Australia sends first tranche of tanks to Kyiv while drone attack kills one in Odesa - EU says will raise the costs so ‘stopping the aggression becomes only path forward for Moscow’

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U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to ramp up arms shipments to Ukraine is a signal to Kyiv to abandon peace efforts, Russia said on Thursday, vowing it would not accept the "blackmail" of Washington's new sanctions ultimatum.