French President Emmanuel Macron was due to host German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Polish President Andrzej Duda late on Monday for talks on supporting Ukraine. Kyiv, meanwhile, seized back more eastern villages in a counteroffensive to recover Russian-occupied territory, according to the Ukrai.
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Western sanctions aren’t keeping iPhones off Russian shelves or Hollywood films out of Moscow’s theaters. “Parallel imports” are making Russia’s economy more resilient than expected.
After Russia’s defeat in Kharkiv, the pressure was on Vladimir Putin to respond. Today he did, by announcing the escalation of the war in Ukraine through the mobilization of 300,000 Russian troops.