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Wednesday, June 17
Trump thanks Putin for Iran 'neutrality,' immediately challenging G7 claims of tone shift
U.S. President Donald Trump, fixated on Iran in a one-hour press conference at the end of the G7 summit, thanked Russian President Vladimir Putin for supposedly not helping Iran as much as he could have.
Former director of Mariupol museum accused of aiding in Russian theft of Ukraine's cultural heritage
The paintings, valued at around Hr 26.3 million (approximately $586,000), have since been unlawfully listed in the Russian Culture Ministry's register of museum valuables.
Ukraine war latest: G7 leaders 'ready to consider' granting military production licenses to Ukraine, agree to increase arms deliveries
Key developments on June 17: * G7 leaders 'ready to consider' granting Ukraine military production licenses, agree to increase arms deliveries * Ukraine strikes Russian shadow fleet tanker in Black Sea, military infrastructure, General Staff says * Ukrainian, French defense firms to receive $23 million in grants under Brave France initiative * 'Hell is beginning' — Ukraine could isolate occupied Crimea as drone strikes disrupt logistics, Fedorov says * Ukraine denies Russian claim that Ukr
'Hell is beginning' — Ukraine could isolate occupied Crimea as drone strikes disrupt logistics, Fedorov says
Ukraine could effectively isolate occupied Crimea as drone strikes increasingly disrupt Russian logistics routes, Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov said.
The free-market case for easing Ukraine's capital controls carefully
To free market fans, of which I consider myself, "capital controls" is something of a four-letter word. They can be convoluted, complicated, and scary to international and domestic investors alike. Even when central banks and governments impose them for legitimate reasons, it is not just the bureaucratic hoops you need to jump through that stoke fear, but the reminder that investors' positions are at the whim of governmental entities. In Ukraine's case, however, capital controls were both a so
Russia prepares Crimea for possible Ukrainian landings, navy spokesman says
Dmytro Pletenchuk, spokesperson for the Naval Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, explains how Ukraine secured its maritime corridor, pushed Russian warships away from its coast, and adapted to a new era of naval warfare shaped by drones.
About Berlin
Berlin is Germany's capital and largest city, with a population of approximately 3.7 million in the metropolitan area. The city serves as the seat of the German federal government and has played a central role in European responses to Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine since February 2022. Berlin hosts major diplomatic meetings on Ukraine policy, coordinates significant military and financial aid deliveries, and shelters over 100,000 Ukrainian refugees who fled the war.
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"We ask for prayers for the salvation of the shrine from destruction. Another Russian crime against humanity, against history, against Christianity," Metropolitan Epiphanius, head of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, said amid Russia's attack.
