Russian losses in Ukraine

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Former U.S. Marine killed fighting in Ukraine; Russian missile strikes ... (CNBC)

Former U.S. Marine killed fighting in Ukraine; Russian missile strikes hit Kyiv amid UN chief's visit · U.S. forces resume training with Ukrainian troops at ...

But strategists have told CNBC that Putin is playing on risk aversion in the West and that the chances of a nuclear war are remote. Russia's defense ministry has in past days said it was opening a humanitarian corridor for civilians to leave the steel plant. It is important for the Netherlands to work closely with all these countries, including in Ukraine," the statement said. Russia demonstrates again its blatant disregard for intl law by bombarding a city while @UN Secretary General @antonioguterres is present, alongside Bulgarian PM @KirilPetkov," the EU's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said in a tweet. "Due to privacy considerations, we have no further comment," the official added. "Russia has brought barbarity to Ukraine and committed vile atrocities, including against women. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin ordered U.S. troops who deployed to Ukraine last year to leave the country and reposition elsewhere in Europe. The payments were due to be made in April and had entered a 30-day grace period before official default on May 4. "A diplomatic mission in Kyiv is of great value in maintaining contact with the Ukrainian government. The legislation poses a grave threat to the industry, which critics say has become popular for clandestine transactions because they cannot be traced. The Blockchain Association, a lobbying group that represents more than 70 crypto platforms including Ripple, Crypto.com and Dragonfly Capital, is trying to convince Congress that cryptocurrencies aren't being used by wealthy Russians to to avoid sanctions. Russian forces are concentrating on Ukraine's eastern Donbas region, but continue to face stiff resistance, the U.K.'s defense ministry said.

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Moscow confirms attack on Kyiv during UN chief's visit (The Guardian)

The missile attack, which came a day after Guterres met the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, in Moscow and soon after his talks with Ukrainian leader ...

The UN said on Friday more than 5.4 million Ukrainians had fled their country, including nearly 57,000 in the previous 24 hours alone. Russia last week said it had gained full control of Mariupol except for the huge industrial area. “Also, we are in dire need of medication. But it said casualties in the invading army were even worse. Guterres said on Thursday the UN was doing “everything possible” to ensure the evacuation of civilians from the “apocalypse” in Mariupol and Osnat Lubrani, a UN representative to Ukraine said on Friday she was travelling to nearby Zaporizhzhia to prepare for a “hopeful” evacuation. It requires a strong response.”

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Ukraine says eastern battle taking toll on Russia, Mariupol fighters ... (Reuters)

Ukraine admits taking heavy losses but says Russia's worse · Russian missile attack kills Radio Liberty journalist in Kyiv · Moscow says missiles destroyed Kyiv ...

read more read more Some of Russia's neighbours say they fear Moscow could target them next. "We were hungry, the child was crying when the Grad (multiple rocket launcher) shells were striking near the house. In parts of Mariupol now held by Russian troops, emergency workers were gathering up bodies from the streets. "She was going to bed when a Russian ballistic missile hit her apartment in central Kyiv," Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Oleg Nikolenko said. The United States and its allies are now sending heavy weapons including artillery, with what Washington says is an aim not just to repel Russia's attack but to weaken its armed forces so it cannot menace its neighbours again. Western officials said Russia had been suffering fewer casualties after narrowing the scale of its invasion but numbers were still "quite high". read more Lawmakers from both parties said they wanted to approve the emergency funding request quickly. read more read more The strike in central Kyiv coincided with a visit to the city by U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.

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Ukraine war: Poland sends 200 tanks as Russia suffers 'colossal ... (Daily Mail)

Poland has so-far donated military aid worth $1.6billion to Ukraine, its public radio broadcaster has announced, including more than 200 Soviet-era T 72 ...

'I imagine my family in one of those homes, now destroyed and black. The capital of Ukraine is the goal and they want to occupy it,' Mayor Vitali Klitschko said, supervising the cleanup. Foreign dignitaries have been flying in to pay their respects to Zelenskiy and his government. 'We need this bill to support Ukraine in its fight for freedom,' Biden said. The move has met with mixed success. A destroyed Russian tank is seen on the side of a road in Rusaniv, near Kyiv, as Ukraine continues to pick up the pieces after Russia' assault on the capital failed

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Ukraine inflicts 'colossal losses' on Russian forces stuck in the mud (Telegraph.co.uk)

The Pentagon says that rainy spring weather has slowed down Moscow's progress since the invasion began.

The Kremlin has also ordered more strikes on Ukrainian rail infrastructure in the west of the country in an attempt to halt deliveries of western weapons, a Kyiv official said. In response to its failings in eastern Ukraine, Russia stepped up its attacks on targets across the rest of the country, including Kyiv and Odesa. “As it starts to rain more and there’s more mud, it will force them to be ever more reliant on paved roads and paved highways, and that we would expect that some of their progress will be slowed by, frankly, by mud and by weather conditions.”

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