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A crater from a Russian rocket attack is seen next to damaged homes in Kramatorsk, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, Aug. 13, 2022. The strike killed three people and wounded 13 others, according to the mayor. The attack came less than a day after 11 other rockets were fired at the city, one of the two main Ukrainian-held ones in Donetsk province, the focus of an ongoing Russian offensive to capture eastern Ukraine’s Donbas region. (AP Photo/David Goldman) Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) — Russia for the first time expressed guarded optimism about talks with the US about a prisoner exchange involving WNBA player Brittney Griner and another jailed American. A State Department spokesperson in Washington said only that the US continues to press for their release and won’t publicly discuss details of a “substantial proposal” put on the table weeks ago. Ukraine was downgraded to default scores by S&P Global Ratings and Fitch Ratings after the majority of the country’s bondholders agreed to defer debt payments for two years. Data on Friday showed Russia’s GDP shrank 4% in the second quarter, a smaller decline than expected. Russia is gearing up for a prolonged war in Ukraine, according to the US-based […]
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