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Scepticism and distrust at Russia’s vow to scale back activity near Kyiv
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has expressed skepticism at Russia’s announcement it will significantly scale back military operations near Ukraine’s capital and a northern city.
Bruno Fernandes sends Portugal to the World Cup
Bruno Fernandes scored twice as Portugal sealed their place in their sixth consecutive World Cup finals with a 2-0 win over North Macedonia in Porto.
Medvedev one win away from top ranking, dominant Osaka eases into Miami Open semi-finals
Daniil Medvedev is one win away from retaking the world No 1 spot after moving past American Jenson Brooksby 7-5, 6-1 and into the Miami Open quarter-finals on Tuesday.
Top Navalny aide: 'Putin shortened his time in power when he went to war in Ukraine'
Volkov went on to say that when Russian President Vladimir Putin decided to go to war in Ukraine he actually "shortened his years in power" – and since Navalny is Putin’s "personal prisoner”, he also “shortened Nalvany’s prison term”.
Putin's Greater Russia: What's driving the invasion of Ukraine?
But more broadly, the war did not happen in a vacuum: of all the former Soviet states, Ukraine is the one with the largest Russian population. The breakup of the USSR was described by Putin way back in 2005 as the last century's "greatest geopolitical catastrophe." And just as the Russian president has had 22 years to consolidate his grip on the oligarchs, the media and the security apparatus, he has also moved methodically to restore and grow the grandeur of Russkiy Mir, the Russian world.
Ukraine Pull Out Of Junior Women's Hockey World Cup
Hit hard by the invasion of Russia, Ukraine on Tuesday pulled out of the FIH Hockey Women's Junior World Cup, which is to be held in Potchefstroom, South Africa from April 1 to 12. "This is of course a very sad situation, first and foremost for all members of the team, especially the players, and I would like, on behalf of FIH, to reassert our full solidarity with the Ukrainian hockey community at this terrible time," International Hockey Federation (FIH) CEO Thierry Weil said in a statement.