THE LATEST ARTICLES FROM THE RUSSIAN-UKRANIAN WAR

 Russia's stranded troops face dying in tanks that become '40-ton iron freezers' during -20C cold snap - after warnings cornered Putin could detonate mini-NUKES in worst-case scenario as 'clusterf**k invasion' fury grows

Russian troops face freezing to death in their tanks outside Kyiv this week amid an expected cold snap

• Temperatures are set to plunge in coming days - down to as low as -20C with wind chill
• Comes as President Putin's invasion grinds to a bloody halt, with no significant territory captured in days
• The worsening conditions will pose major difficulties for refugees and soldiers on both sides
• Kyiv claims 12,000 Russian soldiers have now been killed in fighting, with more than 300 tanks destroyed
• Russian politicians and powerful business figures are privately denouncing the invasion, it has been claimed
• Some US officials meanwhile expressed concerns that Putin could resort to detonating mini-nukes in Ukraine
• Russian forces continue to bomb major cities, with a strike on Tuesday killing 21, including two children 
• Click here to read MailOnline's liveblog with the latest updates on the Ukraine crisis 
• FULL ARTICLE AT: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10592463/Stranded-Russian-troops-face-dying-tanks-40-ton-iron-freezers-20C-cold-snap.html
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It is now a 'criminal offence' for Russian aircraft to enter UK airspace and any jets violating the ban can be SEIZED, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps announces

• The Transport Secretary made the announcement via Twitter this evening
• 'I have made it a criminal offence for ANY Russian aircraft to enter UK airspace'
• 'We will suffocate Putin's cronies' ability to continue living as normal,' he added
• His tweet included an image of a DfT document bearing Shapps' signature
• The document took aim at Russia's 'unprovoked attack' against Ukraine
• The new measure aims to reinforce sanctions designed to target Russia's elite
• FULL ARTICLE AT: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10591857/It-criminal-offence-Russian-aircraft-enter-UK-airspace-warns-Transport-Secretary.html
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Crown princes of Saudi Arabia and Abu Dhabi 'refuse to work to bring down oil prices unless Joe Biden backs them in Yemen': Venezuela releases two US hostages in a sign of a thawing of relations amid rocketing gas prices

• Joe Biden has in the past few weeks tried to speak to Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia and the U.A.E.'s Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al Nahyan
• Both crown princes turned down the overtures from the White House, amid their simmering anger at the Biden administration
• The Gulf leaders are angry by the White House's seeming failure to back them in their proxy war with Iran in Yemen, and concerned about a new nuclear deal
• Saudi Arabia and the U.A.E. are the only major oil producing nations with sufficient capacity to compensate for the loss of Russian oil on global markets
• Joe Biden on Tuesday announced that the U.S. would no longer buy Russian oil, which accounted for around 8 percent of their imports, or 672,000 barrels of oil and petroleum products a day
• Canadian oil executives and politicians from Alberta, Canada's major oil producing region, are all arguing for the U.S. to buy more Canadian oil
• They say it is a shame Biden immediately discarded plans for the Keystone XL pipeline, in the face of pressure from environmental groups
• Yet Canada alone is not capable of making up the loss of Russian oil, as it already sends the vast majority of its exports to the U.S.
• Biden has dispatched envoys to Venezuela, which has the world's largest oil reserves - angering pro-democracy activists, but securing the release on Tuesday of two US prisoners
• FULL ARTICLE AT: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10592401/Saudi-Abu-Dhabi-refuse-work-bring-oil-prices-unless-Joe-Biden-backs-Yemen.html