MAR 08 2022 - WAR IN UKRAINE - DAY 13 UPDATE

Polish officials have denied that Poland is planning to provide fighter jets to Ukraine upon US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s remarks that an arrangement was ongoing and that Washington had given Poland the “green light”. Meanwhile, Russia’s central bank claims that credit cards issued by Russian banks using the Visa and Mastercard payment systems will stop functioning overseas after March 9 leading some local lenders to turn to China's UnionPay system. The Biden administration permitte...