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Brussels is seeking to exclude Russian bank Sberbank from the SWIFT network, says Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, in the context of war in Ukraine and EU sanctions against Russia. SOUNDBITE
A huge plume of black smoke rises from a fuel storage facility in the village of Kalynivka outside Kyiv, as Russia says it has destroyed the military site with Kalibr cruise missiles fired from the sea. IMAGES
The fallout from the war in Ukraine is "will put additional upward pressure on near-term inflation here at home," Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says in a press conference following a two-day Monetary Policy Committee meeting. SOUNDBITE
European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen says Brussels will propose to freeze the assets of the Russian central bank, in a major escalation of sanctions against Moscow following the invasion of Ukraine. Speaking after a videoconference with the leaders of the United States, Germany, France, Italy and Canada, she says the Western allies "will paralyse the assets of Russia's central bank." SOUNDBITE
Russian police detain more than 1,500 people at anti-war protests across dozens of cities after President Vladimir Putin sent troops to invade Ukraine, an independent monitor said Thursday. Up to 1,000 people gathered in the former imperial capital Saint Petersburg, where many were detained by masked police officers. IMAGES
Kiev (Ukraine), Aug 26 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Sergey Dolzhenko) Eight Ukrainian athletes managed on Thursday in Kiev to drag an Antonov An-225 Mriya, a transport plane considered the largest and heaviest in history.FOOTAGE OF THE EIGHT UKRAINIAN ATHLETES TOWING THE ANTONOV AN-225 MRIYA MODEL OF TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT