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Ukraine

has abandoned the fight in the Azovstal steelworks, a symbol of the Ukrainian resistance in the

with

, after considering its mission in

accomplished and the surrender of the first 300 defenders, fighting since practically the beginning of the

whose fate is now uncertain.

garrison

fulfilled its combat mission. The Supreme Military Command ordered the commanders of the units stationed in

to save the lives of the personnel" who remain there, the General Staff of the

Army said in a statement published on Facebook.

A heavy blow to the Ukrainian army in the

, but that does not stop the fight to stop the

of

.

Indeed, a retired Russian Army colonel, Mikhail Khodarenok, has been highly critical on state television of the war in

and what

is showing: "The whole world is against us, even if we don't want to admit it."

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A former Russian colonel criticizes the war in Ukraine on state television: "The situation for us will get worse"

armed forces

, as if they are close to a moral crisis or a fracture," retired Colonel

in the edition on Monday of the program

of

.

"None of this comes close to reality."

Khodarenok said that Ukraine could arm a million people: "Considering that European aid will come into full effect and a million armed Ukrainian soldiers can join the fight, we need to see this reality of the near future, and we need to consider that in our operational and strategic calculations. The situation for us will frankly get worse."

Khodarenok was the general who warned before the

would be more difficult than many anticipated

.

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The US studies prohibiting Russia from paying its debt, leaving it on the verge of suspension of payments

The Biden administration is poised to completely block Russia's ability to pay US bondholders after the deadline expires next week, a move that could bring Moscow to the brink of default.

Russia has so far managed to make its international bond payments despite Western sanctions, which have complicated the payment process.

The country has 40 billion dollars in international bonds and last month it paid its overdue bonds in extremis, thus avoiding default.

Russia has not defaulted on its foreign debt since the aftermath of its 1917 revolution. Now Russia has a looming deadline of May 25 when the license that allows it to make payments is about to expire. Bloomberg News reported that the Biden administration it is set to allow the waiver to expire as scheduled. "It is under consideration," an official told Reuters.

"We are looking at all options to increase pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin."

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