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Scholz opposes idea of EU-wide entry ban for Russians.

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"This is (Vladimir) Putin's war. And that's why I have a hard time with this idea," German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said, according to Der Tagesspiegel. Scholz said that punitive measures should be aimed at people who make decisions in Moscow rather than all Russians. Contrary, the Estonian government announced that it would not allow most Russians with Estonian-issued Schengen visas to enter the country starting on Aug. 18.

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Russia failed to break Ukraine’s army on the battlefield, and now it’s trying to do it through a peace plan that would cap Ukraine’s forces at 600,000. Some argue that Ukraine would shrink its army — currently estimated at about 800,000 — after the war anyway.

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