The EU is undecided on whether to cut Russia from a vital global payment network

The EU is undecided on whether to cut Russia from SWIFT -- a vital global payment network

On the ground: In Lviv, Ukraine, air raid sirens have sounded for the first time since World War IIPeople wait in line at a gas station in Lviv, Ukraine, on February 24.

But that bubble burst when Russia attacked three locations — military facilities — in the Lviv region on Thursday morning. Svetlana Locotova lets out a hearty laugh from a long queue outside a cash machine. She’s on the phone with her relatives in the heavily shelled eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, where many of the city's inhabitants are taking cover in the city’s subway station.

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