Global Look Press/Senior Airman Karla Parra
Bloomberg: The US announced a new military aid package of about $400 million that includes high-precision artillery to improving targeting of Russian forces and equipment.
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy visited front-line troops in the Dnipropetrovsk region on Friday in a rare foray from Kyiv. Germany expects Canada to release a key part for a Russian gas pipeline that’s been caught up in sanctions, a move that could ease the squeeze on gas flows to Europe as natural gas prices are set to post another weekly advance.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned Moscow over blocking Ukraine grain exports. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met his Chinese counterpart on the sidelines of a G-20 meeting in Indonesia, but the Russian diplomat left the room for some of the G-20 speakers.
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