By John Revill and Silke Koltrowitz LUGANO, Switzerland (Reuters) -The cost of rebuilding Ukraine following Russia’s invasion could reach $750 billion and rich Russians should help pay the bill, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmygal said on Monday. “We believe that the key source of recovery should be the confiscated assets of Russia and Russian oligarchs,” …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain has added the names of six individuals and one company to its list of people and businesses who are subject to an asset freeze following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The measures allow for “the freezing of funds and economic resources of certain persons, entities or bodies involved in destabilising Ukraine … …
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AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Dutch farmers angered by government plans that may require them to use less fertilizer and reduce livestock began a day of protests in the Netherlands on Monday by blocking supermarket distribution hubs in several cities. Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport and KLM, the Dutch arm of Air France, have advised travellers to use public …
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(Reuters) – Russian cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station on Monday celebrated Russia’s capture of the eastern Ukrainian region of Luhansk, a significant milestone for Moscow in the war. Roscosmos, the Russian space agency, described Moscow’s capture of the Luhansk region as “a liberation day to celebrate both on Earth and in space.” The agency …
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(Reuters) – The president of Belarus — Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin’s closest ally — said on Sunday his ex-Soviet state stood fully behind Russia in its military drive in Ukraine as part of its longstanding commitment to a “union state” with Moscow. Alexander Lukashenko, in power since 1994 and accused in the West of human …
By Tom Balmforth KYIV (Reuters) – Russia will shift the main focus of its war in Ukraine to trying to seize all of the Donetsk region after capturing neighbouring Luhansk, the Luhansk region’s governor said on Monday. Governor Serhiy Gaidai told Reuters in an interview that he expected the city of Sloviansk and the town …
(Reuters) – Russia will lift COVID-19 restrictions on entry into the country starting on July 15, the government’s coronavirus task force said on Monday. Russia had imposed restrictions on the entry of foreign nationals from some countries and set other conditions for crossing its border during the pandemic. (Reporting by Reuters)
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Several people were killed in a shooting at a shopping centre in Copenhagen on Sunday, Danish police said, adding they had arrested a 22-year-old Danish man and could not rule out it was an “act of terrorism”. “There are several injured, and what we also know now is that there are several dead,” …
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ROME (Reuters) – Parts of a mountain glacier collapsed in the Italian Alps on Sunday amid record temperatures, local authorities said, killing at least six people and injuring eight. The Trento provincial government said rescue operations were in progress after a large “ice avalanche” involving hikers, adding that there was likely to be a “heavy …
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KYIV (Reuters) – Ukrainian forces hit a Russian base with over 30 strikes in the Russian-occupied southern city of Melitopol on Sunday, the city’s exiled Ukrainian mayor said. A Russian official confirmed strikes had hit the city. “At 3 o’clock (1200 GMT) and 5 o’clock (0200 GMT), there were over 30 strikes exclusively on a …
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