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CNN - Pres. Biden today described the events that are now underway in Ukraine as “the beginning of a Russian invasion” as he unveiled tough new sanctions to punish Moscow. Biden laid out what he called a “first tranche” of US sanctions against Russia for its moves, including on two large financial institutions, Russian sovereign debt and Russian elites and their family members. Biden explained that the moves would effectively “cut off Russia’s government from Western finance.” The Pres. remains hopeful for the possibility that diplomacy could still defuse the crisis, and said the US would remain open to talking with Russia and its partners to avert all-out war. “The United States and our allies and partners remain open to diplomacy, if it is serious,” Biden said. “When all is said and done, we’re going to judge Russia by its actions, not its words.”
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Zelenskiy: Russia Has Made Catastrophic Mistakes
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday said "catastrophic mistakes" have been made by Russia during its invasion of Ukraine.
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China in talks with Russia to buy oil for reserves: Report
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Retired two-star Marine Corps Gen. Arnold Punaro argues 'we ought to seriously look at blocking the oil that would go to China and basically not allow them to beef up their reserves.'
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Russia claims 771 Ukrainian fighters have surrendered from Azovstal
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OVER 700 Ukrainian fighters have surrendered from the Azovstal steelworks plant in the last 24 hours, according to Russian armed forces.
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More than 1700 Ukrainian fighters surrender, Russia says
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The Ukrainian government ordered them to give up saying they the should save their lives after defending the city against overwhelming Russian attacks.
- Russia Focuses On Donbas Region As Ukraine Drives Troops Back From Kharkiv link
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Yellen: We want the maximum negative impact on Russia
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Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen speaks to CNBC's Annette Weisbach in Bonn, Germany.
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US Embassy reopens almost three months after Russia invaded Ukraine | USA TODAY
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Three months after shutting down its embassy in the Ukrainian capital as the Russian invasion loomed, the U.S. has reopened the facility.
- Google to pull nearly all employees from Russia, Tesla booted from S&P 500 ESG index, TJX stock pops link
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Blinken Blames Russia For Accelerated Food Insecurity Amid Ukraine Invasion
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U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken cited Russia's Ukraine invasion as a factor leading to accelerated global food insecurity. The U.S. State Department reported 193 million people around the world experienced acute food security in 2021, up almost 40 million than the previous year. Another 40 million are projected to experience food insecurity by the end of this year.
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Azovstal fighters REFUSE to fully surrender & give Russia control of Mariupol
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They were Mariupol’s last defenders, a heroic symbol of Ukrainian resistance. Now they’re prisoners of war, does their fate lie in Putins hands?
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Nearly 1,000 fighters leave Azovstal steel plant, according to Russia
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Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov said that a total of 959 Ukrainian soldiers, including 80 wounded, had laid down their arms and surrendered since May 16. He reaffirmed that 51 wounded were sent to the hospital at Novoazovsk, which is in the self-declared region of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR). CNN is unable to confirm the Russian tally. #CNN #News
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Russia threatens to incinerate drones & 'blind' Western satellites with laser cannons
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RUSSIA could use new-age laser weapons to disrupt Western satellites or Ukrainian drones in the current war, a top Kremlin official has hinted.
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U.S. Believes Russia Has Sent Thousands To 'Filtration Camps' In Ukraine, Says Ambassador
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U.S. Ambassador to the OSCE, Michael Carpenter, discusses how a global food crisis has been made worse by Russia's war in Ukraine as well as why the U.S. believes Russian forces have relocated at least several thousand Ukrainians for processing in so-called "filtration camps." where they are beaten and tortured.
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NATO war games: US & Estonia joint military drills as Russia continues to attack Ukraine
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Estonia called on its reservists to take part in the annual SIIL (Hedgehog-22) exercises on Tuesday alongside NATO forces.
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Russia's invasion of Ukraine jeopardizes the future of the International Space Station
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NASA is aiming to expand its astronaut launches from U.S. soil. Boeing is set for a test launch this week of its small spacecraft to the International Space Station. Russia and America have long been partners on the space station, but the invasion of Ukraine has led to new tensions and questions about the future. Miles O'Brien has our report about the rhetoric versus the reality.
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Finland seeks NATO membership as Russia wages war in Ukraine
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One of Russia's closest neighbors, Finland, has officially launched its bid to join NATO with Sweden also announcing its intent to join. Finland shares over 800 miles of border with Russia, and despite repeated threats from Russia, Finland is poised to join the U.S.-led Western military alliance. CBS News foreign correspondent Imtiaz Tyab reports from Helsinki.
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Russia launches missiles from warships to destroy Ukrainian fuel lifeline
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MOMENT Russian forces launch missiles from warships to destroy Ukrainian fuel lifeline.
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McDonald’s Permanently Closing Restaurants in Russia
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It’s a wrap for McDonald’s in Russia. After 30 years, the company will be shutting its doors following the Russia-Ukraine conflict. The country’s 847 restaurants first temporarily shut down in March. They’ve since lost about $55 million a month as they continue to pay their staff, landlords and suppliers. They have promised that their 62,000 Russian employees will continue to be paid until the deal is finalized. Inside Edition Digital has more.
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Russia 'destroys weapons supplied to Ukraine' by U.S and Europe
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RUSSIAN armed forces claim this footage shows forces destroying weapons supplied to Ukraine by the U.S.A and European countries.
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Ukraine Cedes Control Of Mariupol To Russia
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Ukraine ordered soldiers defending the last pocket of Mariupol to stop fighting, and the Senate has advanced a $40 billion aid package for Ukraine. The Morning Joe panel discusses the latest details.
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Russia Takes Full Control Of First Major Ukrainian City
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Hundreds of Ukrainian fighters have surrendered from their holdout in a steel plant in Mariupol. Under a deal between the two countries, the soldiers are supposed to be transferred to a Ukrainian government territory. NBC’s Richard Engel reports for TODAY.
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Wounded Ukrainian soldiers leave Azovstal plant, Russia claims
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MORE than 260 Ukrainian fighters have surrendered after weeks holed up in the labyrinth of bunkers and tunnels below Mariupol's Azovstal steel works as the most devastating siege of Russia's war in Ukraine draws to a close.
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Russia says Britain should be nuked ‘back to the stone age’
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BRITAIN should be bombed "back to the stone age" in ten minutes using Vladimir Putin's "unstoppable" 7,000mph hypersonic nuke missiles, Russian state TV has said.
- Finland wants to join NATO, Russia stalls again in Ukraine link
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This is a stunning loss for Russia: Kurt Volker
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Former U.S. ambassador to NATO provides insight on a potentially pivotal setback for Russia in its war on Ukraine on 'The Story.' #FoxNews #TheStory
- McDonald’s makes symbolic exit from Russia after 30 years link
- Elon Musk trolls Twitter CEO, McDonald’s leaving Russia permanently, Wix reports mixed earnings link
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Bloggers In Russia Criticize Military After Ukraine Bridge Attack
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Russian bloggers are shocked at their military's "incompetence" during the invasion of Ukraine, according to a new report. The Morning Joe panel discusses the latest in the invasion.
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McDonald's to leave Russia for good - BBC News
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McDonald's has said it will permanently leave Russia after more than 30 years and has started to sell its restaurants.
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McDonald's is selling its Russia business after 32 years
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McDonald's says it has started a process to sell all its restaurants in Russia, exiting the country after more than 30 years following its invasion of Ukraine.
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How Russia Is Destroying Ukraine’s Health Care System | NYT Opinion
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On Feb. 24, the first day of the war in Ukraine, a Russian attack on a hospital in the eastern city of Vuhledar killed four people and wounded 10 others. The next day, elsewhere in Ukraine, a cancer center and a children’s hospital were hit.
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Ukraine ‘could win’ war against Russia, Nato says - BBC News
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Nato's secretary general says Russia's war in Ukraine is not going to plan, and that its attempt to capture the eastern Donbas region has "stalled".
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Russia ‘deploys nuke missiles’ to border with Finland in chilling threat over country’s NATO bid
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RUSSIA has started deploying nuclear missiles toward its border with Finland in wake of the nation's bold NATO bid.
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McDonald's To Exit Russia After 30+ Years, Selling All 800 Locations
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McDonald’s will be closing all of its restaurants in Russia for good, citing the humanitarian crisis caused by the war in Ukraine. The company says it will attempt to pay its 62,000 employees in Russia until it sells all 800 restaurants there.
- McDonald’s selling its Russia business link
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Brittney Griner's detention in Russia extended one month
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It has been nearly three months since Russia detained WNBA star Brittney Griner. Today, a judge extended her detention by another month. Joy Reid brings you the latest developments.
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UK: Russia has lost one third of combat forces in Ukraine
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Russia may have lost as much as one third of the ground force it committed when it invaded Ukraine, according to an intelligence assessment from Britain's defense ministry. It added that Russian forces had sustained heavy losses in their Donbas offensive and that "under the current conditions, Russia is unlikely to dramatically accelerate its rate of advance over the next 30 days." #CNN #News
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Russia's neighbor has extensive network of bunkers with impressive amenities
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CNN's Nic Robertson tours an underground bunker in Helsinki, Finland, housed in a parking garage. The Finnish capital's bunkers can shelter more than 900,000 people.
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Russia estimated to have lost a third of its ground combat force in Ukraine - BBC News
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Britain's Ministry of Defence says Russia has lost about a third of its ground combat force since the war began in Ukraine at the end of February.
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News Wrap: Russia withdraws from Kharkiv region as Senate Republicans visit Ukraine
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In our news wrap Saturday, Ukrainians say Russia is withdrawing from Kharkiv as a Senate Republican delegation led by Minority Leader Mitch McConnell visited Ukraine, authorities say at least 10 people were killed in a mass shooting at a Buffalo, N.Y. supermarket, abortions rigths demonstrations take place acros the U.S., and an all-Black climbing group reached the summit of Mount Everest.
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Columnist warns US is heading closer to direct war with Russia
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New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman and CNN's Michael Smerconish discuss the possibility of the United States engaging in a direct military conflict with Russia.
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Russia warns that it would be a 'mistake' for Finland and Sweden to join Nato - BBC News
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Russia has said Finland and Sweden's entry into Nato would lead to a militarisation of the Baltic region.
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Russia retaliates against Finland as Sweden weighs joining NATO
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said his forces have taken down 200 Russian military aircraft as Pentagon officials warn about a possible delay of aid from the U.S.
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News Wrap: Russia extends U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner's detention
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In our news wrap Friday, U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner will spend another month in pre-trial detention in Russia, South Korea offers medical supplies to North Korea for an apparent COVID outbreak, Israeli police charged and beat mourners before an Al Jazeera reporter's funeral, and Elon Musk is delaying his plan to buy Twitter for $44 billion dollars.
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Russia threatens retaliation as Finland and Sweden aim to join NATO
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ABC News Foreign Correspondent Tom Soufi Burridge shares the latest insight on the war in Ukraine and how Finland is playing a major role.
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Russia warns of possible retaliation as Finland moves to join NATO
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ABC News Foreign Correspondent Tom Soufi Burridge discusses the opposition from Turkey as Finland and Sweden’s parliaments both plan to formally move to join NATO this weekend.
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Russia threatens retaliation after Finland moves to join NATO
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A Russian official said the country may take retaliatory steps if Sweden and Finland join NATO, saying it “would be the worst solution for them.”
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Is Russia planning to stay in Ukraine for the long haul? Charles Bierbauer weighs in
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Charles Bierbauer weighs in on the Russian invasion of Ukraine and Putin's long-term commitment to staying there. Bierbauer was the Moscow Bureau Chief for ABC News in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
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Russia vows to retaliate if Finland joins NATO
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Both Sweden and Finland have signaled they may join NATO after both countries have remained historically neutral. Russian leaders vowed to retaliate “without delay.”
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Warnings issued over ‘New Profile Pic’ app that may send your personal information to Russia
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There are concerns over a new app that is turning new profile pics into works of art.
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