Bloomberg: US poised to fully block Russian debt payments. U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration is planning to completely block Russia’s ability to pay U.S. bondholders, which could bring Russia closer to “the brink of default, Bloomberg reported.
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US launches Conflict Observatory to document Russian war crimes evidence
US to launch program documenting open-source evidence of Russian war crimes. The State Department announced on May 17 the creation of the Conflict Observatory to authenticate and preserve open-source information for current and future war crimes investigations against Russia.
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Canada to ban Putin and 1000 Russian officials from entry
Canada plans to ban Putin and 1,000 members of Russian government from entering country. The Canadian Senate has introduced a bill to amend its Immigration and Refugee Protection Act that would allow the country to ban entry to all individuals subject to Canadian sanctions.
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Long line for weapons in Kyiv at war’s start
In the first days of the war, there was almost a kilometer-long line for weapons in Kyiv. Our people showed that the capital is too tough for the occupiers, – Klitschko
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Zelensky: Russian missile attacks compensate for military failures
Zelensky: Russia's recent missile attacks across Ukraine attempt to compensate for Russian military failures.
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Zelensky: Russia attacks due to eastern losses
Russian missile strikes and air raids on Lviv, Sumy, Chernihiv, and Luhansk regions over the past 24 hours are Russia’s attempt to compensate for a 'series of failures in the east and south' in Ukraine, President Zelensky said in his daily address.
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Zelensky: Evacuation of Azovstal soldiers underway
Zelensky: 'Azovstal evacuation mission continues.' During an address, the president said the evacuation of Ukrainian soldiers from the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol is being overseen by Ukraine’s military and intelligence and the 'most influential international mediators.'
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Seven buses with Azovstal defenders arrive in Olenivka, DPR
Reuters reports that seven buses with Ukrainian service members from Azovstal plant arrived in Olenivka in self-proclaimed DPR
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Russia plans “press tour” to occupied Mariupol with “evidence”
Russia is urgently preparing a so-called "press tour" for foreign journalists to occupied areas of On May 18–21plans to bring them to Mariupol. To accuse,s have brought to Mariupol fragments ofammunition from occupied areas of DonetskObl,intel https://
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1.3 million Ukrainians deported to Russia, says Denysova
1.3 million Ukrainians were deported to Russia, says Denysova
