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Catch up on the Top Stories of the day.

0:00 New York Times report exposes how the CIA Secretly Helps Ukraine Fight Putin
- According to a new report from The New York Times, Ukraine has relied on a decade-long secret partnership with the CIA to gather critical Russian intelligence, and more recently, carry out lethal operations during the war. The report mentioned that the partnership can be traced back to February 2014, and has provided Ukraine with intelligence-gathering training, communications equipment, and a network of spy bases built along the Russian border.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/25/world/europe/cia-ukraine-intelligence-russia-war.html

0:27 Fallen 'Crypto King' Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years for fraud
- Sam Bankman-Fried has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for stealing billions of dollars from customers of his cryptocurrency exchange FTX. The former billionaire CEO faces decades in prison for fraud and conspiracy charges stemming from his role in the collapse of FTX. Prosecutors say Bankman-Fried took more than 10 billion dollars from unsuspecting customers in one of the biggest financial frauds in US history.

0:56 Putin says Russia will not attack NATO, but F-16s will be shot down
- Putin has said Russia has no designs on any NATO country and will not attack Poland, the Baltic states or the Czech Republic, but if the West supplies F-16 fighters to Ukraine then they will be shot down by Russian forces. The Kremlin, which accuses the U.S. of fighting against Russia by supporting Ukraine with money, weapons and intelligence, says relations with Washington have probably never been worse. Asked about F-16 fighters which the West has promised to send to Ukraine, Putin said such aircraft would not change the situation in Ukraine.

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