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Biden asks Congress for $33bn Ukraine aid package

President’s request includes over $20bn in military aid, $8.5bn in economic aid to Kyiv and $3bn in humanitarian relief

The Guardian - US · Apr 28, 2022

Russian state TV claims Putin is more likely to launch nuclear war than accept defeat in Ukraine

’Either we lose in Ukraine or the Third World War starts’, says top Russian propagandist Margarita Simonyan

The Independent UK · Apr 28, 2022

Russia says Ukraine weapons supplies threaten European security

Moscow claims Western military support for Kyiv will ‘provoke instability’ after Putin warns against ‘interference’.

Al Jazeera · Apr 28, 2022

Could Russia cut off gas to other European countries?

Russia has been accused of “blackmailing” Europe after cutting off gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria.

Evening Standard · Apr 27, 2022

Kremlin asks why Zelenskiy is not seeing its proposal

The Kremlin said on Thursday that Moscow was still waiting for Ukraine's response to Russia's latest written proposal in peace talks between the two sides, and questioned why Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy was unaware of the document.

Reuters · Apr 21, 2022

Ultimatum ignored in Mariupol as attacks intensify in east Ukraine

RUBIZHNE, Ukraine — Russia tightened its grip Wednesday around Ukraine’s last stronghold in the besieged port of Mariupol, whose desperate defenders, holed up in underground shelters beneath a massive steel plant, pleaded for international help, declaring that they were “probably facing our last days, if not hours.”

Los Angeles Times · Apr 20, 2022

Ultimatum ignored in Mariupol as attacks intensify in east Ukraine

RUBIZHNE, Ukraine — Russia delivered what it said was a last-chance surrender ultimatum Wednesday to Ukrainian forces in the besieged port of Mariupol, whose desperate defenders, pleading for international help, declared that they were “probably facing our last days, if not hours.”

Los Angeles Times · Apr 20, 2022

Ultimatum ignored in Mariupol as attacks intensify in east Ukraine

RUBIZHNE, Ukraine — Russia delivered what it said was a last-chance surrender ultimatum Wednesday to Ukrainian forces in the besieged port of Mariupol, whose desperate defenders, pleading for international help, declared that they were “probably facing our last days, if not hours.”

Los Angeles Times · Apr 20, 2022

Ultimatum ignored in Mariupol as attacks intensify in east Ukraine

RUBIZHNE, Ukraine — Russia delivered what it said was a last-chance surrender ultimatum Wednesday to Ukrainian forces in the besieged port of Mariupol, whose desperate defenders, pleading for international help, declared that they were “probably facing our last days, if not hours.”

Los Angeles Times · Apr 20, 2022

Accusing Russia of ‘genocide’, Biden to send more military aid to Ukraine

DNIPRO, Ukraine — President Joe Biden and other Western leaders pledged additional military aid for Ukraine on Wednesday, while Russia sharply rejected the president’s description of its wartime acts as “genocide.”

Los Angeles Times · Apr 14, 2022