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Russia Ukraine war latest: Putin ally boasts sanctions have ‘failed miserably’

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Russia wouldn’t have invaded Ukraine without Brexit, suggests top MEP

A close ally of Vladimir Putin has boasted that the sanctions slapped on Moscow by Ukraine’s allies have “failed miserably.”

Posting to Telegram on Tuesday morning, Dmitry Medvedev – former Russian president and prime minister – claimed that “enemy countries do not have the courage to admit that their hellish sanctions” have misfired.

He went on: “So everything is as always: the Americans make money on a humiliated Europe. Crushed Europe endures and loses money. At the same time, even the IMF predicts economic growth in Russia this year.”

In other news, senior MEP Guy Verhofstadt has claimed that Mr Putin’s invasion of Ukraine could have been avoided if Brexit had not happened.

The bloc’s former Brexit coordinator suggested the Russian president calculated that the continent was not united on defence after the UK’s withdrawal from the EU.

Mr Verhofstadt went on: “A united Europe, certainly on defence matters, would make an enormous difference. I think maybe without Brexit, maybe there was no invasion. I don’t know.”

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Putin ally says Western sanctions have ‘failed miserably’

A close ally of Vladimir Putin has boasted that the sanctions slapped on Moscow by Kyiv’s allies have “failed miserably.”

Posting to Telegram on Tuesday morning, Dmitry Medvedev – former Russian president and prime minister – claimed that “enemy countries do not have the courage to admit that their hellish sanctions” have misfired.

(Sputnik)

He went on: “The vast majority of industrial products and consumer goods were replaced by our own, Russian, and the missing ones – by Asian brands. Parallel imports also work, from which we get the same western brands, and their owners get nothing.

“So everything is as always: the Americans make money on a humiliated Europe. Crushed Europe endures and loses money. At the same time, even the IMF predicts economic growth in Russia this year.”

Emily Atkinson31 January 2023 12:15

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‘I’m a scoundrel to you’: Ex-Wagner mercenary apologises to Ukrainians

A former member of the Wagner mercenary group now seeking asylum in Norway has apologised to Ukrainians also living in the Scandinavian country who object to his presence there.

“I’m a scoundrel to you, but I only ask you to take into account that I have come to realise that, albeit belatedly, and I spoke against all that,” Andrey Medvedev told Norwegian broadcaster NRK. “I ask you not to condemn me, and in any case I apologise.”

Earlier this month, the former mercenary described leaving the group after his contract was extended without his extent, before fleeing across the Russian border into Norway.

He told Russian human rights group Gulagu.net hat he is ready to testify about potential war crimes. Norway’s National Criminal Investigation Service, which is taking part in the Ukraine war crimes probe, has said it is questioning Medvedev, who “has the status of a witness.”

Andy Gregory31 January 2023 14:51

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Man convicted of attempting to burn down enlistment office in Siberia

A man has been found guilty by Moscow of attempting to burn down a military enlistment office in Siberia, reports say.

He has been jailed for 12 years in a ruling that classified his crime as an “act of terrorism”.

According to the TASS state news agency, the decision by a military court in Yekaterinburg was the first time a Russian court had used the terrorism designation to punish someone for an arson attack on an enlistment office.

In Tuesday’s ruling, Vladislav Borisenko, who was accused of trying to burn down such an office in the Siberian city of Nizhnevartovsk in May, was sentenced to 12 years — to be spent first in prison, and then in a maximum security prison colony.

TASS said the fire had spread across an area of one square kilometre, but that nobody had been hurt.

Borisenko had carried out the attack with another man and they had both allegedly confessed their guilt, it said, saying they had purportedly acted on the promise of receiving a financial reward from a third party.

The court said in a statement that its ruling could be appealed.

Emily Atkinson31 January 2023 14:33

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ICYMI: Russia wouldn’t have invaded Ukraine without Brexit, suggests top MEP

Russia wouldn’t have invaded Ukraine without Brexit, suggests top MEP

Emily Atkinson31 January 2023 14:15

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Russia claims it has control of village near Bakhmut

Russia said on Tuesday that its forces had taken control of Blahodatne, a village just north of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine, where some of the heaviest fighting of the war has taken place in recent weeks.

Blahodatne, about 5 km (3 miles) north of Bakhmut, was captured with the help of aerial support, Moscow’s defence ministry said.

Emily Atkinson31 January 2023 13:55

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Sending UK fighter jets to Ukraine ‘not practical’, says No 10

Our political correspondent Adam Forrest reports:

Rishi Sunak believes it is “not practical” to provide Ukraine with British fighter jets but has pledged to accelerate support to enable “decisive gains” against Russian invaders.

Downing Street said training Volodymyr Zelensky’s forces on “extremely sophisticated” Typhoons and F-35s would take too long but did not oppose allies sending their own jets.

After completing a review, the PM told his cabinet on Tuesday a “prolonged stalemate” in the war in Ukraine “would only benefit Russia” and its president Vladimir Putin, according to No 10.

He said they must seize an “opportunity to accelerate UK support” to give Ukraine “the best chance of success and make the most of the window of opportunity where Russian forces were on the back foot”.

Defence secretary Ben Wallace shared US estimates that 180,000 Russian troops have been killed or injured in the year-long invasion. That is compared to around 15,000 killed during the decade-long war in Afghanistan.

The Kremlin has also lost two-thirds of its tanks, Mr Wallace said, according to Downing Street’s account of the cabinet meeting.

Andy Gregory31 January 2023 13:29

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Boris Johnson ‘to urge US to sustain aid for Ukraine’

Boris Johnson will meet with Republican lawmakers this week as he presses the US to sustain aid to Ukraine as it fights off Russia’s assault.

The former prime minister is scheduled to speak at a private Republican club in Washington on Tuesday evening, said Representative Joe Wilson, a member of the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee.

(REUTERS)

He is also scheduled to meet with a group of Republican senators, said senator Todd Young on Monday, though he said he was unaware of the exact timing of the talks.

On Wednesday, Mr Johnson will discuss the need for “Western unity and support for Ukraine and what more can be done against the threat Russia poses” at the Atlantic Council think tank.

Emily Atkinson31 January 2023 12:55

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Russia publishes new decree in ‘terrorism crackdown’

Russia will begin checks for weapons and explosives in cars in regions of the country with a high terrorist threat level, according to a presidential decree published on Tuesday.

Emily Atkinson31 January 2023 12:35

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Kremlin attacks ‘extremely aggressive position’ of Baltic states

Calls by the president of Lithuania to supply Ukraine with fighter planes highlight the “extremely aggressive position” of the Baltic states and Poland, Moscow claims.

As a result of this, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said that “major European countries” should make efforts to counterbalance their stance.

It comes after Lithuanian president Gitanas Nauseda said that Nato should stop drawing “red lines” and supply Ukraine with whatever weapons it needed, including fighter jets and long-range missiles.

(Reuters)

Asked about those comments, Mr Peskov told reporters: “In general, we see an extremely aggressive position from representatives of the Baltic countries and Poland. They are apparently ready to do anything to provoke the growth of further confrontation, with little regard for the consequences.”

He added: “Of course, it is very sad that under these conditions the leaders of major European countries, who drive all European processes, unfortunately do not play a balancing role.”

Emily Atkinson31 January 2023 11:55

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US ambassador ‘discusses arms control in meeting with Russian minister’

Moscow’s deputy foreign minister has met with the US ambassador, according to Russia’s foreign ministry.

Sergei Ryabkov met with newly-arrived US ambassador Lynne Tracy and they had discussed arms control, the ministry said.

Emily Atkinson31 January 2023 11:35


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