The Telegraph Frontpage 2023 April 18

Nicola Sturgeon under growing pressure to quit SNP As claims emerged that police were investigating attempts to shut down scrutiny of the SNP’s finances, expectation is growing that Ms Sturgeon, who planned to remain in Holyrood until at least 2026, will now quit as an MSP, “sooner rather than later”. Humza Yousaf, her successor, is

The Independent looking at the week of May 01-07

The Independent looking at Mariupol, British local elections a.o. in the first days of May 2022.

The Week from 01-07 May 2022 according to The Week

Articles of interest presented by The Week, for 2022 May 1-7

Ukraine from 2022 March 16-20

March 16 The leaders of three EU countries met with Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv on March 15 in a show of solidarity as Russian shelling continued on residential neighbourhoods in the capital. Ukraine extends martial law for another month. The Verkhovna Rada has prolonged martial law until April 25, from the initial proposed end date

Ukraine and Estonia taking further steps to intensify bilateral cooperation

Ukraine and Estonia desire to bring bilateral relations to a qualitatively new level and agreed that those relations shall contribute to strengthening both parties.

Putin Lies And Manipulates History To Gain Domestic And International Support For His Military Buildup On The Ukrainian Border

Originally posted on Joyce O’Day:
Photo by author: Joyce O’Day. In his July 12, 2021, article, “On the Historical Unity of Russians and Ukrainians,” Vladimir Putin provides a thorough, yet slanted, account of Ukrainian/Russian relations. I discovered this article in a comment made by Erik Reich, DC to the story by Lauren Elizabeth, “What’s…