Lidia Kelly

@REUTERS Ukraine/Russia breaking news correspondent: Ph.D. Candidate, RMIT; Journalist; ex-Russia; ex-USA: ex-Poland;

[Michelle Nichols @michellenichols]

The UNSC will meet at 3pm Monday as originally scheduled. US had requested council meet before 10am, but then on Sunday asked for council meeting to remain at 3pm, said diplomats. The General Assembly is due to meet at 10am Monday and still due to vote on US and EU/Ukraine drafts

[Nataliya Vasilyeva @Nat_Vasilyeva]

I had so many memories of my time with Alexei to share.
I was hoping to save them for when he walks free from jail or becomes Russia's president.
Now, it's an obituary.

[Reuters @Reuters]

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has said his country has started taking delivery of Russian tactical nuclear weapons, some of which he said were three times more powerful than the atomic bombs the US dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 https://t.co/s2b8cl51eB

[Andrew Roth @Andrew__Roth]

“The goal of Lukashenko was simple and clear: to break the personality of Raman and make him the instrument, the tool of Lukashenko’s policy. And he achieved it." Story w/@shaunwalker7 on Raman Pratasevich's dark turn from activist to regime mouthpiece https://t.co/0Ao0R0IEgB

[Rachel Martin @rachelnpr]

The words "icon" and "legend" are simply insufficient.

[Reuters @Reuters]

A fuel depot was on fire early on Wednesday near a crucial bridge linking Russia's mainland with Crimea, a Russian official said, days after Moscow blamed Ukraine for an attack that set fire to an oil depot in Sevastopol https://t.co/MsKoTBpO4D

[Reuters @Reuters]

Soviet and Russian fashion icon Zaitsev dies -agencies https://t.co/JltXfaB057

[Lidia Kelly @LidKelly]

Russia, whose leader is accused of war crimes, assumed charge of the United Nations Security Council on Saturday causing fury in Ukraine, with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy calling it an absurd and destructive move. https://t.co/JYGMU6Ze2s

[Reuters World @ReutersWorld]

Russians claim control over eastern Bakhmut, Ukrainians defiant https://t.co/L6hL32Bkdn

[Reuters @Reuters]

A concert cellist linked to Vladimir Putin moved millions through Swiss bank accounts without any proper checks, prosecutors will allege, in a case that highlights the murky financial dealings of Russia's ruling elite https://t.co/rti5uhh3FS

[Lidia Kelly @LidKelly]

Putin tells women on their holiday: "We know how much in life depends on you, our dear women, on your efforts and your spiritual generosity, how much energy you put to care for children, and so that love, comfort and harmony may reign in the family." https://t.co/enmQp29lU7

[Reuters @Reuters]

Ukraine's top generals have vowed to keep defending the eastern city of Bakhmut, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said, as Russian forces fought to tighten their siege and secure their first major battlefield gain in more than six months https://t.co/xYECo450hH

[Reuters @Reuters]

Ukraine's top generals have vowed to keep defending the eastern city of Bakhmut, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said, as Russian forces battled to tighten their siege and secure their first major battlefield gain in more than six months https://t.co/VpNSB9PpMY

[Lidia Kelly @LidKelly]

Unarmed, he looks the shooter(s) in the eye, says "Слава Україні!" #GloryToUkraine and shots get fired and hit his body. https://t.co/1s29UUCf0v

[Reuters @Reuters]

The head of Russia's Wagner mercenary force warned that Russia's position around the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut was in peril unless his troops got ammunition, the latest sign of tension between the Kremlin and the private militia chief https://t.co/hsw9whSPx9

[Reuters @Reuters]

The founder of Russia's Wagner mercenary force said his troops now tightening their grip on the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut were being deprived of ammunition and if they were forced to retreat the entire front would collapse https://t.co/q54RKvev5P

[Reuters @Reuters]

Russian military aircraft blown up near Minsk: Belarusian partisans https://t.co/Badk1b1aG3

[Reuters @Reuters]

President Vladimir Putin revoked a 2012 decree that in part underpinned Moldova's sovereignty in resolving the future of the Transdniestria region - a Moscow-backed separatist region which borders Ukraine and where Russia keeps troops https://t.co/WHqlRKUfB3 1/5

[Reuters World @ReutersWorld]

Belarus to form 100,000-150,000 strong volunteer military force https://t.co/SluyBc3hjS

[Reuters @Reuters]

Air raid sirens wailed across the Ukrainian capital Kyiv as U.S. President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy visited St Michael's Golden-Domed Cathedral https://t.co/PYRWLh8klV