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• POW says he feared Ukrainian drones the most as he surrendered to Russian forces

  The Ukrainian serviceman commended the humane attitude to him from the Russian military as he also advised his fellow soldiers to lay down arms or defect to the Russian side

• Work to write Eurasian charter to begin soon — senior Russian diplomat

  A group of like-minded countries is currently being formed to begin substantive work on the text of the charter, Vladislav Maslennikov pointed out

• Cuba strongly condemns US ‘oil blockade’ measures — foreign minister

  Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla emphasized that these measures "violate all principles of free trade"

• Trump warns Britain, Canada against closer ties with China

  The US leader believes that it is especially dangerous for Ottawa "to get into business" with Beijing and it shouldn't look at China as the answer to its problems

• US breaks international law by demanding oil concessions from Venezuela — Chinese embassy

  Liu Pengyu pointed out that "Venezuela is a sovereign state and has full permanent sovereignty over all its natural resources and economic activities"