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As Friday draws to a close in Kyiv and in Moscow, here are the key developments of the day:

Between 100 and 200 Ukrainian troops are being killed on the front line every day, Ukraine's senior presidential aide told the BBC. That's double the combat toll previously estimated by Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, as battles for the country's eastern regions grind into another week. Despite billions of dollars in military aid from the U.S. and European allies, Ukraine still says it's outgunned by Russia, and Kyiv continues to plead for more weapons.

Concerns are growing about a possible cholera outbreak in the Russian-occupied city of Mariupol. The city's mayor, now based outside Mariupol, said 20,000 civilians may have died in Russia's siege of the southern port city, and corpses have been contaminating the wells. The British Defense Ministry said medical services in Mariupol are near collapse, as Russia struggles to provide public services in occupied areas.

British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace met with Zelenskyy in Kyiv, and pledged to continue supporting Ukraine with military and other aid. The United Kingdom is also pushing for the release of two British nationals convicted of "mercenary activities" and sentenced to death by a court in the pro-Russian separatist Donetsk region. British officials said they were working with Kyiv to secure the soldiers' release.

Russia's central bank cut its interest rates to their prewar level, citing slowing inflation. The bank chopped its key rate to 9.5%, more than Western economists had expected, as Russia eases back from the 20% emergency rate hike when the war began and Western sanctions followed. Bank Governor Elvira Nabiullina said the effect of sanctions so far has been "less acute" than feared, though she acknowledged they haven't reached their full effect.

Anyone really know what's happening over there?

A lot of our funny money seems to have vanished. Outside of that, not much going on.

Why are we giving away military equipment to anyone? That is the kind of behavior that got us mixed up in WW2 which we ended up footing the bill for on credit charged to the U.S. taxpayer. WW2 would have been over by 1942 if we had stayed out of it.

Russia would not have done this if NATO and the USA hadn't been pushing Ukraine to aggravate Russia. I am having trouble understanding why we are worried about that dirty country. I do understand why Biden is concerned.

A lot of our funny money seems to have vanished. Outside of that, not much going on.

Shocker.. After those "in person" meetings with the Pig and her entourage.

Yes.

We started a pipeline war on behalf of corporate interests.

Don’t forget Monotone McConnell and his Band of Financial Flim-Flam. Dims and Repubics vying for the most slices of the pie. I.E. “And there’s more coming just put ours in a plain brown bag””. Biggest open air bribery since Obie’s pallets of cash to Iran.

Well, to be fair, it's to feed the Military Industrial Complex too.