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The Hill
NATO chief says Russia shifting strategy: ‘This is not a real withdrawal’
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg on Sunday said Russia is shifting its strategy in Ukraine, discounting the idea that it could be withdrawing from the war-torn country. “What we see is not a real withdrawal, what we see that Russia is re-positioning its troops and they are taking some of them back to rearm them, to…
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Axios
Pakistan’s Imran Khan calls for new elections after no-confidence motion blocked
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan requested the country’s Parliament be dissolved after he had a parliamentary no-confidence motion against him blocked by the deputy speaker.Why it matters: Khan has now avoided the planned vote after the deputy speaker from his ruling Pakistan Tehreek Insaf (Justice) Party said it could not go ahead because it was “unconstitutional,” per Al Jazeera .Get market news worthy of your time with Axios Markets. Subscribe for free.Driving the news: The former cricket
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The Daily Beast
Putin Stoops to Shocking New Low in Humiliating Retreat From Kyiv
Genya Savilov/AFP via GettyDespite retreating from Kyiv in a perfunctory display of de-escalating tensions, Russian forces are leaving landmines in their wake, and civilians have been found executed—some with their hands tied behind their backs, Ukrainian officials said Saturday. “Bucha, Kyiv region. The bodies of people with tied hands, who were shot dead by Russian soldiers lie in the streets. These people were not in the military. They had no weapons. They posed no threat. How many more such
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The Hill
Cawthorn in response to controversy over podcast comments: ‘Human nature is fallen’
Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-N.C.) did not appear to back down from controversial comments he made on a podcast last month, saying in a statement released on Friday that he was “calling out corruption.” “Corruption and unethical activities exist in Washington. It’s an indisputable fact. If you don’t think that’s true, you’ve not witnessed the Swamp,” Cawthorn wrote.…
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Reuters
Russian lawmakers seek punishment for implementation of sanctions on Russia’s territory
“My colleagues from the State Duma and I have finished the work and on Monday we will introduce amendments to the Criminal Code for the implementation of restrictive measures (sanctions) imposed by foreign states on the territory of the Russian Federation,” Andrei Klishas wrote on his Telegram channel. “We look forward to prompt consideration of the amendments by the State Duma.”
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The New York Times
‘This Is True Barbarity’: Life and Death Under Russian Occupation
TROSTYANETS, Ukraine — The last three Russian soldiers in this Ukrainian town are in the morgue, their uniforms bloodied and torn. The first one’s face is frozen in pain. The second has his wooden pipe in his lap. The third is stuffed in his sleeping bag. These dead are not all that was left behind in Trostyanets, a strategically located town in the country’s northeast, where Russian forces fled several days ago in the face of an orchestrated Ukrainian assault. A monthlong Russian occupation red
