President Vladimir Putin said on Monday the “economic blitzkrieg” of international sanctions on Russia had failed, citing the recovery in the rouble to pre-war levels. The Russian leader also gave a special elite designation to an army unit that Ukraine has accused of committing war crimes in the northern town of Bucha.
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The US is preparing to train some Ukrainians outside the country on howitzer artillery pieces in the coming days, the official said. The official contended that sanctions have limited Russia’s ability to restock and resupply components for some of its military systems including precision-guided missiles.
According to Bloomberg Economics, capital controls have steadied Russia’s financial sector and propped up the rouble, but a recession triggered by the sanctions is likely to be deep and prolonged.Ukraine’s postal service said it has sold almost half a million stamps featuring a soldier on the tiny Black Sea outpost known as Snake Island who became a symbol of resistance to Russia’s invasion on the day it began.
Viktor Medvedchuk, a businessman and politician seen as one of Putin’s top allies in Ukraine, has agreed to offer himself in a swap for troops and residents in Mariupol, according to the State Security Service in Kyiv.After Medvedchuk was detained this month, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky proposed swapping him for prisoners of war. He had gone missing around the start of the war after being placed under house arrest last year.
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