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G7 leaders agree to lend Ukraine $50 billion backed by Russia's frozen assets

Leaders of the Group of Seven wealthy democracies have agreed to engineer a $50 billion loan to help Ukraine in its fight for survival that would use interest earned on profits from Russia’s frozen central bank assets as collateral.

France 24 · Jun 13, 2024

Russian navy fleet, including frigate, nuclear-powered sub, arrives in Cuba

US downplays deployment, which comes amid rising tensions over Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Al Jazeera · Jun 13, 2024

G7 leaders agree to lend Ukraine billions backed by Russia's frozen assets. Here's how it will work

The leaders of the Group of Seven wealthy democracies have agreed to engineer a $50 billion loan to help Ukraine in its fight for survival

The Independent UK · Jun 13, 2024

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 839

As the war enters its 839th day, these are the main developments.

Al Jazeera · Jun 13, 2024

Ukraine war briefing: Russian strike on city of Kryvyi Rih kills nine, including five children

Ballistic missile strike is deadliest in weeks; Russia accused of ‘deliberate pattern’ of starvation tactics in siege of Mariupol. What we know on day 841

The Guardian - AU · Jun 13, 2024

Russia accused of ‘deliberate’ starvation tactics in Mariupol in submission to ICC

Lawyers say strategy of denying food and services to people in Ukrainian city during siege could amount to war crime

The Guardian - UK · Jun 12, 2024

Russia's largest tech company just released a free AI tool that could save Microsoft, Google and Facebook tens of millions of dollars

Yandex unveils open source LLM training tool offering major savings in GPU resources.

TechRadar · Jun 12, 2024

G7 Leaders Agree To Unblock $50 Bn For Ukraine By End Of 2024: France

Group of Seven leaders have agreed to provide Ukraine with $50 billion via the use of frozen Russian assets by the end of the year, the French presidency said on Wednesday.

International Business Times · Jun 12, 2024

With Russia not attending, what can this weekend’s Ukraine peace summit achieve?

The “Summit on Peace in Ukraine”, hosted by Switzerland this weekend, is not a peace conference in the usual sense. Russia, which has dismissed it as irrelevant, won’t participate. And any summit aimed at ending the war can’t produce a final settlement without Russia’s involvement.

The Conversation · Jun 12, 2024

Russia, largely excluded from international sports, hosts athletes at BRICS Games

Thousands of athletes in major and obscure sports are vying for medals in the Russian city of Kazan at the BRICS Games, an international competition shadowed by politics amid Russia’s exclusion from major sports events

The Independent UK · Jun 12, 2024