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New Talk of Compromise on Both Sides Lifts Hope for Russia-Ukraine Breakthrough
Date: March 16, 2022
By James Mackenzie and Natalia Zinets KYIV/LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) – New talk of compromise from both Moscow and Kyiv on a status for Ukraine outside of NATO lifted hope on Wednesday for a potential breakthrough after three weeks of war. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said negotiations were becoming “more realistic”, while Russian Foreign Minister Sergei...
Sanctioned Russia Teeters on Brink of Historic Default
Date: March 16, 2022
By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) – The economic cost of Russia’s assault on Ukraine was further exposed on Wednesday as the sanctions-hit country teetered on the brink of its first default on international debt since the Bolshevik revolution. Moscow is due to pay $117 million in interest on two dollar-denominated sovereign bonds it sold in...
History of Sovereign Debt Defaults
Date: March 15, 2022
(Reuters) – Russia faces its first major external debt default since 1917 as Western sanctions in response to its invasion of Ukraine limit its ability to service foreign bonds. Russia has $117 million in payments due on Wednesday on two dollar-denominated eurobonds. Its finance ministry has said it will make the payments in roubles if...
Ukraine Leader Hints at Compromise as Russian Forces Pummel Capital
Date: March 15, 2022
By Pavel Polityuk, Natalia Zinets and Omer Berberoglu LVIV, Ukraine/KYIV (Reuters) -Russian air strikes and shelling smashed into buildings in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on Tuesday as invading forces tightened their grip, while a convoy of civilians headed out of the besieged port city of Mariupol for safer parts. At least five people were killed...
U.N. Chief: Prospect of Nuclear Conflict Back ‘within Realm of Possibility’ Over Ukraine
Date: March 14, 2022
By Humeyra Pamuk (Reuters) -United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday sounded the alarm over Russia raising the alert level for its nuclear forces after invading Ukraine, describing it as a “bone-chilling development.” “The prospect of nuclear conflict, once unthinkable, is now back within the realm of possibility,” Guterres told reporters, and repeated his call...
Russia Could Take Full Control of Major Ukrainian Cities – Kremlin
Date: March 14, 2022
By Guy Faulconbridge LONDON (Reuters) -The Kremlin said on Monday that Russian forces could take full control of major Ukrainian cities and it had sufficient military clout to fulfil all of its aims in Ukraine without any help from China. The United States and its European allies have cast President Vladimir Putin’s invasion as an...