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russia started war with 41 Tu-22M3 irreplaceable bombers. It may have nine left euromaidanpress.com/... 8/10

‘How Are We Supposed to Live Now?’: russians React to Massive Moscow Drone Attack www.kyivpost.com/pos... 4/10

The War Comes Home: Ukraine’s Moscow Refinery Strikes and their Strategic Rationale mickryan.substack.co... 10/10

Culture wars: the fight to save Ukraine’s art – podcast www.theguardian.com/... 3/10

‘This is our payback’: Meduza readers in Moscow respond to Ukraine’s largest drone attack of the war meduza.io/en/feature... ⚓️ Bombtrack 🎶 Rage Against the Machine 9/10

As Moscow Burns, russia's Fuel Crisis Spreads ⚓️ “ russia is a gas station masquerading as a country.” John McCain www.rferl.org/a/russ... 6/10

Turkey plays with fire in Ukraine: Setting a trap for russia in the Black Sea as a shocking response looms from Putin www.bankingnews.gr/d... 2/10

Low on Fuel, russian Frigate Drifts in the English Channel maritime-executive.c... 7/10

The Lonely Race to Save Ukraine’s Past www.biographic.com/t... 5/10

How Ukraine’s Soldiers are Documenting the War from the Inside united24media.com/wa... 1/10

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Russia may have lost over 70% of combat-ready Tu-22M3 bombers since 2022 and retains only 9-10 operational.

Russians responded to a massive Ukrainian drone attack on Moscow with a mix of panic, frustration, dark humor and calls for retaliation.

A Russian frigate stationed in the English Channel, which was not on hand to impede the Royal Navy’s seizure on June 14 of the sanctioned Cameroon-fla...

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The Guardian’s chief culture writer, Charlotte Higgins, on the citizens risking their lives to salvage Ukraine’s cultural heritage

Two strikes in a single week have set Russia’s capital alight. These are the sharp edge of a maturing strategy designed to change the arithmetic of a war that Putin still insists he can win.

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In a country ravaged by war, Ukraine’s conservators are torn between protecting the country’s past and fighting for its future.

A massive Ukrainian strike on a Moscow oil refinery on June 18 is set to exacerbate a worsening fuel shortage that is spreading throughout Russia.

Turkey shifts its strategy in the Black Sea with a NATO-backed mission moving against Russia

As civilian journalists face extreme risks, soldier-filmmakers offer an "inside view" of the Ukraine war, capturing raw realities and human stories.

On the night of June 18, Moscow and the surrounding region were hit in the largest Ukrainian drone attack in the war so far. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said that nearly 200 drones had been shot down. An oil refinery in Kapotnya caught fire, and drones struck the Sadovod market and the Mega Belaya Dacha shopping mall. Governor Andrei Vorobyov said 17 people, including two children, were injured in cities across the region in the overnight attacks. In our daily war roundup, we asked readers in and around Moscow to tell us what the night was like. Here are some of their letters.