Ukraine&nbsp;on Wednesday urged&nbsp;Western&nbsp;allies&nbsp;to show they were prepared to punish Moscow with&nbsp;new&nbsp;sanctions, including kicking&nbsp;Russia&nbsp;out of the global SWIFT payments system, to deter the Kremlin from resorting to more&nbsp;military&nbsp;force against&nbsp;Ukraine.

In an interview with Reuters, Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said while Kyiv had no&nbsp;new&nbsp;information indicating that&nbsp;Russia&nbsp;had decided to take&nbsp;new&nbsp;military&nbsp;action against&nbsp;Ukraine, it was important for the&nbsp;West&nbsp;to&nbsp;act&nbsp;now&nbsp;to prevent that happening.

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Ukraine&nbsp;is trying to shore up international support in its standoff with Moscow over a build-up of&nbsp;Russian troops on its eastern border and in Crimea.

"I have no information to state that the decision to launch a&nbsp;military&nbsp;operation against&nbsp;Ukraine&nbsp;has already been taken. So it can go in either direction&nbsp;now," Kuleba said.

"And this is why the reaction of the&nbsp;West, the consolidated reaction of the&nbsp;West, is so important&nbsp;now, to prevent Putin ... from making that decision."

Kyiv and Moscow have traded blame for a collapse in the ceasefire in the eastern Donbass region, where Ukrainian troops have battled&nbsp;Russian-backed forces in a conflict Kyiv says has killed 14,000 people since 2014.

Kuleba said he asked Washington to supply "powerful means of electronic warfare" to counter&nbsp;Russia's capacity to jam Ukrainian communications when he met US&nbsp;Secretary of State Antony Blinken last week.

He also revealed he had urged a meeting of European Union foreign ministers on Monday to consider "banning&nbsp;Russia&nbsp;from SWIFT" as part of a package of&nbsp;new&nbsp;economic sanctions if&nbsp;Russia&nbsp;escalated the situation.

Western diplomacy had helped restrain&nbsp;Russia&nbsp;but everything "will depend on whether they're ready to ... follow their words with deeds," Kuleba said.

He said&nbsp;Ukraine&nbsp;had not received a response from the Kremlin to President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's invitation to his&nbsp;Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Tuesday for talks in the Donbass conflict zone.

Putin on Wednesday warned the&nbsp;West&nbsp;not to cross&nbsp;Russia's "red lines", saying Moscow would respond swiftly and harshly to any provocations.

"I read the message of President Putin the following way: 'we will be crossing your red lines, but you are not allowed to cross our red lines, and we will be defining where our red lines are,'" Kuleba said.

Ukraine on Wednesday urged Western allies to show they were prepared to punish Moscow with new sanctions, including kicking Russia out of the global SWIFT payments system, to deter the Kremlin from resorting to more military force against Ukraine.

Ukraine on Wednesday urged Western allies to show they were prepared to punish Moscow with new sanctions, including kicking Russia out of the global SWIFT payments system, to deter the Kremlin from resorting to more military force against Ukraine. In an interview with Reuters, Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said while Kyiv had no new information indicating that Russia had decided to take new military action against Ukraine, it was important for the West to act now to prevent that happening. Ukraine is trying to shore up international support in its standoff with Moscow over a build-up of Russian troops on its eastern border and in Crimea. "I have no information to state that the decision to launch a military operation against Ukraine has already been taken. So it can go in either direction now," Kuleba said. "And this is why the reaction of the West, the consolidated reaction of the West, is so important now, to prevent Putin ... from making that decision." Kyiv and Moscow have traded blame for a collapse in the ceasefire in the eastern Donbass region, where Ukrainian troops have battled Russian-backed forces in a conflict Kyiv says has killed 14,000 people since 2014. Kuleba said he asked Washington to supply "powerful means of electronic warfare" to counter Russia's capacity to jam Ukrainian communications when he met US Secretary of State Antony Blinken last week. He also revealed he had urged a meeting of European Union foreign ministers on Monday to consider "banning Russia from SWIFT" as part of a package of new economic sanctions if Russia escalated the situation. Western diplomacy had helped restrain Russia but everything "will depend on whether they're ready to ... follow their words with deeds," Kuleba said. He said Ukraine had not received a response from the Kremlin to President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's invitation to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Tuesday for talks in the Donbass conflict zone. Putin on Wednesday warned the West not to cross Russia's "red lines", saying Moscow would respond swiftly and harshly to any provocations. "I read the message of President Putin the following way: 'we will be crossing your red lines, but you are not allowed to cross our red lines, and we will be defining where our red lines are,'" Kuleba said.

Ukraine to allies: West must act now to ensure no new Russia military offensive

Bangladesh&#39;s finance minister said late&nbsp;on Saturday&nbsp;he wanted to &quot;wipe out&quot; a Philippines bank that was used to channel $81 million stolen from the Bangladeshi central bank&#39;s account with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York last year.

Abul Maal A&nbsp;Muhith was responding to questions from reporters about a Reuters story&nbsp;on Friday&nbsp;that said Bangladesh Bank had asked the New York Fed to join a lawsuit it was considering filing against Manila-based Rizal Commercial Banking Corp (RCBC) seeking damages.

&quot;The Bangladesh Bank has taken a decision (on filing a suit). They will let me know. We haven&#39;t so far taken any steps as the Philippines government was taking care of it (investigating the heist),&quot; Muhith said.

&quot;But it seems Rizal bank has been playing delinquent. We want to wipe out Rizal bank from the world.&quot;

Muhith did not elaborate. He did not respond to requests seeking comment.

RCBC did not immediately respond to a request seeking comment on a&nbsp;Sunday&nbsp;about Muhith&#39;s comments.

Unidentified hackers stole the money using fraudulent orders on the SWIFT payments system. The money was sent to accounts at RCBC and then disappeared into the casino industry in the Philippines.

Nearly&nbsp;two years later, there is no word on who was responsible and Bangladesh Bank has been able to retrieve only about $15 million, mostly from a Manila junket operator. (<a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&amp;q=http://reut.rs/2jk1W74&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1513101246732000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEiAlrhKvoW3wDHrXp1VHQmWlERRA" href="http://reut.rs/2jk1W74" target="_blank">http://reut.rs/2jk1W74</a>)

The Philippine central bank fined RCBC a record one billion pesos ($20 million) last year for its failure to prevent the movement of the stolen money through it.

RCBC has said rogue employees were responsible and Philippine prosecutors have filed money laundering charges against a former RCBC bank manager and four people who owned the bank accounts where the funds were sent, but who are not identifiable since the accounts were in fake names. They are the only people to be formally cited anywhere in the world in association with the crime.

RCBC has said it would not pay any compensation to Bangladesh Bank and that the Dhaka bank bore responsibility for the theft since it was negligent.

The Philippines bank was used to channel $81 million stolen from the Bangladeshi central bank's account with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York last year

Bangladesh's finance minister said late on Saturday he wanted to "wipe out" a Philippines bank that was used to channel $81 million stolen from the Bangladeshi central bank's account with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York last year. Abul Maal A Muhith was responding to questions from reporters about a Reuters story on Friday that said Bangladesh Bank had asked the New York Fed to join a lawsuit it was considering filing against Manila-based Rizal Commercial Banking Corp (RCBC) seeking damages. "The Bangladesh Bank has taken a decision (on filing a suit). They will let me know. We haven't so far taken any steps as the Philippines government was taking care of it (investigating the heist)," Muhith said. "But it seems Rizal bank has been playing delinquent. We want to wipe out Rizal bank from the world." Muhith did not elaborate. He did not respond to requests seeking comment. RCBC did not immediately respond to a request seeking comment on a Sunday about Muhith's comments. Unidentified hackers stole the money using fraudulent orders on the SWIFT payments system. The money was sent to accounts at RCBC and then disappeared into the casino industry in the Philippines. Nearly two years later, there is no word on who was responsible and Bangladesh Bank has been able to retrieve only about $15 million, mostly from a Manila junket operator. (http://reut.rs/2jk1W74) The Philippine central bank fined RCBC a record one billion pesos ($20 million) last year for its failure to prevent the movement of the stolen money through it. RCBC has said rogue employees were responsible and Philippine prosecutors have filed money laundering charges against a former RCBC bank manager and four people who owned the bank accounts where the funds were sent, but who are not identifiable since the accounts were in fake names. They are the only people to be formally cited anywhere in the world in association with the crime. RCBC has said it would not pay any compensation to Bangladesh Bank and that the Dhaka bank bore responsibility for the theft since it was negligent.

Bangladesh finance minister says wants to 'wipe out' Manila bank for heist role

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Ukraine to allies: West must act now to ensure no new Russia military offensive

Bangladesh finance minister says wants to 'wipe out' Manila bank for heist role