Higher oil prices and the temporary lifting of sanctions are more welcome news for Russia.
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Their budget deficit has been soaring out of control, but the rising price of Russian crude is bringing billions of pounds a month in extra revenue.
It means Moscow can keep financing its costly war in Ukraine despite record numbers of military casualties.
Ukraine was targeted by more than 1,000 Russian drones on Tuesday, damaging UNESCO-protected heritage sites in the western city of Lviv, killing 7 people, including a child.
And on Wednesday morning, 9 people were injured when drones hit two residential areas in the eastern city of Kharkiv.
Cathy Newman spoke to the Russian Ambassador to the UK, Andrey Kelin, and I began by asking him whether Russia would
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