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Russian girl who drew anti-war picture leaves orphanage with mother

A Russian girl who was sent to an orphanage after drawing an anti-war picture, for which her father was convicted for discrediting the armed forces, has been collected by her mother who has not lived with the family for at least seven years.

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Russian girl who drew a picture against war faces custody battle

A Russian court will on Thursday hold a custody hearing for a 13-year-old girl who was forced into a children's home after drawing an anti-war picture that prompted an investigation and then conviction of her father for discrediting the armed forces.

Reuters

Russian father convicted over anti-war comments held in Belarus

Aleksei Moskalyov, a Russian father convicted over anti-war comments on social media in a ruling that put his custody of his 13-year-old daughter in jeopardy, was detained in Belarus after fleeing house arrest, his lawyer said Thursday.

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Russian missiles hit Ukraine's Kharkiv as Moscow detains US journalist

At least six Russian missiles hit the northeastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv late on Thursday, local officials said, adding that emergency workers were assessing the damage and casualties. Earlier, Russia’s FSB security service detained a US reporter for the Wall Street Journal on spying charges, drawing immediate condemnation from the…

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Fugitive Russian father convicted of insulting army is detained in Belarus

A Russian man who was sentenced to two years in prison for discrediting the army and had his daughter taken from him has been detained in Belarus after fleeing house arrest, a lawyer said on Thursday.

Reuters

Fugitive Russian father draws Kremlin censure, support from Wagner boss

A Russian father who went on the run to avoid being sent to a penal colony after his daughter drew an anti-war picture at school was criticised by the Kremlin on Wednesday, but defended by the powerful head of the Wagner mercenary group.

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Russian whose daughter drew anti-war picture convicted

A Russian court has convicted a father over social media posts criticising the war in Ukraine in a case sparked by his daughter's drawings against the invasion.

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Russian whose child drew anti-war image gets jail term but flees

Alexei Moskalyov’s 13-year-old daughter has been placed in a children’s home after making a drawing about Ukraine’s war.

Al Jazeera

Russian whose daughter drew anti-war picture gets two years jail but flees

A Russian who was investigated by police after his daughter drew an anti-war picture at school was sentenced on Tuesday to two years in a penal colony on charges of discrediting the armed forces.

Reuters

Artwork rescued from Ukraine war displayed in Paris

‘The Facets of Freedom’ exhibition at the Ukrainian Cultural Centre in Paris is an ode to liberty consisting of works evacuated to France from Ukraine in extremis following the Russian invasion.

France 24

‘I want peace’: Ukraine and a Christmas at war

Three Ukrainian photographers capture the lives of children who fled and those who stayed in Ukraine

The Independent UK

Leon Vitali, long-time Stanley Kubrick collaborator and actor, dies aged 74

Vitali, who starred in Barry Lyndon, died on Saturday in Los Angeles surrounded by loved ones including his three children, Masha, Max and Vera

Evening Standard

World shrinks to a basement in Ukraine for grandmother, 92

After surviving World War Two, Maria Nikolaevna lived a busy and fulfilling life, raising two children, working as an engineer in the Soviet aerospace industry and cultivating a beautiful garden at the family home in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv.

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Hero granny fought off raging wild bear with a watering can as it attacked granddaughter

WARNING, GRAPHIC IMAGES: Armed only with her watering can, Russian teacher Elena Kosach raced into a “one-to-one fight with the predator” when she saw it grab her granddaughter Masha in their garden

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Pro-war memes, Z symbols and blue and yellow flags: Russian influencers at war

As the government tightens its grip, some social media stars are speaking out, while others are pivoting to propaganda

The Guardian - US

The Ukrainians teaching in a war zone: bombed-out schools, evacuations and board games

Educators have assisted in rescue efforts and sought to ease children’s fears by creating spaces ‘where kids can feel like kids’

The Independent UK

How Ukrainian pets bring solace for some refugees but heartbreak for others

David Cohen has witnessed first hand the devastating impact of pets having to be abandoned as well as the joy they bring to those Ukrainians who have been able to flee the Russian invasions with their pets in tow

Evening Standard

Untold story of the dogs (and cats, mice and rats) of Ukraine war

David Cohen and Lucy Young report from Csengersima on the Romanian-Hungarian border

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The internet forgot about Clubhouse. Anti-war Russians didn't.

The audio app may have fallen out of vogue, but it's become some Russians' lifeline amid a social media crackdown.

Daily Mirror

Ukrainian trainee medic who fled shelled hospital hopes to finish training in UK

Ukrainian medical student Vasiuta Alina, 22, was forced to hide in a bunker with a cancer patient in Kharkiv two weeks ago but now hopes for a promising future in the UK

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Adorable Edinburgh rabbits search for forever home after 200 days in shelter

The sweet pair of best friends are searching for an Edinburgh home that would be able to rehome both of them as soon as possible, according to the SSPCA.

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