Russia shares the pontiff’s desire for peace negotiations between Moscow and Kiev, spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said Comments by Pope Francis about launching peace talks to end the Ukraine conflict echo the repeated calls Moscow has made for the same, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday.
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An elite unit attempted a raid into Russia’s Belgorod Region but was foiled, according to a report The Russian military has repelled a largescale Ukrainian incursion into Belgorod Region, Evgeny Poddubny, a correspondent for the Russia 1 TV broadcaster, has reported. The Defense Ministry in Moscow has not yet officially commented on the claims.
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Washington has reportedly warned Austria’s banking giant Raiffeisen over its operations in Russia Austria’s Raiffeisen Bank International, the biggest foreign lender in Russia, risks “being cut off from the US financial system” if it is found to have helped fund Russia’s military, according to the US Treasury Department, as cited by Reuters.
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