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Ukraine said on Saturday its forces had seized back all areas around Kyiv, claiming complete control of the capital region for the first time since Russia launched the invasion.

LVIV, Ukraine — As Russian forces appeared to retreat from parts of northern Ukraine, the Ukrainian military reclaimed territory there and — in one of its boldest moves since the war began five weeks ago — entered Russia for the first time and bombed a fuel depot.

The Kremlin on Friday offered to "explain" Moscow's actions in Ukraine to French actor Gérard Depardieu after he denounced Russian President Vladimir Putin's "crazy, unacceptable excesses".

Kremlin says no immediate end to deliveries, decision about payments in roubles to come into effect from later in April.

The world’s strongmen are watching Vladimir Putin’s gamble play out in Ukraine — and the consequences of his success or failure will be global

WASHINGTON — El presidente Joe Biden dijo que el líder ruso, Vladimir Putin, pudo haber despedido a algunos de sus asesores o haberlos puesto bajo arresto domiciliario, y que es una “pregunta abierta” si Putin está completamente informado sobre el desempeño de su ejército en Ucrania.

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden said Russian leader Vladimir Putin may have fired some of his advisers or put them under house arrest, and that it’s an “open question” as to whether Putin is fully informed on his military’s performance in Ukraine.

Suggestions by U.S. officials that President Vladimir Putin's advisers are afraid to tell him awkward truths about Russia's military campaign in Ukraine show how little they understand him or Russia's government, the Kremlin said on Thursday.

The Kremlin indicated on Wednesday that all of Russia's energy and commodity exports could be priced in roubles, toughening President Vladimir Putin's attempt to make the West feel the pain of the sanctions it imposed for the invasion of Ukraine. With Russia's economy facing its gravest crisis since the 1991…