The European Union will renew sanctions for Russia for six months. For his part, Moscow claims to take a new village in eastern Ukraine.
New Russian advance in eastern Ukraine. The Russian Defense Ministry claims that its forces had taken the village Velyka Novosilka, an important logistics and tactical node in the Ukrainian oblast of Donetsk.
Information that has not yet been confirmed by the Ukrainian army. However, she announced that she had withdrawn from certain village districts to avoid encirclement.
The brigade has indicated that although their forces are almost equal in terms of artillery and drones, the Russians have a huge advantage in terms of workforce.
“Our units, taking advantage of the weather conditions, have skillfully withdrew from the areas where there was a threat of encirclement. This does not mean that we have completely left the city, the fighting in Velyka Novosilka continue. All our actions are aimed at Minimize our own losses and maximize the damage caused to the enemy “specifies the press release from the Ukrainian army.
The brigade said that the withdrawal would make the progress of Russian troops difficult, because a river in the region would be an obstacle to the continuation of the advance. Intense fights in the Donetsk region have put Ukrainian troops in a situation “Very difficult”warned soldiers last week, adding that more weapons were necessary to repel the assaults and territorial advances in Russia.
The EU agrees to renew sanctions against Russia
Faced with this critical situation, the EU foreign ministers agreed on Monday to extend the sanctions against Russia again.
Kaja Kallas, the head of European diplomacy, said in a message on X: “This will continue to deprive Moscow income to finance its war. Russia must pay for the damage it causes.”
Addressing journalists before the meeting of EU foreign ministers, Ms. Kallas congratulated US President Donald Trump for putting pressure on Russia to put an end to the war in Ukraine.
The EU renews its sanctions every six months, and the deadline for the last extension expires on Friday. These measures mainly affect Russian oil, coal, technology, finance, transport and broadcasting sectors, as well as freezing of 210 billion euros in the Central Bank of Russia
The renewal of sanctions is generally a formality, but for several weeks, the Hungarian Prime Minister, Viktor Orbán, ** close to Russia, had a doubt on his agreement to this extension.
The European Union ambassadors held an extraordinary meeting this morning to raise the Budapest reserve. Hungary demanded a declaration of EU solidarity ensuring that it would continue to be supplied with oil and gas, which was granted to it.
The Trump administration questioning the future of American aid to Ukraine and emphasizing the need to quickly negotiate a peace agreement, Moscow and Kyiv both seek successes on the battlefield in order to strengthen their negotiation positions before possible talks.
For the past year, Russian forces have been carrying out an intense campaign to unravel the defenses of Ukraine in the eastern region of Donetsk. This sustained and costly offensive forced kyiv to abandon a series of cities, villages and hamlets.
