![]() * The Russian government has defaulted on its sovereign debt for the first time in more than a century. * Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on the European Union to sanction Russian oil, all banks in the next sanctions package. * Telecom giant Nokia has announced it is pulling out of Russia, the latest in a flood of foreign companies that are leaving amid punishing Western sanctions imposed over Moscow's war in Ukraine. * Russia can afford to wage a long war in Ukraine despite being hammered by Western sanctions aimed at crippling its ability to sustain the campaign, defence experts and economists say. ![]() * Admiral Rob Bauer, head of NATO’s military committee, said it is the sovereign right of countries such as Sweden and Finland to decide if they want to join the alliance. * The EU aims to address rising wheat and fertilizer prices and expected shortages in the Balkans, North Africa and the Middle East with "food diplomacy" to counter Russia's narrative on the impact of its Ukraine invasion. * President Vladimir Putin said peace talks with Ukraine had hit a dead end. * French forensic experts have arrived in Bucha near Kyiv to help Ukraine authorities establish what happened in the town where hundreds of bodies have been discovered since Russian forces withdrew. * More destruction and death has been uncovered in Ukraine’s northernmost region after Russian forces withdrew from the area. * Civilians were fleeing from areas of eastern Ukraine ahead of an anticipated Russian offensive. * Ukrainian marines defending Mariupol accused the country’s leadership of abandoning them with no ammunition left, saying that it might be their last day of fighting. * Russian hackers attempted to launch a destructive cyberattack on Ukraine's electricity grid last week, Ukrainian officials and cybersecurity researchers said. ![]() For full coverage of the crisis in Ukraine, visit Flashpoint Ukraine. ![]()
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