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US national security adviser Jake Sullivan visits Kyiv as stalemate in Washington holds up aid

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — President Joe Biden’s top foreign policy adviser Jake Sullivan sought to reassure Ukrainians during an unannounced visit to Kyiv Wednesday that the U.S. will continue to support their efforts to fend off Russia’s two-year-old invasion. The national security adviser expressed optimism that lawmakers in Washington will break a monthlong logjam and approve tens of billions of …

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Russian, Belarusian athletes to be excluded from Olympics opening ceremony, IOC announces

As tensions between Russian and Belarusian athletes and the International Olympic Committee continue to rise ahead of the 2024 Summer Games in Paris, the IOC announced Tuesday that neutral athletes with passports from those countries will not be able to participate in the Opening Ceremony parade. The IOC’s Executive Board agreed on a number of measures involving Individual Neutral Athletes …

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Sen Graham touts Trump plan for Ukraine loan in overseas meeting with Zelenskyy

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., promoted former President Trump’s plan for a loan to Ukraine, rather than aid, to continue supporting the country in their war with Russia during his meeting in Ukraine with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday. “I informed him that given the crisis at the United States’ southern border and our overwhelming debt, President Trump’s idea of turning …

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Russia to evacuate 9,000 children from border region targeted by Ukraine, official says

A Russian border region plans to evacuate some 9,000 children from the area as it is continuously shelled from the Ukrainian side, an official said Tuesday. Kyiv’s forces have increasingly been striking at targets behind the extensive front line that has changed little after more than two years of war. The children are to be moved further east, away from …

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