Russia Implements Digital Draft Amid Dodging and Infighting in Ukraine War.

Russia's Parliament passed legislation requiring the digitization of the country's draft registry, in a move that will harvest more of Russians' data and intensify control over the population. Ukraine secured a $200 million World Bank grant to fund the restoration of its energy sector. The European Commissioner for the economy, Paolo Gentiloni, has hailed the EU's swift transition away from its dependency on Russian gas and said next winter will be less challenging. International finance ministers reaffirmed their support for Ukraine after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy virtually gave opening remarks before a Multilateral Development Bank roundtable meeting. Ukrainian Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin told the Washington Post that the country has registered more than 77,000 alleged war crimes committed by Russia.
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