With tanks and artillery, Russia intensifies attacks on east Ukraine; gas supply concerns deepen as pipeline is shut down - CNBC

Ukrainian forces are trying to repel Russian tanks, cannon and artillery attacks and the death toll from a Russian strike on an apartment block has risen.

The European Union has so far frozen 13.8 billion euros ($13.87 billion) of assets belonging to Russian oligarchs and other sanctioned individuals and entities, according to one of the bloc's officia… [+791 chars]

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