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UNCOVERED: 3 - The Untold Story

Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (June 21)

A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

WEKU

Russia holds missile drills in Baltic Sea as tensions with NATO reach boiling point

Lithuania has blocked rail access to Russia's exclave of Kaliningrad Oblast, cutting off the NATO-state surrounded territory from vital goods like coal, metals and building materials

Daily Mirror

The Standard View: Londoners are showing that Blitz spirit – they shouldn’t have to

Tube stations shuttered, railways hubs eerily deserted — even Euston Station is exhibiting an air of calm. But beneath it all, the disruption and chaos are widespread.

Evening Standard

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First Thing: Donald Trump plotted fake electors scheme, panel set to show

Committee also expected to investigate Trump’s pressure in crucial states to reverse election defeat. Plus Juneteenth celebrations over time

The Guardian - UK

Dmitry Muratov sells Nobel peace prize at auction for record $103.5m, with proceeds going to Ukraine

Dmitry Muratov was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for fighting for freedom of the press

The Independent UK

Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov sells Nobel prize for £84m and donates to Ukraine refugees

Nobel Peace Prize winning Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov has auctioned off his gold medal for $103.5 million (£84 million) to raise money for refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine.

Evening Standard

Russian Journalist’s Nobel Peace Prize Fetches Record $103.5 Mln at Auction to Aid Ukraine Children

Dmitry Muratov, the co-winner of the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize and the editor of one of Russia's last major independent newspapers, auctioned off his Nobel medal for a record $103.5 million to aid children displaced by the war in Ukraine. All proceeds from the auction, which coincided with the World…

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Ukraine Says Attacks Escalating, as Russia-EU Tensions Surge

Russia's blockade of Ukrainian grain exports sparked fresh tensions with Europe as fears grow of a global food crisis, while Kyiv accused Moscow of stepping up attacks in the east of the country. In New York, Dmitry Muratov, the Russian editor-in-chief of the independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta, auctioned off his…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russian forces capture settlements near Lysychansk and Sievierodonetsk – as it happened

This live blog is now closed, you can find our latest coverage of the Russia-Ukraine war here

The Guardian - AU

EU reaches 'total consensus' on granting Ukraine candidate status

EU ministers on Tuesday backed granting war-torn Ukraine candidate status to join the bloc ahead of a summit expected to formally greenlight the move later this week, France's Europe minister said. In fighting on the ground, Ukraine said it was encountering difficulty in the east as Russian forces captured more…

France 24

Russian journalist sells Nobel Prize for over 100m dollars to help Ukraine

Dmitry Muratov left Russia for Western Europe on Thursday to begin his trip to New York City, where the auction took place

Wales Online

Russian Nobel Peace laureate Muratov sells medal for $104 million to aid Ukraine children

The Russian co-winner of last year's Nobel Peace Prize, journalist Dmitry Muratov, sold his prize medal for $103.5 million at an auction on Monday to raise money for displaced children affected by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Reuters

Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 118 of the invasion

Moscow threatens to retaliate after Lithuania bans transit of goods to the Russian outpost of Kaliningrad; EU calls blockade of the Ukrainian grain a war crime

The Guardian - AU

Russian Nobel Prize winner auctions medal to aid Ukrainians

The Russian editor awarded a Nobel Peace Prize for championing freedom of speech is auctioning his medal to raise funds for Ukrainians who’ve been made into refugees by President Vladimir Putin’s war.

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The Independent UK

'It's just hell there': Russia still pounds eastern Ukraine

Russia’s military machine is persevering in its ferocious effort to grind down Ukraine’s defenses

The Conversation

'Today is not my day': how Russia's journalists, writers and artists are turning silence into speech

“It is impossible to stop a speeding train by throwing oneself onto the tracks,” wrote Russian poet Dmitry Kuzmin back in March. He was commenting on Olga Gordienko, a young teacher who, before she was arrested, stood for several minutes on a Moscow street with a sign that read:

The Independent UK

Russian journalist sells Nobel Prize for Ukrainian children

What is the price of peace

Reuters

Exclusive - Pioneering Russian journalist sells Nobel Peace medal for Ukraine

Russian journalist and Nobel Peace laureate Dmitry Muratov is auctioning his Nobel medal for Ukrainian refugees, distraught at the eradication of independent media in his country, where he says fewer and fewer people support Moscow's military campaign.

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The Guardian - UK

Around the world, journalists are resisting the regimes that would jail and kill them

From Russia to India, it has never been more dangerous to pursue the truth. But new tactics bring hope, says Mary Fitzgerald of Open Society Foundations

360info

Outnumbered and outgunned, public-interest journalism losing to identity politics

Media systems have no answer for toxic polarisation. The development of a public-service internet and public-service media needs to be on the agenda.

The Independent UK

US says Russian intelligence was behind poison attack on Nobel prize-winning journalist

Dmitry Muratov shared images of himself covered in red paint after he was attacked on a train on 7 April

The Guardian - UK

Russian intelligence behind poisoning of Nobel-laureate editor, says US

US officials say unnamed Russian spy services launched chemical attack on investigative journalist Dmitry Muratov on Moscow train

Al Jazeera

US believes Russia behind attack on Nobel laureate Dmitry Muratov

Kremlin critic and editor of Novaya Gazeta, Dmitry Muratov, was attacked with red paint laced with acetone on April 7.

Reuters

U.S. believes Russian intelligence was behind attack on journalist - media

The United States believes Russian intelligence was behind an April chemical attack on a Nobel Peace Prize-winning Russian journalist critical of the Kremlin, U.S. news organizations reported on Thursday.

Reason

Russia's Remaining Independent Journalists Suffer for Their Work

Journalists often do their best work in places that offer the least welcoming environment.

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