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Moscow looks to annex Ukrainian territory. Didi faces U.S. probe over IPO. A seismic shock hits the U.S. Supreme Court. Here’s what you need to know today.

Nearly 10 weeks into the war and with its troops making only marginal gains in Ukraine’s east, Russia is focused on cementing both military and political control over the territory it has taken so far. The Kremlin is installing occupation governments, ordering locals to use rubles for transactions and planning hastily organized referendums in some areas to open the way for full annexation. Zelenskiy’s military, backed by infusions of heavy weapons from the U.S. and its allies, plans a push to retake territory. Meanwhile, the European Union is set to propose a ban on Russian oil by the end of the year.