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Moscow, Jun 21 (EFE).- Russia commemorated Monday the 80th anniversary of Operation Barbossa, the invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany during the World War II.The invasion, known as the Great Patriotic War in Russia, began on Jun. 22, 1941. (Camera: MAXIM SHIPENKOV).SHOT LIST: PEOPLE GATHER TO COMMEMORATE THE 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF OPERATION BARBOSSA, THE GERMAN INVASION OF THE SOVIET UNION, AT THE POKLONNAYA HILL IN MOSCOW, RUSSIA.
The United States will announce "sweeping" new sanctions against Russia a year after President Vladimir Putin ordered the ongoing invasion of Ukraine, the White House says. "The United States will implement sweeping sanctions against key sectors that generate revenue for Putin," Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre tells reporters on the eve of the anniversary of the war's start. SOUNDBITE
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg urges the alliance's leaders heading to a summit in Madrid to keep up their backing for Ukraine as it faces "a brutality which we haven't seen in Europe since the Second World War." SOUNDBITE
During a press conference in Brussels, US top diplomat Antony Blinken says it is likely Russian forces are carrying out more "atrocities" in areas they occupy in Ukraine after revelations of killings in the town of Bucha. SOUNDBITE
Ukrainian refugees continue to pour across the Polish border to escape the Russian invasion. More than two million Ukrainians have already entered Poland since 24 February. IMAGES
In Kyiv's Maidan Square, air raid sirens ring out at night after Russian President Vladimir Putin said Moscow's advance in Ukraine is "going to plan" and Kyiv appealed for Western military aid on Thursday, even as the warring sides met for ceasefire talks. IMAGES