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In his Victory Day speech, Vladimir Putin presented a revisionist version of history and disinformation, and his accusations blaming the US for aggression against Ukraine are absurd, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said.more

Odessa - Ukraine's important Black Sea port - and the Odessa Oblast were attacked again by Russian troops. Oniks maneuvering missiles were launched into the region from the territory of the annexed Crimea, informed the city council.more

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his generals are like the Nazis and should end the same way, said British Defense Minister Ben Wallace today in a speech on the anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe.more

This year's speech during the Victory Parade celebrated in Russia on the anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany, Putin devoted to the war in Ukraine. The Russian president reiterated the main theses of Russian propaganda that Russia allegedly had "no choice" and that by starting the war, it "defended itself".more

"You think you are doing business with Russia, until one day a missile hits your house. Then values change and everything starts to fall apart" - announced Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenski in a recording for the US newspaper Wall Street Journal, quoted by Interfax-Ukraine yesterday.more

Chancellor Olaf Scholz said today that nobody should count on Russia not attacking other countries, given the violations of international law in Ukraine. He also declared that Germany would support Finland and Sweden if they decided to join NATO.more

Russian President Vladimir Putin today signed a decree on retaliatory economic sanctions in response to "unfriendly actions by certain foreign states and international organisations" - Reuters reported, citing the Kremlin. Meanwhile, the European Commission is due to present a sixth package of sanctions targeting Russia today.more

The Russian national team and clubs from that country have been excluded from all European football competitions next season. This follows decisions taken on 28 February shortly after the military aggression against Ukraine, UEFA announced yesterday.more

The files concerning the establishment of a climate foundation in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, which was to protect the interests of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, have disappeared without a trace and cannot be reached, the "Welt" daily reported yesterday. more

The Russian President has done what the Soviets never went so far as to do. Vladimir Putin is deliberately using energy as a weapon and a tool to pressure the EU into dividing and undermining its solidarity with Ukraine. This is a test for Europeans," the Zurich daily Tages-Anzeiger commented yesterday on the suspension of Russian gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria.more

Britain and other Western countries should provide Ukraine with combat planes as part of long-term military support, said British Foreign Minister Liz Truss yesterday evening.more

The European Union "is not afraid of Russia", the President of the European Parliament, Robert Metsol, told the Italian daily Il Messaggero.more

Members of the House of Commons who have been sanctioned by the Russian Foreign Office for "fuelling Russophobic hysteria" should see this as a distinction, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said today.more

Gazprom today from 8:00 a.m. Polish time completely stopped gas deliveries to Poland under the Yamal contract. The Russian company said the reason was the rejection by the Polish Oil and Gas Company (PGNiG) of gas payments in roubles. Poland is prepared for this. All customers in the country will receive the raw material at the current level - assures the government.more

The British government considers it justified that the weapons transferred to Ukraine by Western countries should be used for legal attacks on military targets on Russian territory, said Deputy Defense Minister James Heappey.more

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres met today in Moscow with Russian President Vladimir Putin as part of an effort to end the war in Ukraine. The united nations are ready to fully mobilize their resources to save lives in the besieged Mariupol on the Sea of Azov, he said.more

The risk of an outbreak of a nuclear conflict is now real and cannot be underestimated, said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, quoted by Reuters. He added that Moscow is in favor of reducing this threat.more

Britain is playing a key role in helping Ukraine, but it took almost 10 years before it adopted its current hawkish policy towards Russia, because that is how long it took British services to convince politicians to end their favouritism towards the Kremlin, the Financial Times noted yesterday.more

The world's largest beer producer, AB InBev, is in talks to sell a stake in a Russian joint venture to its Turkish partner. The deal could mean a loss of $1.1bn for the world's largest drinks group, the Financial Times reported yesterday.more

The diplomatic war between Poland and Russia is exacerbating. The Russians are already taking their revenge on Polish diplomats. They cut off their access to money, hinder their work and even make everyday purchases. It is getting more and more dangerous - reports the daily "Fakt" today.more

If Germany does not stop buying Russian gas, it should also be sanctioned because it is now indirectly financing the Russian assault on Ukraine, argues the paper's economics columnist Matthew Lynn in the "Daily Telegraph".more

The West has for too long ignored signs of growing imperialism in Russia; this policy of appeasement must end because, as history shows, appeasement leads to nothing, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki wrote in the British weekly "The Economist".more

Representatives of Canada, the US, the UK, Ukraine and the European Union demonstratively left the meeting room at yesterday's G20 meeting in Washington during a speech by the Russians.more

Peace on Putin's terms is unacceptable, announced yesterday German Chancellor Olaf Scholz after a virtual meeting with NATO and EU leaders. "Together with our Western partners, we agree that Russia cannot win this war," he stressed.more

EC spokesman Peter Stano told a conference in Brussels that the European Union was working on the next sanctions against Russia. "When the time is right, we will announce them," he announced.more