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Russia's Special Operation in Ukraine
On February 24, 2022 Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine, aiming to liberate the Donbass region where the people's republics of Donetsk and Lugansk had been living under regular attacks from Kiev's forces.
Service members of pro-Russian troops are seen atop of an armoured vehicle with the symbol Z painted on its side in the course of Ukraine-Russia conflict in the besieged southern port city of Mariupol, Ukraine March 24, 2022. - Sputnik International

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The new round of US sanctions to be announced against Russia later this week will target government officials, financial institutions, and state-owned enterprises, the White House said Tuesday.
Also on Tuesday, Washington authorised the State Department to provide $100 million in additional defence aid to Ukraine. The supply of lethal weapons to Ukraine is a mistake, it increases casualties, but does not affect the outcome of Russia's special operation in Ukraine, the Russian military has said.
Russia launched a military operation last month with the stated goal of putting an end to war crimes committed by Ukrainian troops against civilians during an eight-year offensive against Donbas. The Russian Defence Ministry said the special operation, which targets Ukrainian military infrastructure, aims to "demilitarise and de-Nazify" Ukraine. Moscow has said it has no plans to occupy the country.
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17:54 GMT 06.04.2022
Biden Warned Xi of Consequences if China Supports Russia - Sherman
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken have warned President Xi Jinping and other Chinese senior officials of the consequences and retaliation from the United States if Beijing supports Russia over Ukraine, Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman said in a congressional testimony on Wednesday.
"The president has been very direct with Xi Jinping that there will be consequences if China continues to support [Russian President Vladimir] Putin," Sherman told the US House Foreign Affairs Committee. "This is a very serious matter that we take quite seriously."
Sherman acknowledged that the Biden administration was also "deeply concerned' about the developing strategic alignment that Moscow and Beijing jointly announced on 4 February and she said they had communicated these concerns to the Chinese government.
17:51 GMT 06.04.2022
Berlin Welcomes Further Russia-Ukraine Talks, Will Support Viable Decisions
17:50 GMT 06.04.2022
Italy's PM Draghi Says Suspending Gas Imports From Russia Not a Hypothesis on the Table Now
17:34 GMT 06.04.2022
Kiev Plotting to Blow Up Chlorine Storage in Kharkov Region & Blame It on Russia in Yet Another Provocation - Russian MoD
17:31 GMT 06.04.2022
Ukrainian Fuel Storage in Kharkov Region Hit in High-Precision Missile Strike - Russian MoD
17:29 GMT 06.04.2022
Ukrainian Command Post and Nationalists' Base in Donetsk Region Destroyed in High-Precision Missile Strikes - Russian MoD
17:28 GMT 06.04.2022
Russian MoD: Operational-Tactical Aviation Destroyed 34 Ukrainian Military Targets During the Day
17:20 GMT 06.04.2022
Moscow Slams Detention of Russian Cultural Property in Finland as Lawlessness
17:04 GMT 06.04.2022
Biden: US, Allies to Continue to Ratchet Up Economic Costs on Russia and Further Increase Economic Isolation
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The United States and its allies will continue to ratchet up economic costs on Russia and further increase its economic isolation in response to the country's special military operation in Ukraine, US President Joe Biden said on Wednesday.
“[T]ogether with our allies and our partners, we are going to keep raising the economic costs and ratchet up the pain for [Russian President Vladimir] Putin and further increase Russia's economic isolation,” Biden said in an address to the North America’s Building Trades Unions (NABTU) Legislative Conference.
He added: "Our sanctions are lucky to wipe out the last 15 years of Russia's economic gains and because we have cut Russia off from importing technologies like semiconductors and encryption security and critical components of quantum technology that they need to compete in the 21st century. We are going to stifle Russia's ability as economy to grow for years to come."
Biden also said that he had signed an executive order earlier in the day to send more anti-tank Javelin missiles to Ukraine.
16:48 GMT 06.04.2022
Moscow Vows to Respond to Expulsion of Russian Diplomats From Greece, Slovenia & Romania
16:30 GMT 06.04.2022
Indian PM Modi Hails Ukraine Discussion In Parliament
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday hailed the Ukraine discussio in the lower house of the Parliament, saying the rich level of debate illustrates there is bipartisanship on the matters of foreign policy which augurs well for India at the world stage.
16:24 GMT 06.04.2022
Officers of the Georgian National Legion volunteer battalion pose for a photo prior to their departure to the area of the war conflict in Ukraine's east, in Kiev, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 15, 2016. The Georgian National Legion consists mostly of Georgians, but there are also the US, French and Belgian citizens. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) - Sputnik International, 1920, 06.04.2022
Russia's Special Operation in Ukraine
'Not a Single Russian Soldier Will be Taken Prisoner', Says Head of Georgian Legion in Ukraine
16:24 GMT 06.04.2022
Official residence of the U.S. President, the White House in Washington D.C. - Sputnik International, 1920, 06.04.2022
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US Slaps New Sanctions on Russian Banks & Politicians, Bans New Investments
16:24 GMT 06.04.2022
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov - Sputnik International, 1920, 06.04.2022
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Peskov Not Ruling Out Cutting Diplomatic Ties With West if Expulsion of Russian Diplomats Continues
16:24 GMT 06.04.2022
Nuclear weapons - Sputnik International, 1920, 06.04.2022
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Poland Potentially Hosting US Nukes Would be Great Threat to Russia - Kremlin Spokesman
16:24 GMT 06.04.2022
U.S. President Joe Biden announces proposed budget for fiscal year 2023 at the White House in Washington - Sputnik International, 1920, 06.04.2022
Russia's Special Operation in Ukraine
US Officials Admit They Made Up Ukraine 'Chemical Weapons' Scare for 'Info War' on Russia
16:12 GMT 06.04.2022
Pentagon: Group of Ukrainians Being Trained in the US to Use Switchblade Drones
15:07 GMT 06.04.2022
EU Diplomats Reportedly Fail to Agree on New Package of Russia Sanctions, Ban on Russian Coal Imports
15:06 GMT 06.04.2022
Moscow Vows Reciprocal Response to Any Country Expelling Russian Diplomats
15:06 GMT 06.04.2022
Britain Bans All New Investment to Russia
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