Negotiations between Russia and Ukraine began on Friday, as the war continues in Ukraine.
Meanwhile, Russian state-owned energy company Gazprom said it was still supplying natural gas to Europe, Reuters reported.
The report comes despite President Vladimir Putin’s deadline on Friday for Russian gas to be paid in rubles – a requirement rejected by European governments that appear to have found a solution.
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The U.S. will provide an additional $ 300 million in security assistance to Ukraine
The U.S. Department of Defense will provide an additional $ 300 million in security assistance to Ukraine, including laser-guided rockets, drones, and commercial satellite imagery services.
“This announcement marks the beginning of a contract process to provide new skills to the Ukrainian Armed Forces,” Defense Department spokesman John Kirby said in a statement.
A team trying to help Mariupol could not reach the city, the Red Cross said
The International Committee of the Red Cross said a team aimed at helping people get out of the besieged city of Mariupol could not reach the port city on Friday.
The Red Cross in a statement said the party hopes to try again on Saturday.
“Arrangements and conditions made it impossible” that a convoy of three vehicles arrived safely in Mariupol and returned to Zaporizhzhia, it said.
“For this project to be successful, it is important for the parties to honor the agreements and provide the necessary conditions and security guarantees,” the organization said.
An American team working with the Russian oligarchs sees evidence of evasion of sanctions
The U.S. Department of Justice, which oversees the property of the Russian oligarchs, has seen evidence of attempts to evade sanctions or relocation in anticipation of possible sanctions, an official said on Friday.
Andrew Adams, a veteran prosecutor appointed to lead the new KleptoCapture unit last month, told Reuters in an interview that the level of international cooperation in investigating the profits of the oligarchs had reached “very high” after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine — which may help prosecutors follow. their attempts to hide the treasure.
“There are ongoing efforts – some of which have been publicly reported – to transport, for example, goods moving in the form of yachts, planes … to places where, I think, people think it can be very difficult to investigate and very difficult to freeze,” Adams said.
The group’s aim is to fund Russian Russian oligarchs in a bid to pressure President Vladimir Putin to stop invading Ukraine.
The World Central Kitchen is preparing sandwiches for refugees and Ukrainian soldiers in Lviv
Workers at local restaurants and the World Central Kitchen organization organized sandwiches for refugees and the Ukrainian Territorial Defense Forces in the Ukrainian city of western Lviv.