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Sensemaker: Funding Putin’s war

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  • Russian forces shelled and set fire to the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power station in southeastern Ukraine, then took control of it. 
  • In a phone call with Macron, Putin ruled out a ceasefire and expressed “very great determination” to take the whole of the country.
  • Refugees arriving at Berlin’s main station were outnumbered by private German citizens offering them free accommodation.

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