UKRAINE UPDATE: 16 AUGUST 2023 Emergency rate hike fails to stop rouble’s slide; Russian missiles hit civilian targets 4 min 0 By Bloomberg
WAR IN EUROPE France steps up support in face of Russia’s cynical weaponisation of food against the poor 4 min 2 By Catherine Colonna
UKRAINE UPDATE: 15 AUGUST 2023 Zelensky visits troops on eastern front line; Russia ‘endangering' commercial shipping in Black Sea 4 min 0 By Bloomberg
UKRAINE UPDATE: 11 AUGUST 2023 Navy designates temporary Black Sea routes amid threat; Russia shoots down drones bound for Moscow 5 min 0 By Bloomberg
WAR IN EUROPE Ukraine welcomes SA’s contribution to its peace initiative after Jeddah talks 7 min 3 By Peter Fabricius
FOREIGN POLICY PUZZLE OP-ED To see how a non-aligned foreign policy works, South Africa should look at BRICS partner India 5 min 3 By Laurence Caromba
UKRAINE UPDATE: 10 AUGUST 2023 Massive Rostec plant blast outside Moscow injures dozens; Russia to boost army near Europe after Nato expansion 5 min 1 By Bloomberg
UKRAINE UPDATE: 9 AUGUST 2023 New UK sanctions target Russian defence sector; EU tackles mounting grain crisis 7 min 0 By Bloomberg
AGOA KNIFE EDGE ‘Aggressive push’ to expel US ambassador from SA as government data shows no weapons exports to Russia 4 min 28 By Ed Stoddard
UKRAINE UPDATE: 8 AUGUST 2023 Chinese foreign minister reiterates appeal for peace talks; Black Sea drone attacks signal expanding war 6 min 0 By Bloomberg
WAR IN EUROPE OP-ED ‘I am sorry for the dogs’ — in the ruins of Ukraine’s Kherson, humanity still shines through 8 min 0 By Greg Mills and David Kilcullen
WAR IN EUROPE China says Jeddah talks on Ukraine helped to ‘consolidate international consensus’ 2 min 0 By Reuters
UKRAINE UPDATE: 7 AUGUST 2023 Peace plan talks end in Saudi Arabia without concrete steps; Russia launches waves of missiles 5 min 0 By Bloomberg
UKRAINE UPDATE: 4 AUGUST 2023 EU to impose more sanctions on Belarus; Russia signals cheaper grain exports to ‘friendly' countries 5 min 0 By Bloomberg
UKRAINE UPDATE: 3 JULY 2023 Drone hits Danube River port, driving up wheat price; Russian oil products trading above G7 price cap despite sanctions 5 min 0 By Bloomberg
COMRADELY SUPPORT Ramaphosa and other African leaders back Putin’s reasons for pulling out of Black Sea Grain Initiative 3 min 42 By Peter Fabricius
UKRAINE UPDATE: 2 JULY 2023 Russia shoots down drones over Moscow; Zelensky reinforces plea for long-range missiles 3 min 0 By Bloomberg
WAR IN EUROPE OP-ED Russia’s weaponisation of global food supply and security must be condemned 4 min 2 By Josep Borrell Fontelles
UKRAINE UPDATE: 1 AUGUST 2023 Russia’s deadly missile strike on Zelensky’s hometown; Lithuania warns of provocations from Wagner in Belarus 5 min 0 By Bloomberg
UKRAINE UPDATE: 31 JULY 2023 Drones strike Moscow towers; Saudi Arabia set to host peace effort 6 min 0 By Bloomberg
WAR IN EUROPE OP-ED Russia’s renewed economic weaponisation of food and the 13,000 sanctions on the Motherland 4 min 0 By Sharon Wood
