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(Bloomberg) -- A Ukrainian presidential aide rebuked the nation’s top military commander for offering a downbeat assessment on the counteroffensive against Russia, hours after President Volodymyr Zelenskiy pushed back on the idea that the conflict was at a stalemate. Ihor Zhovkva said on national television Saturday night that General Valeriy Zaluzhnyi’s assertion that the fight against Russia was deadlocked “eases the work of the aggressor” and had unnerved Kyiv’s allies in the West. Most Read

(Bloomberg) -- European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has arrived in Kyiv and is expected to address lawmakers on Saturday as well as meet with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. Her visit comes days before the European Union is expected to release its assessment of the progress of Ukraine’s reforms needed to start accession talks. Most Read from BloombergAmazon’s Jeff Bezos Announces Move to Miami From SeattleSam Bankman-Fried Convicted of Fraud in Stunning FTX CrashIsrael’s Fight With

(Bloomberg) -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy pushed back on an NBC report that US and European officials have begun pressuring Kyiv toward possible peace negotiations with Moscow. “I do not know who is publishing this and for what,” Zelenskiy said at a press conference with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. Ukraine’s east and southeast, where Kyiv has been waging a months-long counteroffensive, is “not a gridlock,” Zelenskiy added. With winter bearing down, army comma

Russia bans entry to 500 Americans, including Barack Obama, in response to US sanctions.

The answer came today, videos showing troops on the streets, significant shelling a ing appa in that town and concerns of reports of males being arrested, moving around, increased pressure, 30 minutes drive from where i'm standing of reports of shelling and small arms fire in a town outside of odesa. real concerns that the noose is trying to tighten on this city of odesa. frankly without control of which you can't begin to imagine you control ukraine's economy. fears here for days ahead, jim. >> yeah. the noose is a telling analogy there, nick, that seems to be the strategy, surround, choke of...