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The US bolstered its financial crackdown over the Ukraine war, levying sanctions on Gazprombank and some 50 Russian lenders. The bank had been the last major Russian financial institution exempt from penalties, owing to its importance for energy markets. Kyiv said Moscow’s forces used a “new” kind of weapon, with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy saying it had characteristics of an intercontinental ballistic missile. Russia and the US said it was an experimental intermediate-range device. The development was the latest in a series of escalations.
