demands for talks with US on Ukraine, sources say  Reuters Document prepared for Kremlin outlines hard-line negotiating stance  The Washington Post Will Vladimir Putin really agree to stop his killing machine?  The Economist Pressed to accept a ceasefire in Ukraine, Putin seems likely…

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Videos Show Russian Troops Retaking Kursk Region’s Sudzha – The Moscow Times

Videos Show Russian Troops Retaking Kursk Region’s Sudzha  The Moscow Times Retreat! Ukrainian Brigades Appear To Be Evacuating Kursk.  Forbes Online map appears to show Ukraine no longer in control of Russia’s Sudzha  Yahoo Russian forces walked inside a gas pipeline to strike Ukrainian troops from the rear in Kursk  The Associated Press Russia-Ukraine updates: General denies Russian forces…

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Washington’s Embrace of Putin Aims to Drive Wedge Between Moscow and Beijing – The Wall Street Journal

Washington’s Embrace of Putin Aims to Drive Wedge Between Moscow and Beijing  The Wall Street Journal China backs Trump’s Ukraine peace bid at G20 as US allies rally behind Zelenskiy  Reuters China says it backs new US and Russian ‘consensus’ on Ukraine war  POLITICO Europe Should China worry as Trump’s US draws Russia closer?  South China Morning Post Why…

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Baltic States to Cut Energy Ties With Russia This Weekend in Power Grid Switch – The Moscow Times

Baltic States to Cut Energy Ties With Russia This Weekend in Power Grid Switch  The Moscow Times Baltic nations count final hours to ending electricity ties to Russia  The Associated Press Baltics brace for cyberattacks as they depart Russian electricity grid  POLITICO Europe Baltic states to cut energy ties with Russia, join European power grid, AFP reports.  Kyiv Independent…

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Zelensky ‘Ready’ to Hand North Korean POWs to Pyongyang – The Moscow Times

Zelensky ‘Ready’ to Hand North Korean POWs to Pyongyang  The Moscow Times Ukraine Says It Captured 2 North Korean Soldiers Fighting for Russia  The New York Times Ukraine ready to return North Korean POWs to Kim Jong Un or find ‘other ways,’ Zelensky says  Kyiv Independent Ukraine has captured 2 North Korean soldiers, South Korea’s intelligence service says  Fox…

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Germany Says Latest Undersea Cable Cut a ‘Wake-up Call' – The Moscow Times

Germany Says Latest Undersea Cable Cut a ‘Wake-up Call’  The Moscow Times Has Russia’s Shadow Fleet, Built to Evade Sanctions, Added Sabotage to Its List?  The New York Times Finland moves tanker suspected of undersea cable damage closer to port  The Globe and Mail Russia-linked cable-cutting tanker seized by Finland ‘was loaded with spying equipment’  Lloyd’s List German foreign…

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