The latest on the Russia–Ukraine crisis, April 10. Click here for updates from April 9. Russia Will Take Legal Action If Forced Into Sovereign Debt Default: Newspaper Russia will take legal action if the West tries to force Moscow to default on its sovereign debt, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov told the daily Izvestia newspaper in an interview early on Monday. “Of course we will sue, because we have taken all the necessary steps to ensure that investors receive their payments,” Siluanov was quoted as saying in the pro-Kremlin newspaper. _____ War to Slash Ukraine’s GDP Output by Over 45 Percent, World Bank Forecasts Ukraine’s economic output will likely contract by a staggering 45.1 percent this year as Russia’s invasion has shuttered businesses, slashed exports, and rendered economic activity impossible in large swaths of the country, the World Bank said on Sunday in a new report. The World Bank also forecast …