Russia-Ukraine War

Russia-Ukraine War

The Biden administration is weighing a Ukrainian request for cluster munitions — weapons banned by more than 100 countries, but that Russia continues to use in Ukraine to devastating effect — from the US stockpile.

*Russian President Putin has warned of a protracted war in Ukraine, but said there was no need for another draft yet.

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* Ukrainian forces shelled the Russian city of Belgorod, near Ukraine’s border, on Thursday, the region’s governor claimed.

* Russia said it shot down a drone over the occupied Crimean Peninsula on Thursday, as the Kremlin warned of the risk of “terrorist attacks.”

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* Pope Francis broke down and cried as he mentioned the suffering of Ukrainians during a traditional prayer in central Rome.

Russian forces attacked settlements in eastern Ukraine from the ground and air, officials said, in support of the Kremlin’s apparently scaled-back ambition of only securing the bulk of Ukrainian lands it has claimed in the war.

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