The agreement, signed on April 30, establishes a joint investment fund between Kyiv and Washington and grants the U.S. special access to projects developing Ukraine's natural resources.
Ukraine is considering moving away from the U.S. dollar and closer to the euro as a benchmark for the hryvnia, National Bank Governor Andrii Pyshnyi told Reuters.
The Atesh partisan group claims it disabled communication at several Russian military facilities when it allegedly destroyed equipment at a transformer substation in the village of Mogiltsy in Russia's Moscow Oblast.
Soldiers run to reload a 152 mm howitzer after it is fired at an artillery position manned by Ukraine's 59th Brigade around the Avdiivka front line in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, on Oct. 23, 2023. (Ed Ram/For The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Russia has lost 493,690 troops in Ukraine since the beginning of its full-scale invasion on Feb. 24, 2022, the General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces reported on May 20.
This number includes 1,400 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.
According to the report, Russia has also lost 7,590 tanks, 14,665 armored fighting vehicles, 17,311 vehicles and fuel tanks, 12,737 artillery systems, 1,076 multiple launch rocket systems, 807 air defense systems, 354 airplanes, 326 helicopters, 10,236 drones, 27 ships and boats, and one submarine.
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