Ukrainian officials were considering debt-restructuring options as the war placed growing pressure on the country’s finances, Bloomberg reported on June 30, 2022. The report, syndicated by Yahoo Finance, cited people familiar with the discussions.
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UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace warned of a ‘very real danger’ that Russia could lash out beyond Ukraine, describing it as the most direct and pressing threat to European security. His remarks at a Royal United Services Institute conference were reported on June 28, 2022.
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Antony Blinken says gold is Russia’s second most lucrative export after energy, worth about $19 billion annually, as G7 partners move toward an import ban.
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Taras Vysotskyy says building alternative infrastructure to replace Ukraine’s Black Sea export routes could require ten years of investment.
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Ukraine’s emergency service estimates that clearing mines and explosives after the war could take around ten years, with occupied areas still difficult to assess.
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Merrick Garland announces a Justice Department war-crimes accountability team led by veteran Nazi investigator Eli Rosenbaum during a visit to Ukraine.
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Josep Borrell argues that ending Russia’s aggression and restoring Ukrainian grain exports are essential to preventing a worsening global food crisis.
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