Russia-Ukraine war
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Foreign relations
Ukraine pleaded for help from Australia six months ago. It hasn’t received a reply
Ukraine fears it will not receive a requested shipment of Australian coal by winter, despite pleading directly with Foreign Minister Penny Wong.
- by Matthew Knott and Rob Harris
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Sunak calls snap UK election as Conservatives face thrashing at poll
In power since 2010, the Tories have tanked in opinion polls on the back of a post-COVID cost-of-living crisis and successive political scandals.
- by Rob Harris
Zelensky pushes allies to step up and fight war that ‘no one even notices’
On the fifth anniversary of his inauguration, the comedian-turned-wartime leader concedes his allies need to push so-called “red lines” and get more involved.
- by Mike Collett-White, Dan Peleschuk and Sergiy Karazy
‘Inevitable’: NATO prepares to send troop trainers into Ukraine
As Russia advances and Ukraine’s manpower decreases, the US and its allies are getting ready to do more to stop the war.
- by Helene Cooper, Julian E. Barnes, Eric Schmitt and Lara Jakes
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China relations
Putin and Xi pledge a ‘new era’ and condemn the United States
Putin’s two-day state visit to one of his strongest allies comes just as his country’s forces pressed an offensive in the most significant border incursion since the full-scale Ukraine invasion began.
- by Bernard Orr, Guy Faulconbridge and Andrew Osborn
Vladimir Putin removes defence minister in major shake-up of Kremlin security team
Longtime defence minister Sergei Shoigu is being replaced but - in a way calibrated not to suggest seismic changes amid Russia’s protracted war in Ukraine.
- by Mary Ilyushina
Plot to assassinate Zelensky and top Ukrainian officials a ‘gift to Putin’
Ukrainian authorities said they arrested two officers in the agency responsible for protecting senior government leaders and accused them of developing the assassination plot.
- by David L. Stern and Serhiy Morgunov
Opinion
World markets
Gold fever: Why China and the rest of the world are stocking up
The gold price is behaving very strangely, but there is a simple explanation.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
‘New round of escalation’: Putin’s Russia threatens UK, plans tactical nuclear drills
The drills are a response to “provocative statements and threats of certain Western officials regarding the Russian Federation,” the Defence Ministry said in a statement.
Opinion
Opinion
Vladimir Putin humiliated as his gas empire crumbles
Vladimir Putin is throwing everything he has got at ramping up Russia’s war machine. But it does not include one previously reliable source of cash.
- by Tim Wallace
This prominent Melburnian thinks Australia is failing Ukraine. He’s trying to fill the gaps
Investor James Baillieu, the nephew of former premier Ted Baillieu, says the war in Ukraine has been wiped off the news cycle and the Australian government doesn’t care.
- by Stephen Brook