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hanse_mina, 2 hours ago to Russia

Chinese multinational #Alibaba, the owner of the online shopping portal #AliExpress, has stopped accepting payments in rubles and no longer allows the delivery of orders to #Russia, Russian business newspaper Kommersant reported.

Kommersant referred to a Russian economic expert, who "linked Alibaba's decision to fears of secondary sanctions, which have caused other problems with Russian payments in #China."

https://kyivindependent.com/russian-media-alibaba-stops-accepting-rubles-shipping-to-russia/

#Ukraine #US

hanse_mina, 2 hours ago to Ukraine

#Ukraine's soldiers talk of exhaustion, faith, personal loss and a perilous shortage of munitions as Russian forces take new ground. Reuters traveled along the front line, where Ukrainian troops say Vladimir #Putin must be beaten back. Otherwise, said one, "he’s not going to stop over here."

“They’re constantly firing, constantly probing,” he says. “We have to survive somehow and we have to hold the line.”

https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/ukraine-war-frontline/

#Russia