'Out of ideas' Putin rains missiles on Ukraine as Russia loses momentum on battlefield

Day 1,558.

Today, as more civilians across Ukraine are murdered by Russia in the latest mass aerial attack we look to the US for a response, given Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio last week that Russia planned only to strike Ukrainian "decision-making centers". We ask, again, when the United Nations is going to take a meaningful interest in the war, and look at the continuing diplomatic spat between Ukraine and Poland. And later, we examine possibly the most consequential election for Putin in years: this weekend’s contest in Armenia and a, perhaps surprising, intervention by Donald Trump.

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Dom Nicholls (Host on Ukraine: The Latest). @DomNicholls on X.

Venetia Rainey (Telegraph journalist and host on Iran: The Latest). @venetiarainey on X.

James Kilner (Russia Analyst). @Jkjourno on X.

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Magyar signals Ukraine reset ahead of expected talks with Zelenskyy next week (Politico)

https://www.politico.eu/article/hungary-peter-magyar-ukraine-volodymyr-zelenskyy-upcoming-talks/

Danish shipyard still servicing LNG tankers for Russia trade (Financial Times)

https://www.ft.com/content/945c6085-e14a-4acb-8e41-3986e7486480?syn-25a6b1a6=1

Russian Officer Accused of Bucha Atrocities Secures Candidate Slot for Parliament Elections (United 24 Media)

https://united24media.com/world/russian-officer-accused-of-bucha-atrocities-secures-candidate-slot-for-parliament-elections-19382

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