IMF member countries issue a near-unanimous call for Russia to end its aggression in Ukraine, calling conflict – now in its 234th day – the single biggest factor fuelling inflation and slowing the global economy.
Ukraine calls on the West to increase military aid as authorities in four Moscow-held regions declare victory in annexation votes, with the conflict entering its 217th day.
"We will not stand by and allow any country to compensate Russia for its losses from the economic sanctions," says US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan.
The announcement comes after the Biden administration approved the potential sale of air defence radars and aircrafts to Cairo for a combined value of more than $2.5 billion.
The US House of Representatives passed a bill to provide an additional $1bn of military aid to Israel vehemently defended as being for ‘defence’ purposes. But analysts say this framing merely serves to perpetuate human rights abuses.
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