Local operatives may be hired and overseen by US Special Operations troops, the paper reports The US Department of Defense is trying to convince lawmakers to fund two top-secret programs in Ukraine, which were put on hold after Russia launched its military operation in the country last year, the Washington Post reported on Friday.

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The shortfall in the balance of trade with the bloc has reached nearly $40 billion, official statistics show The UK’s trade deficit with the EU reached a new high in the final quarter of 2022 on increasing imports from the bloc, data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed on Friday.