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Euro rises as Putin sees 'certain positive shifts' with Ukraine
The euro was 0.25% higher at $1.1023 as of 1225 GMT, after rising as high as $1.11215 on Thursday in a choppy day.
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Putin says Russia to welcome volunteers from Middle East to fight Ukraine
At a meeting of Russia's Security Council, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said there were 16,000 volunteers in the Middle East who were ready to come to fight with Russian-backed forces
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Putin may be willing to use nuclear weapons: Ukraine envoy to Japan
Russian president late last month ordered his military command to put Russia's deterrence forces, which include nuclear arms, on high alert.
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Twitter purges Russian Embassy's tweet mocking pregnant woman in Ukraine
Twitter has deleted a controversial tweet by the Russian Embassy in London, that claimed a pregnant victim fleeing the site of a hospital was an actor in "some very realistic make-up"
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Zelenskyy accuses Russia of attack on humanitarian corridor in Mariupol
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Russian forces of targeting a humanitarian corridor in the city of Mariupol.
Besieged Ukrainians endure Russian air raids, with no breakthrough in talks
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy says Ukrainian authorities had managed to evacuate almost 40,000 people from cities.
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IAEA establishes high-level Kyiv-Moscow dialogue on nuclear safety: Chief
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said it has succeeded in establishing a direct dialogue on nuclear security between Russia and Ukraine at a high level
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Russia may refuse to return leased planes, pay in rubles: Report
The sanctions have also frozen much of Russia's foreign reserves and forced authorities to look for ways to limit foreign currency outflows
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Russia accepts economy in 'shock' as tanks roll into Kyiv's outskirts
Kremlin to ask military for info on hospital strike
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Oil edges back up despite Putin's pledge to honour supply commitments
Since Russia's February 24 invasion of Ukraine, oil markets have been the most volatile in two years, with global benchmark Brent crude recording its biggest decline since April, 2020
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Putin warns of spike in fertiliser prices if West creates 'difficulties'
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday warned that the price of fertilisers across the globe may spike further if the West continued to create "difficulties" for his country
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Putin says Russia will emerge stronger, sanctions will rebound on West
Putin said Moscow - a major energy producer that supplies a third of Europe's gas - would continue to meet its contractual obligations even though it has been slammed with comprehensive sanctions
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Putin says Russia will solve its problems, calls sanctions illegitimate
Addressing a government meeting, Putin also said Moscow - a major energy producer which supplies a third of Europe's gas - would continue to meet its contractual obligations
LIVE: Russian shelling hinders efforts to help trapped Mariupol residents
Residents have been cowering under fire, and without power or water, in the Black Sea port city of over 400,000 people for more than a week
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Ukraine says Russia refuses to guarantee humanitarian access
Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba met Russia's Sergei Lavrov in Turkey, but said he had secured no promise from him to halt firing so aid could reach civilians
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Putin ally Chemezov says Russia will be victorious against sanctions
Sergei Chemezov, a close ally of President Putin, said that the military operation in Ukraine had prevented an attack on Russia, which would emerge victorious from the sanctions imposed by the West
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Russia not abandoning plans to surround capital city Kyiv: Ukraine
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said on Thursday that Russia is not abandoning its plans to surround Kiev as Moscow's military invasion continued for the 15th day.
Ukraine war: Airstrike injures 17 people at children's hospital in Mariupol
At least 17 people were injured in an airstrike at a paediatric and maternity hospital in the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol as part of Russia's military operations.
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Zelenskyy discusses with EU members on various sanction against Russia
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy consulted with EU members and talked to Charles Michel, President of the European Council to discuss various sanctions against Russia
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Russia-Ukraine crisis: Biden lambasts Putin for assault on global stability
US President Joe Biden on Tuesday (local time) lambasted Russian President Vladimir Putin for assaulting global peace and stability amid a continued war between Russia and Ukraine.
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