Belarus Lithuania closed two of its six border crossings with landlocked Belarus because of fears over the growing presence of Wagner Group mercenaries in Belarus.Lithuania, Latvia, and Poland are co …

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Ukraine Ukraine's mighty 82nd Brigade - a 2,000-man air assault unit widely considered to be the strongest of its kind - deployed to southern Zaporizhzhia in the last few days. Its deployment should …

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Ukraine and Russia Russian soldiers boarded a Palau-flagged commercial cargo ship in the Black Sea, marking the first time Russia has made good on its threat to intercept commercial vessels.Russia sa …

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Commodity PricesAluminum: $2,176/tonAntimony (ingot min. 99.65% fob China): $11,850/tonCobalt: $33,420/tonCopper: $8,295/tonGold: $1,913/tozLead: $2,109/tonNatural Gas (Nymex): $2.77/MMbtuWTI Crude Oi …

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Russia The Russian ruble hit a 16-month low against the U.S. dollar and the Russian central bank reacted by pausing its purchases of foreign currency for the rest of 2023 "to reduce volatility."Separ …

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Russia and Ukraine A Kremlin spokesman said "measures are being taken" to shore up Moscow's defenses against Ukrainian drone attacks, which are now infiltrating Russian airspace on an almost daily ba …

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