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The Latest Breaking News from Russia

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How Western sanctions target Russia

(This February 26 story corrects pounds to dollars in third entry)

Reuters · Feb 27, 2022

Japan to coordinate with G7 on further sanctions vs Russia - foreign minister

Japan will coordinate closely with its G7 counterparts in deciding whether to impose further sanctions against Russia, Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi said on Sunday.

Reuters · Feb 27, 2022

Musk says Starlink active in Ukraine as Russian invasion disrupts internet

SpaceX billionaire Elon Musk said on Saturday that the company's Starlink satellite broadband service is available in Ukraine and SpaceX is sending more terminals to the country, whose internet has been disrupted due to the Russian invasion.

Reuters · Feb 27, 2022

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Russian Forces in Ukraine are sustaining casualties and being captured, says UK Mod

UK's Ministry of Defence issues ''intelligence update'

Wales Online · Feb 27, 2022

US, EU, UK to sanction Russian central bank, block SWIFT

Cumulatively the steps announced by the West since Russia began the invasion would potentially amount to some of the toughest sanctions on any country in modern times.

Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 27, 2022

US, EU cut some Russian banks from SWIFT, target central bank

Western nations agreed to unleash new sanctions to further isolating Russia’s economy and financial system after initial penalties failed to persuade President Vladimir Putin to pull out of Ukraine.

Tribune News Service · Feb 26, 2022

Russian agent who infiltrated the NRA says Ukraine shouldn’t hand out rifles in case a child gets hurt

Maria Butina served prison time before being deported from US back to Moscow

The Independent UK · Feb 26, 2022

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‘Not going to leave’: Ukrainians in Mariupol await Russian attack

Throngs of Ukrainians have volunteered to give blood since Russia launched a full-scale invasion on the country.

Al Jazeera · Feb 26, 2022

Visas for Belarus basketball team cancelled as countries ‘complicit with Putin not welcome’

UK bars national team in latest sporting hit for Russian allies

The Independent UK · Feb 26, 2022

Ukrainian forces keep grip on Kyiv despite Russian onslaught

KYIV, Ukraine — As night fell in Ukraine on Saturday, military forces and thousands of armed volunteers fought fiercely to maintain control of their capital against Russian troops after a day of sporadic explosions and gunfire that shook parts of the city, leaving a missile-hit high-rise tower partially destroyed, a…

Los Angeles Times · Feb 26, 2022

Statement from Western allies on new sanctions against Russia

Washington and its allies moved on Saturday to block some Russian banks' access to the SWIFT international payment system as part of more sanctions against Moscow as it continues its assault against Ukraine.

Reuters · Feb 26, 2022

Labor warns China against any 'aggressive changes' toward Taiwan in wake of Ukraine-Russia war

Labor's Shadow Foreign Minister Penny Wong says no country, including China, should "take any comfort" from Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

ABC News · Feb 26, 2022

Who are the Klitschko brothers? Vitali and Wladimir, the boxing champions fighting for Ukraine’s future

Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko created a boxing dynasty as heavyweight world champions – now they are joining Ukraine’s fight against Russian invasion

The Independent UK · Feb 26, 2022

Russia must pay heavy price: Morrison

Scott Morrison says Russia must pay a heavy price for the invasion of the Ukraine and is now considering "lethal aid" though NATO.

AAP · Feb 26, 2022

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Reuters · Feb 26, 2022

Ukraine is grateful for financial sanctions imposed on Russia - PM

Ukraine is grateful for the latest round of financial sanctions imposed on Russia by the United States and its allies, Prime Minister Denys Shmygal said in a Twitter post early on Sunday.

The Guardian - UK · Feb 26, 2022

Boris Johnson warns of ‘very grim days ahead for Ukraine’

Prime minister says UK has to do everything it can to change ‘heavy odds’ country faces

Reuters · Feb 26, 2022

Russian banks face exclusion as allies deploy 'financial nuclear weapon'

The United States, Britain and European Union ratcheted up sanctions against Moscow on Saturday as Russia continued its assault against Ukraine, saying they would block access to the SWIFT international payment system.

Los Angeles Times · Feb 26, 2022

US, European allies bar Russian banks from critical SWIFT banking network

WASHINGTON — The U.S. and its European allies agreed Saturday to bar some Russian banks from the SWIFT international network and to sanction the country’s central bank, ratcheting up the West’s response to Moscow’s intensifying and unprovoked war against Ukraine.

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Los Angeles Times · Feb 26, 2022

US, European allies bar Russian banks from critical SWIFT banking network

WASHINGTON — The U.S. and its European allies agreed Saturday to bar some Russian banks from the SWIFT international network and to sanction its central bank, ratcheting up the West’s response to Moscow’s intensifying and unprovoked war against Ukraine.

ABC News · Feb 26, 2022

Photos from Ukraine as Russia advances into country from all directions

Russia is continuing its push into neighbouring Ukraine, amid global condemnation.

Wales Online · Feb 26, 2022

Residents take cover in Kyiv as Russian troops approach

The Russian assault on the Ukrainian capital has led to a curfew being announced in the city, set to last through until Monday morning

France 24 · Feb 26, 2022

As it happened: EU bans 'Kremlin’s media machine', closes airspace to all Russian planes

EU leaders announced tough new sanctions on Russia on Sunday, such as closing the entirety of EU airspace to Russian planes – including private jets – and banning Russian state media outlets RT and Sputnik, which European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen called “the Kremlin’s media machine".

Daily Mirror · Feb 26, 2022

Brit in Ukraine begs for help after Russian invasion leaves family hiding in cellar

English teacher Harry Richardson, who once worked at a college in Leek, Staffordshire, said he and his family are sheltering with another 70 terrified locals in a cellar beneath Cherkasy - a town around 100 miles from Kyiv

Al Jazeera · Feb 26, 2022

Russian forces meeting ‘strong and wide’ Ukraine resistance

Analysts say the Russian military may have been caught off guard by the level of pushback by Ukrainian fighters.

The Guardian - UK · Feb 26, 2022

US, UK, Europe and Canada to block Swift access for some Russian banks

Partial ejection from global payment system expected in days as part of new sanctions against Moscow

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