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Ukraine is the world's largest exporter of sunflower oil, the fourth largest of corn, and the fifth largest of wheat, but the country has been unable to ship agricultural products since the invasion began on Feb. 24.
BIDEN BRIEFED ON MISSING AMERICANS: President Joe Biden said on Friday that he was briefed on the three Americans whose locations in Ukraine are unknown.State Department spokesman Ned Price said they were aware of reports that Alexander Drueke, Andy Huynh, and Grady Kurpasi were missing and are in touch with Ukrainian authorities.
Three foreign fighters on Ukraine’s side, a Moroccan citizen and two British citizens, captured in the war were sentenced to death by pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine. The Russian side has opened more than 1,100 cases against Ukrainian soldiers for allegedly committing “crimes against peace," while there is concern from the West about possible trials and charges. [Read more]
More than half of the casualties occurred in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine, which are in the east and at the center of the current and prolonged phase of the war. The ruble has gone up in part because Russia’s central bank imposed strict capital controls to force the purchase of rubles and limit selling, including requiring Russian exporters to convert a percentage of their excess revenues into rubles, and as a result of oil and gas prices exploding as outflows from Russia have slowed.
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