?? ‘We are now living in a totally new era’, said the former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger at the FT Weekend Festival in DC. The cold war strategist discussed the nuclear threat, China’s influence and the war in Ukraine. Read the full interview here: https://on.ft.com/395f904

?? France’s president Emmanuel Macron proposes a new and broader European community of democracies. Such an organisation could include non-EU nations such as Ukraine and the post-Brexit UK. https://on.ft.com/38aUS9B

? The EU has dropped its plans to ban shipping Russian crude. However, Brussels still aims to ban European companies from insuring tankers carrying Russian oil. https://on.ft.com/39PlQUA

?? Sweden faces a security dilemma ahead of its decision to join Nato alongside Finland as a Russian military plane that entered Sweden’s airspace briefly on Friday was interpreted as an unsubtle warning to the country. (Free to read) https://on.ft.com/3sdOWn3

?? Military briefing: Much about the war is still hard to read. What seems clear is that even with a vastly circumscribed set of military objectives, Russia, a would-be military equal of Washington, is still faltering. https://on.ft.com/3vL7X2k

? EU leaders’ plans to impose a bloc-wide embargo on Russian oil carry political heft. But some analysts believe it will not deliver the intended blow to Russia’s economy. https://on.ft.com/37l0oG8

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?? Will the war in Ukraine make its way to Moldova? Inside Transnistria, a post-Soviet breakaway site recognised as part of Moldova, some fear Russia will advance, after the de facto capital Tiraspol experienced explosions in the past week including a rocket attack on a government building. (Free to read)
https://on.ft.com/3kBEbXb

⛽ What would an EU embargo on Russian oil mean? Our Energy Source newsletter breaks down the potential complications, impact, and after effects of the embargo, which will be discussed by officials in Brussels this week.
https://on.ft.com/3w0F2Gj

?? UK prime minister Boris Johnson said the west ‘collectively failed’ in its response to Russia’s invasion of Crimea in 2014 and pledged to supply Ukraine with more ‘weapons, funding and humanitarian aid,’ at a virtual address to the Ukrainian parliament.
https://on.ft.com/3F7Asu5

??/?? Two months into the war, the conflict has divided family and friends on either side of the Russia-Ukraine border. Relationships have frayed even among Russians themselves. (Free to read)
https://on.ft.com/3vteuhQ

⚡Opinion: Europe doesn’t trust Russian energy any more and doesn’t want it. While cutting the energy cord with Russia will be hard, it’s not impossible. In fact, a ban on Russian crude imports is already on the EU agenda.
https://on.ft.com/39vnIln

?? As Ukrainian refugees begin to arrive in the UK, FT reporters and editors have created a guide to help would-be hosts and their refugee guests navigate the complexities of moving to Britain and settling in:
https://on.ft.com/3rWZvdJ

?? ‘I have seen some people saying it could be like the second world war’: The battle for the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine is likely to be a brutal and bloody onslaught.

?? The US has pledged to resume diplomatic operations in Ukraine and said it wanted to see Russia ‘weakened’ by its war after the US secretary of state Antony Blinken and defence secretary Lloyd Austin paid a visit to Kyiv.

?? Opinion: Germany’s self-serving Russia policy and its self-inflicted energy dependence found eager supporters across the political party spectrum. They emboldened the Kremlin and enabled Vladimir Putin’s war.

?? Boris Johnson conceded that Russia could win the war in Ukraine, breaking G7’s united front since the invasion began, and proposed sending tanks to Poland. (Free to read)
https://on.ft.com/39ePxhH

?? Russia aims to seize the whole of Ukraine’s Donbas region and capture territory linking it to the annexed Crimean peninsula, a senior Russian military commander said.
https://on.ft.com/3EL4qE4

? Family members of sailors on Russia’s flagship, Moskva, that sank on April 14 still have unanswered questions about their missing relatives. (Free to read)
https://on.ft.com/3K6cXlY

?? Talk of a full-scale embargo on Russian energy is spreading panic in Germany, with some fearing it would plunge German business into its ‘worst crisis since the second world war’. But many companies expect an embargo to happen. (Free to read)
https://on.ft.com/3rGMN2P

?️Opinion: ‘If Russia stops fighting, there will be peace. If Ukraine stops fighting, there will be no Ukraine,’ writes Ukrainian prime minister Denys Shmyhal. Can heavy weaponry and budget support from the west help?
https://on.ft.com/36ztZet

?? Serbian president Aleksandar Vucic said in an interview that Belgrade would not ‘choose sides’ in the Russia-Ukraine war, and instead would stick to its accommodating line towards Russia and China despite pressure from Brussels.
https://on.ft.com/3jWY4I0

? Breaking news: President Vladimir Putin on Thursday ordered Russian forces to ‘block off’ the last remaining Ukrainian fighters at the Mariupol steelworks as he claimed Moscow had conquered the port city. https://on.ft.com/3MlDTQ9