The tenth EU sanctions package should be adopted as soon as possible and provide for strong restrictions on the Russian missile and drone industry, as well as energy and other areas. It should also shut all possible gaps Russia is using to circumvent the restrictions already imposed.
According to the Ukrainian defense intelligence estimates, Russia has already mobilized for military service some 315,000 men despite statements that the target is 300,000. The mobilization wave is still ongoing.
In Donetsk region, soldiers of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine captured the position of the Russian invaders near Bakhmut with the help of mortar fire.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky believes that it is possible to win the war in 2023 but Ukrainians need to maintain unity and strength for this.
Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson believes that Ukraine needs to be provided with all the necessary weapons as soon as possible to end the war.
The armed aggression of the Russian Federation has damaged more than 1,200 objects of cultural infrastructure, including more than 500 cultural monuments, in Ukraine.
The European Business Association has called on the UN and Turkey to contribute to increasing the number of inspections of vessels loaded with Ukrainian foodstuffs, as well as continuing the grain initiative.
Mykhailo Podolyak, adviser to the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, has called on everyone to unite and provide Ukraine with necessary resources to maintain global security.
The enemy focuses their main efforts on the Bakhmut direction, and conducts unsuccessful offensive operations in the Zaporizhzhia, Avdiivka and Lyman directions.