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KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian authorities say nearly 5000 people were evacuated from combat areas Wednesday. Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said 1171 ...

China has called for talks while refusing to criticize Russia over its invasion. The ICRC says its team that has been trying to enter Mariupol since last Friday got within 20 kilometers (12 miles) of the besieged city, but security conditions made it impossible to enter. “Credible information shows that from March 7 to March 30 Russian soldiers and security forces were deployed in this area,” he said. A poll commissioned by Finnish broadcaster YLE last month showed that, for the first time, more than 50% of Finns support joining the Western military alliance. He declined to say what kind of protection they might get. President Joe Biden is also signing an executive order to ban new U.S. investment in Russia. Videos and photos of corpses of people who appeared to be civilians have sparked calls for tougher sanctions and war crimes charges against Russia, which has vehemently denied responsibility. He also lobbied heavily against the EU imposing sanctions on Russian energy imports. “I suggested that (Putin) … the Ukrainian president, the French president and the German chancellor hold a meeting here in Budapest, the sooner the better,” Orban said. “They’re going to keep getting them, and we’re going to keep sustaining that.” Capturing the city would allow Russia to secure a land corridor to the Crimean Peninsula that Russia annexed from Ukraine in 2014. She said an additional 1,206 people were evacuated from the eastern region of Luhansk.

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“We believe that running is a global sport and, as such, we must do what we can to show our support to the people of Ukraine.” “President Biden’s made it clear, and I certainly agree with him, that it cannot be business as usual for Russia in any of the financial institutions,” Yellen said. And so, this was an effort to get at those assets, and that’s why these individuals were sanctioned,” White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki told reporters. We have sleep,” Anastasiia Derezenko, a Ukrainian refugee, told the Associated Press news agency from a shelter run by a charity called Agape Ministries. Because we think about our people who stay now in Brovary, in Kyiv, in Bucha, in Irpin,” she said. She has been charged with spreading “fake news” about the Russian army. But the official said Kyiv remained under threat, even if Russian ground troops had left the area. The town has been partially occupied by Russian forces. “He insisted that I confess to spreading fakes on purpose. “He’s asked that Russia be removed from the G20, and I’ve made clear to my colleagues in Indonesia that we will not be participating in a number of meetings if the Russians are there.” “We have reason to believe that Putin, and many of his cronies, and the oligarchs, hide their wealth, hide their assets, with family members that place their assets and their wealth in the US financial system, and also many other parts of the world,” a senior US administration official said. We have food.

Volodymyr Zelenskiy says new sanctions on Russia 'not enough' to prevent more deadly attacks as citizens in the east of the country urged to flee.

Vadym Boichenko said 90% of the city’s infrastructure has been destroyed and Russian forces have targeted a hospital where 50 were burned to death. Zelenskiy said Kremlin forces were trying to cover up evidence of atrocities. US sanctions target Russian banks and elites, and include a ban on any American from investing in Russia as well as sanctions on Putin’s adult daughters.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has accused Russia of trying to hide the evidence of war crimes to interfere with the international investigation. “It ...

- Apr 07, 2022 08:17 AM IST - Apr 07, 2022 08:48 AM IST Both bills have been bogged down in the Senate, frustrating lawmakers who want to ratchet up the US response to Russia’s war with Ukraine. - Apr 07, 2022 09:42 AM IST - Apr 07, 2022 10:26 AM IST US President Joe Biden again on Wednesday accused Putin of committing "major war crimes" and called for an investigation.

Analyst says fighter jet 'appears to have gone down from a very low altitude', where it would have been vulnerable to attack.

If the U.S. doesn't improve its logistics, a defense of Taiwan against China is likely to fail.

- Opinion: Russia’s Military Troubles in Ukraine Could Be America’s in the Pacific - Opinion: Russia’s Military Troubles in Ukraine Could Be America’s in the Pacific You may cancel your subscription at anytime by calling Customer Service. Russia has now withdrawn its bloodied units from northeastern Ukraine toward the Donbas region and has abandoned a significant amount of armor and artillery in the process. In combat, there is a major difference between a military driver with three years of training and an 18-year-old conscript with a driver’s license. The Russian military, like its Soviet predecessor, remains a conscript force and has neither enough professional noncommissioned officers to maintain equipment nor enough officers trained in logistics.

Ukraine's leader addresses Russian citizens as Russian attacks intensify in Ukraine's eastern regions. The mother of Ukrainian soldier Lubomyr Hudzeliak, who ...

Russia recognised South Ossetia as an independent state after it fought a brief war with Georgia in 2008. Some corpses are next to what look like impact craters. Ukraine does not confirm the attack. US President Joe Biden calls for Putin to stand a war crimes tribunal for the alleged Russian killings of civilians in Bucha. Reuters reporters find a 15m-long trench in the vicinity of the Church of St Andrew in Bucha, which had begun to be used as a mass grave. Human Rights Watch says it has verified and documented war crimes by Russian occupying forces in the areas of Kyiv, Kharkiv and Chernihiv, in northern Ukraine. Eye witnesses to the Russian incursion in Bucha tell Al Jazeera the civilians have been shot dead by Russian troops. As Russian troops withdraw from Bucha, a town northwest of Kyiv, dozens of corpses in civilian clothes are found on the streets. It says Russian soldiers received “significant doses” of radiation after digging trenches in contaminated soil in the forest surrounding the plant, which was the scene of a nuclear meltdown in 1986. “Everyone in Russia who will not demand an end to this shameful war and the withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukraine has no future,” he said in an address. Putin decrees that “unfriendly” buyers of Russian gas – meaning countries that have imposed sanctions on Russia for its war in Ukraine – must pay in roubles for a third of that gas. Kyiv’s Mayor Vitali Klitschko says Russian shelling of the capital has intensified following a Russian pledge to redeploy forces to the eastern Donbas region.

President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine harangued his allies to find the will to take harsher measures against Moscow, as the European Union prepared Thursday ...

The Ukrainian soldiers are wrapping up their impromptu drone training at a military base in the southern United States that officials would not identify for security reasons. But Pentagon officials said the small, portable kamikaze drones could prove to be a more cost-effective and elusive weapon against Russian armored convoys. The Pentagon announced last month it was sending 100 Switchblade drones to Ukraine as part of a $800 million military aid package to Ukraine. More are on the way. To solve them quickly and in a principled fashion,” he said. Zelensky welcomed new sanctions against Russia and applied more pressure on his allies to stop importing Russian oil. They would not succeed in hiding evidence, he said, “because they killed a lot. Kalush Orchestra performed their Eurovision entry, “Stefania,” Saturday at a town square in Lviv in western Ukraine for the first time since the war. Ukraine last won with the singer Jamala’s 2016 song “1944,” which references Soviet abuses in Crimea under Stalin, just two years after President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia annexed Crimea. “We want to show the world community Ukrainian music, our spirit and how unbreakable we are. Even though contest rules expressly bar political speech, gestures or lyrics, Russia’s war in Ukraine is very much becoming a factor in the shindig that last year was viewed by 183 million people worldwide. The process reflected the challenges of reaching agreement among all 27 member nations on the penalties, which would also include banning Russian ships from E.U. ports. Russia has appeared to move closer to default on its foreign debt because of U.S. currency restrictions.

The gruesome killings in Bucha could further isolate Moscow as the U.S. sanctions Putin's daughters and the E.U. will vote on a Russian coal ban.

The last independent newsletter in Russia suspended its operations. The weapons: Ukraine is making use of weapons such as Javelin antitank missiles and Switchblade “kamikaze” drones, provided by the United States and other allies. The total toll remains unclear, but survivors describe atrocities echoing those that have emerged from other cities Russia has occupied. On Monday, Biden repeated his assertion that Russian President Vladimir Putin is a war criminal and called for further evidence-gathering to prepare for a war-crimes trial. The Switchblade drones come in two versions. Many yearn to return home, even if it’s not the same. The continued violence came amid fresh reports of human-rights atrocities in Ukrainian cities and towns that had been under Russian control. U.S. analysts said Moscow has begun gradually shifting the focus of its military operations to the eastern border provinces after withdrawing thousands of troops that previously encircled the capital, Kyiv. She also declared that an agreement between NATO and Russia inked after the Cold War is dead. Failure to heed the commands could mean death at the hands of Russian forces. Russia has fully withdrawn its troops from Kyiv and further north in the city of Chernihiv, according to the Pentagon. Ukraine appealed to NATO Thursday to give its forces more firepower to fight Russia as the alliance’s foreign ministers meet for a second day and European diplomats weighed a ban on Russian coal.

Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has met with G-7 and NATO leaders in Brussels, one day after the U.S. announced new penalties on Russia that included a ...

Ukraine's urgent needs, the sustainability of supplies, and long-term solutions which will help Ukraine to prevail," he wrote in a tweet. Kuleba asked specifically for planes, missiles, armored vehicles, and heavy air defense systems. The U.S. announced a slate of new sanctions on Russia as it tries to squeeze Moscow's economy and elites in response to mounting Russian atrocities in Ukraine. Shell will write off between $4 and $5 billion in the value of its assets after pulling out of Russia following its invasion of Ukraine, revealing some of the financial impact to Western oil companies of leaving Russia. "I came here today to discuss three most important things: weapons, weapons, and weapons," Kuleba said in a tweet. Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has met with G-7 and NATO leaders in Brussels, one day after the U.S. announced new penalties on Russia that included a ban on all new investment in the country and sanctions on President Vladimir Putin's daughters.

NATO: Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba attended the alliance's planned meeting of foreign ministers Thursday and criticized those members of the ...

Scenes of purported Russian atrocities there have drawn calls for war-crimes trials. It's weapons, weapons and weapons,” said Dmytro Kuleba, standing next to North Atlantic Treaty Organization Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg. “This is my message to allies. “The more weapons we get, and the sooner they arrive in Ukraine, the more human lives will be saved, the more cities and villages will not be [destroyed], and there will be no more Buchas,” Mr. Kuleba said, in reference to the Kyiv suburb that this week drew global shock following the withdrawal of Russian troops.

International sanctions on Vladimir Putin's regime sank the ruble to a record low of 121.5 rubles per dollar, triggering memories of the battering it took ...

This means that if the coalition of governments who oppose Putin want to hurt the ruble again, they'll likely have to change tack. Russia has been able to stabilize local markets and even stave off a messy foreign default -- at least for now. Still, it's hard to ignore the lifeline other nations are tossing Putin by purchasing his country's oil and gas. The rate was broadcast by the exchange kiosks that sprung up in every town and city, flagging the currency's collapse as hyperinflation erupted in the early 1990s. Then during the 2008 crisis, the authorities burned through billions of dollars to slow the currency's slide, in part to avoid spooking the population and sparking a run on the nation's banks. That includes freezing the assets held by nonresident investors, and telling Russian companies to convert 80% of the foreign currencies they hold into rubles.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called on the international community for support in an impassioned plea before the U.N. Security Council.

Russian forces were accused of killing and torturing as many as 300 people in Bucha before pulling out of the town. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba is expected to attend part of the two-day talks. Moscow has repeatedly denied the claim, calling it a "provocation," even as photos purported to show the dead bodies of civilians in Bucha have sparked international outrage. Safe routes out of Mariupol have been repeatedly blocked and attacked, making evacuations nearly impossible, Ukrainian officials have said. The proposed package also includes a full transaction ban on four Russian banks. Russian and Belarusian transport companies would also be blocked from entering the European Union. In a statement, police said they were still investigating the incident. They have not yet released the identity of the driver. India's ambassador to the United Nations said the country "unequivocally" condemns the atrocities Russia has been accused of committing in the Kyiv suburb of Bucha. "We must increase pressure on Putin and the Russian government again," she said in a tweet Wednesday. "So, we propose to tighten our sanctions even further." Ukraine has accused Russian forces of killing and torturing as many as 300 people in the Kyiv suburb of Bucha before pulling out of the town. On Wednesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a speech before Ireland's Parliament that he could not tolerate "indecisiveness" from the West on sanctions against Russia. He accused Russia of deliberately provoking a food crisis to use hunger as a weapon against civilians.

Ukrainian authorities braced for the discovery of more civilian deaths in cities and towns around the capital from which Russian forces have retreated.

"To talk about where exactly my daughters work and what they do—I have never done this and am not going to do it now, for many reasons, including security issues," Mr. Putin said. Mr. Putin “always spoiled them, and I had to educate them,” Ms. Putina, the president’s former wife, is cited as saying. "They just live their lives and do it with dignity," he said. My daughters are fluent in three European languages,” he was cited by TASS as saying. The Kremlin has only ever identified them by their first names, Maria and Katerina. The name “Putina” would typically connote the daughters’ family name, before taking on any married name. Both daughters were born to Mr. Putin’s former wife, Lyudmila Putina, a former Aeroflot cabin crew member.

The EU and U.S. plan to reveal new sanctions on Russia following likely war crimes in Bucha as thousands flee Ukraine's east amid intensifying Russian ...

"Intel continues to join the global community in condemning Russia's war against Ukraine and calling for a swift return to peace. "But don't just take my word for it," he added, calling on them to access independent information via VPN connection. While it's the fifth sanctions round levied against Russia by the bloc since its invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, critics say it needs to go further and ban Russian oil and gas imports, which bring Russia billions of dollars in revenues weekly. "These children had to escape and come to a foreign land: this is one of the fruits of war. "Your president stands accused of committing war crimes. This will cut another important revenue source for Russia," European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced Tuesday. Orban has not vetoed EU sanctions on Russia thus far. "We are in talks on guarantees with Ukraine," Scholz said, according to a Reuters translation. We have seen the willingness by president Putin to use military force to reach his objectives and that has changed the security reality in Europe for many, many years." He declined to elaborate in any specific way when pressed by reporters and said that decisions would have to be taken following consultations with all allies. Thousands are desperately trying to flee Ukraine's eastern Donbas region as Russia intensifies its strikes on the south and east of the country. The sanctions from the EU will include a ban on Russian coal imports, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said, which are worth $4 billion annually.

"They just killed him": Bucha resident recounts Russian troops' murder of her husband as Ukrainian investigators document atrocities.

The atrocities have not been confined to Bucha. Other towns and villages have also reported horrors under Russian occupation. They only told him to take off his shirt, kneel down, and they shot him." The cruelty of the Russian troops who recently pulled out of the Kyiv suburb of Bucha — the inhumanity they inflicted on civilians — is painful to look at. She described to journalists in Bucha how he was executed by the Russians. It's their job to document it: Meticulously noting every charred corpse, every victim with a gunshot wound to the head and hands bound behind their back. New video appears to show an ambulance hit by shelling in the parking lot of a hospital in the southern city of Mykolaiv. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday that Russia is intentionally killing civilians in his country.

A protester paints the "Z" sign on a street, in reference to Russian. The 'Z' has become a rallying sign to show support for the Russian invasion of Ukraine [ ...

Zelenskyy promised to end the war [in Donbas], restore democracy and free entrepreneurship.” “Over the years since the coup, Ukraine has become the poorest country in Europe and is flooded with all sorts of weapons, including biological. They are physically one people speaking the same language,” said Sergey Kalenik, a 36-year-old PR professional in Moscow whose comic series “Superputin” casts the Russian president as a hero. So, the whole system needs to be changed. No, it’s a totalitarian dictatorship.” Sanctions and how they were perceived and conveyed also played into hardening of a defensive stance vis-à-vis the West.” At the same time, many Russians have been increasingly dismayed by Western nations. “Ukraine is an integral part of Russia, just like Wales is for the UK, and anyone who thinks otherwise is not a Russian person.” I believe that Russia was forced to take this step.” “Every Russian has relatives in Ukraine, and also every Ukrainian has relatives in Russia – it is impossible to distinguish them. “Even if he had made such an attempt, he would probably have been able to claim the Nobel Peace Prize, but obviously he would not live to see it as he would be eliminated immediately,” she said of Zelenskyy. “The United States will wage war in Ukraine to the last drop of Ukrainian blood.” “After the coup d’état in Ukraine in 2014, which took place with the participation of the United States, the country came under external control,” she told Al Jazeera, referring to the Maidan revolution that led to the removal of then-President Viktor Yanukovych, which critics like Valentina have dismissed as a Washington-orchestrated coup.

Russia said that it has halted the attack on Kyiv as a 'goodwill gesture' to promote peace talks, but it will end its 'military operation' only if Zelenskyy ...

Francis said the darkened and stained flag, which had writing and symbols on it was brought to him from Bucha on Tuesday. Called Bill C-18, it will be the Online News Act once passed, and that is a likely outcome as it enjoys broad support cutting across party lines. Russia has stated clearly on several occasions that it wants legal guarantees that Ukraine will never be allowed to join NATO, the Western military alliance. The Kremlin also said that it has halted the attack on Kyiv as a ‘goodwill gesture’ to promote peace talks. In another development, President Arif Alvi asked the election commission to propose dates for holding general elections. The presidential adviser has also ruled out the question of giving up any inch of Ukrainian land.

Russia-Ukraine war new LIVE updates: In an address to the UN Security Council on Tuesday, Ukraine President Zelenskyy demanded accountability for Russian ...

It comes as the UK announces further sanctions against eight oligarchs and two more Russian banks.

"It is no wonder people are responding in the way that they are. Asset freezes prevent anyone in the UK or any UK company from dealing with any funds or resources that are owned or held by the designated person, and prevent resources being provided to or for the benefit of that person. As part of its sanctions response, the UK has pledged to stop importing Russian oil by the end of the year, while the EU is reducing its imports of Russian gas by two-thirds.

The White House says family members are known to hide the Russian President's wealth. . Read more at straitstimes.com.

“If we’re serious about our reaction to massacres... “The sanctions will not have a significant impact on the bank’s operations and will not affect service to Russians as the system has already adapted to the previous restrictions,” it said in a statement. Moscow has denied that its armed forces committed atrocities in Ukraine. Russian lender Sberbank said on Wednesday the new sanctions on it by the United States would not have significant effect on its operations. The European Commission on Tuesday proposed new sanctions on Russia, including the coal ban, new penalties on oligarchs and other elites and their families, export controls and blocking access to Russian shipping carriers. The US also plans to match a decision by the European Union to phase out imports of Russian coal, as well as to impose a ban on investment in Russia, a US official said on Tuesday.

Fall reflects sharp drop in port activity in both countries, with EU affected more than China or US.

Preventing atrocities like the murder of civilians in Ukraine is not in the interests of the EU — at least not if it means higher gas prices or colder homes in ...

“That is a matter of fact and you cannot deny it.” So where is the peace that the United Nations was created to guarantee?” “So where is the security that the Security Council must guarantee?” Zelenskyy asked. It was unclear if Nebenzia actually expected anyone to believe his charge of “criminally staged events” in which Ukrainian citizens “were killed by their own radicals” rather than by the Russian troops that invaded and occupied Bucha for weeks. But a case of rape in a village near Kharkiv, the mines in a botanic garden in Trostyanets, and shooting men with tied hands in peaceful suburbs of Kyiv — these actions do not make any sense, aside from a desire to punish Ukrainians.” Who were shot in the back of the head or in the eye after being tortured. Who were crushed by tanks in civilian cars in the middle of the road. “The current security architecture as it stands is not capable to guarantee and provide security,” Kyslytsya told reporters. Barely looking up as he read from a prepared statement, Nebenzia told Zelenskyy: “We place on your conscience the ungrounded accusations against the Russian military.” We have not had access to an expanse of the country where they have likely also committed atrocities.” “And we’ve only seen, potentially, the tip of the iceberg because of where we have had access to. Never again is happening again — documented nearly in real time by cell phone cameras, with the graphic images shared within moments around the world and first-person accounts published even with the dirt filling mass graves still freshly turned.

The war in Ukraine may see a historic first, with technology cutting through the fog of war, exposing the aggressors' lies and accelerating efforts to bring ...

Ukraine's enigmatic leader has realized it's not just high-tech, tank-busting weapons like Javelins and NLAWs, or surface-to-air missiles like Stingers and Starstreaks, that could turn the tide in the war. Coupled with the near-ubiquitous use of smartphone cameras, geolocation technology and sophisticated drones, Putin faces the possible reckoning he escaped in previous conflicts. Failure to fulfil his first major objective, the capture of Kyiv, forced his troops to retreat, leaving their tide of terror exposed. And Putin and his officials did what they have done so many time before: lied to cover their crimes. But this is not the only lesson to which Putin should pay attention. How this will affect the final outcome of the war is unclear.

UK, US and EU unveil new sanctions, while officials say Russia's retreat from north-east is 'largely complete'

There werereports of burning buildingsin Luhansk after Russian shelling, with casualties unknown, while five were killedin Donetsk, according to the governor. Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 42 of the Russian invasion Ukrainian railways reported rocket fireon a railway station in the east of the country, which resulted in casualties, though gave no further detail on the location or number of victims.

Russia-Ukraine news: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday condemned the Bucha killings in Ukraine and supported the call for an independent ...

Russia wants to maintain diplomatic relations with Western countries despite a series of expulsions of its diplomats, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko said on Wednesday. Several European countries including France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Italy have expelled large numbers of Russian diplomats in recent days. Russian forces have taken control of 60% of the town of Rubizhne in Ukraine's eastern Luhansk region, which has suffered heavy shelling across its territory for the past 24 hours, Luhansk Governor Serhiy Gaidai said on Wednesday. "Sixty percent of Rubizhne is controlled by the Russians," Gaidai said in an online post, accusing a former official of assisting the Russian forces by handing over information. "Recent news from the war in Ukraine, instead of bringing relief and hope, brought new atrocities, such as the massacre of Bucha," Reuters quoted him as saying. Pope Francis condemned the "massacre of Bucha" and kissed a Ukrainian flag he said was sent to him from the town during his weekly audience at the Vatican's auditorium. European Union leaders are facing growing pressure to sanction Russian energy exports following accusations its troops have carried out war crimes in Ukraine. The EU Commission is proposing a ban on coal exports that'll be considered today as part of a wide-ranging fifth package of sanctions. Kyiv and the West say there is evidence, including images and witness testimony gathered by Reuters and other media organisations, that Russia committed war crimes in the Ukrainian town of Bucha. Moscow denies the charge and has called the allegations a "monstrous forgery." Russia has accused the West trying to derail peace talks with Ukraine by fuelling "hysteria" over allegations of war crimes by Moscow's forces following their retreat from the Kyiv region. Hungary will pay for shipments in rubles if Russia asks it to, Prime Minister Viktor Orban told a news conference on Wednesday. Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned Europe it risks having gas supplies cut unless it pays in roubles as he seeks retaliation over Western sanctions for Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. With weeks to go to before bills are due, the European Commission has said that those with contracts requiring payment in euros or dollars should stick to that. The Justice Department announced Wednesday that it had charged a Russian oligarch with sanctions violations and that officials have dismantled a cybercrime operation controlled by a Russian military intelligence agency. The graffiti on the wall outside the entrance to the villa read "Killer" and "No war", the sources added. Russian artillery pounded key cities in Ukraine on Wednesday, as its president urged the West to act decisively in imposing new and tougher sanctions against Russia in response to civilian killings widely condemned as war crimes. Customs seized three haulages of paintings, statues and antiquities on their way back to Russia via Finland from Italy and Japan, where they were temporarily on loan from Russian museums and art galleries, said Sami Rakshit, director of the Finnish customs enforcement department.

Russia-Ukraine War Live Updates: The US is prepared to impose fresh sanctions on Russia, while the EU proposed a ban on Russian coal imports, based on ...

"I have authorized... - Apr 06, 2022 03:40 PM IST Refugees fleeing Ukraine following Russia’s invasion are set to receive a new source of support from Europe’s debt market, news agency Reuters reported. - Apr 06, 2022 04:34 PM IST The proposal now awaits unanimous approval by the 27-member states of the bloc. India also condemned the killings of civilians in the Kyiv region and called for an independent investigation.

New sanctions that will include two of the country's largest banks as well as Russian President Vladimir Putin's adult children.

The weapons: Ukraine is making use of weapons such as Javelin antitank missiles and Switchblade “kamikaze” drones, provided by the United States and other allies. The steps are being announced in coordination with the Group of Seven and the European Union. New sanctions also will be imposed on members of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov’s family. Though the arrest predates Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the extradition illustrates how Western authorities are stepping up efforts to root out alleged espionage activity serving the Kremlin’s ends. He is charged with nine counts under Britain’s Official Secrets Act. The charges involve the “collection and communication of information useful to the Russian state” between October 2020 and August 2021, German police said. “We have to be realistic and realize that this may last for a long time, for many months, for even years. “It is important not to get numb to the horrific images of mass killings of Ukrainians and their pain. “And we won’t be able to help them.” Meilutyte on Twitter described the swim as a call for action in support of the Ukrainian people, who she said are facing genocide by Russian forces. Seconds later, an onslaught of shelling kicks up dirt and damages a business in view of the camera. West Texas Intermediate crude, the U.S. benchmark, fell 4.9 percent to around $97 per barrel. In November, he declared a hunger strike to protest violations of his rights in prison. Markets have been unsettled in recent days after Federal Reserve Board Governor Lael Brainard hinted that larger interest rate hikes might be needed to tame inflation.

Analysis: Poor Russian tactics and Ukrainian determination gave early successes, but forces in east and south are more dug in.

Without more tanks, in particular, it is not obvious that Ukraine can relieve the besieged Mariupol. A handful or two of Czech tanks, or the four Bushmaster armoured vehicles sent by Australia, will not make much difference. Ukraine’s military spent the first six weeks of the war trying to pick off invading Russian armoured columns with light infantry using anti-tank bazookas.

As Wednesday draws to a close in Kyiv and in Moscow, here are the key developments of the day: All Russian ground forces have left the areas near Kyiv, ...

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Sherman said the "range of sanctions" and export controls coordinated among US allies and partners against Russian President Vladimir Putin, the country's ...

They do. She said Beijing should "take away the right lessons" from the coordinated Western response over Ukraine that any moves by China to take the democratically governed island of Taiwan by force would not be acceptable. WASHINGTON: Sanctions imposed on Russia over its war in Ukraine should give China a "good understanding" of the consequences it could face if it provides material support to Moscow, US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman said on Wednesday (Apr 6).