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Russian invasion of Ukraine to dominate EU finance ministers’ talks
Date: February 24, 2022
PARIS (Reuters) -Russia’s invasion of Ukraine will dominate EU finance ministers’ planned talks on Friday, officials said, as the EU weighs how much the war on its eastern borders will hit the economy of the 27-nation bloc this year. Ukrainian forces battled Russian invaders around nearly all of the country’s perimeter on Thursday after Moscow...
U.S., G7 allies meet after Russia invades Ukraine
Date: February 24, 2022
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden met with his counterparts from the Group of Seven allies on Thursday morning to map out more severe measures against Russia after President Vladimir Putin launched what Biden called “a premeditated war” against Ukraine. Biden, who spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy late on Wednesday, convened...
Oil tops $100, gas, grains, metals spike as Russia invades Ukraine
Date: February 24, 2022
By Nina Chestney, Nigel Hunt and Pratima Desai LONDON (Reuters) -Commodity prices jumped to multi-year highs on Thursday after Russia invaded Ukraine, raising the prospect of tighter supplies due to the possibility of sanctions on Russian exports, transport disruptions and Moscow withholding supplies. Russia launched an all-out invasion of Ukraine by land, air and sea...
Erdogan ‘saddened’ by Russian invasion, Ukraine urges Turkey to shut straits
Date: February 24, 2022
By Tuvan Gumrukcu ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey backs Ukraine’s territorial integrity and is “sincerely saddened” by Russia’s invasion, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday, as Kyiv’s envoy to Ankara urged Turkey to close the Bosphorus straits to Russian warships. Earlier on Thursday, Russian forces launched an invasion of Ukraine, assaulting by land, sea and air...
Ukraine shuts ports as conflict threatens grain supplies
Date: February 24, 2022
By Polina Devitt, Gleb Stolyarov and Natalia Zinets MOSCOW/KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s military has suspended commercial shipping at its ports after Russian forces invaded the country, an adviser to the Ukrainian president’s chief of staff said, stoking fear of supply disruption from the leading grain and oilseeds exporters. Russia earlier suspended the movement of commercial...
Explainer-How Western sanctions will target Russia
Date: February 24, 2022
By Karin Strohecker (Reuters) – The United States and its allies have vowed to hit Russia with harsh sanctions after Russian forces invaded Ukraine on Thursday in a massed assault by land, sea and air – the biggest by one state against another in Europe since World War Two. Western capitals introduced an initial round...