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Biden, Zelenskyy sign security pact as G7 backs using frozen Russian assets to aid Ukraine

By Nick Schifrin, Zeba Warsi

President Biden signed a defense pact with Ukraine on the sidelines of the G7 meeting in Italy. The major industrialized powers also agreed on a plan to take Russian assets held in Europe and use that money to aid Ukraine…

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New $50 billion loan to Ukraine is backed by frozen Russian assets. Here's how it will work

By Fatima Hussein, Associated Press

Leaders of the Group of Seven wealthy democracies have agreed to engineer a $50 billion loan to help Ukraine in its fight for survival. Interest earned on profits from Russia’s frozen central bank assets would be used as collateral.

U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich, jailed in Russia for over a year, to stand trial for espionage, officials say

By Associated Press

Russia's Prosecutor General's office said Thursday an indictment of the Wall Street Journal reporter has been finalized and his case was filed to a regional court.

WATCH: Biden and Zelenskyy sign security agreement, hold joint news conference

By Darlene Superville, Colleen Long, Zeke Miller, Aamer Madhani, Associated Press

The highly anticipated agreement will leverage interest and income from the more than $260 billion in frozen Russian assets that are largely held in Europe, to secure a $50 billion loan from the U.S. and additional loans from other partners.

U.S. expands sanctions against Russia by targeting Chinese companies helping Putin's war in Ukraine

By Emma Burrows, Associated Press

The United States widened its sanctions against Russia with a package targeting Chinese companies which help Russia pursue its war in Ukraine.

At G7, Biden and Zelenskyy will sign a U.S.-Ukraine security agreement

By Darlene Superville, Colleen Long, Associated Press

National security adviser Jake Sullivan said the agreement would not commit U.S. troops directly to Ukraine's defense against Russia's invasion — a red line drawn by President Joe Biden, who's fearful of being pulled into direct conflict between the nuclear-armed…

Russian warships arrive in Cuban waters for military exercises

By Regina Garcia Cano, Gisela Salomon, Associated Press

This mission comes less than two weeks after President Joe Biden authorized Ukraine to use U.S.-provided weapons to strike inside Russia to protect Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, prompting President Vladimir Putin to suggest his military could respond with “asymmetrical steps”…

U.S. lifts ban on providing weapons and training for Ukraine's controversial Azov Brigade

By Associated Press

The Azov Brigade is among Ukraine’s most effective and popular fighting units. But it has been dogged by its origins as a volunteer battalion that drew fighters from far-right circles and criticism for some of its tactics.

Ukraine may store some F-16 warplanes in other countries to protect them from Russian attacks

By Hanna Arhirova, Associated Press

Ukraine's air force may keep some of the F-16 fighter jets it’s set to receive from its Western allies at foreign bases to protect them from Russian strikes.

Ukraine says it has struck an advanced fighter jet at an airfield deep inside Russia

By Susie Blann, Joanna Kozlowska, Associated Press

Ukraine on Sunday said its forces hit an ultra-modern Russian warplane stationed on an air base nearly 370 miles from the front lines. If confirmed, it would mark Ukraine's first known successful strike on a Su-57 stealth jet.