Trump confirms new weapons deal for Ukraine and threatens ‘severe’ tariffs on Russia if war doesn’t end in 50 days – as it happened
by Jakub Krupa (now) and Yohannes Lowe (earlier) from on (#6YMHE)
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Ukrainian intelligence agents killed members of a Russian secret service cell wanted on suspicion of having shot dead a colonel last week, the SBU said.
The SBU intelligence agency said in a statement that the operation had sought the arrest of the agents of Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB), who it believes were behind the killing of Col Ivan Voronych - also a member of the SBU security service - in Kyiv on Thursday.
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