Ukraine war latest: Russia is gaining advantage in Ukraine, Norway warns
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Norway's intelligence service has warned that Russian forces are gaining the advantage in Ukraine. Russia has a stronger position than a year ago, with more troops and material supplied by countries like North Korea and China. Ukraine will need extensive Western military aid to turn the situation around. In other news, the US Senate has passed a $95bn bill containing aid for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan. Ukraine's GDP rose by 3.5% in January, and the economy ministry expects it to grow by 4.6% this year. The Kremlin dismissed warnings about Russian propaganda as a way of punishing media they dislike. Estonia's foreign intelligence service has said that Russia is planning to double the number of troops along its borders with Baltic states and Finland. Ukrainian military intelligence has reported that elements of Lebanese Hezbollah and Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps are training Russian drone operators. Moscow has warned of a tough response if the US and EU seize Russian assets. Ukraine claims that Russian forces are buying Starlink terminals in Arab countries, but both Russia and Elon Musk have denied this. Russia has launched missiles and drones on the central Ukrainian city of Dnipro, damaging a power plant and cutting off water supplies to some residents.

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