Russian troops are totally destroying and ravaging Ukrainian territories, employing artillery, aerial bombs, and cruise missiles as their weapons of choice.
Europe should review its energy strategy and draw a plan for the development of renewable energy and the rational use of energy in general. This is necessary to achieve full independence from Russian gas supplies.
Russia is attempting to boost the integration of the temporarily occupied territories by issuing Russian passports and exerting pressure on the local population, including teachers.
Turkey says Russia has provided documents claiming that the grain it is exporting has not been taken from Ukraine so it remains hard to determine its origin.
A car belonging to Oleksii Kovaliov, the former Member of Parliament and Russian collaborator, has been blown up in the temporarily occupied city of Kherson.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Latvian Prime Minister Krišjānis Kariņš have discussed the situation with Ukraine’s grain exports and support for granting Ukraine EU candidate status.
President Volodymyr Zelensky thanked Prime Minister of Belgium Alexander De Croo for the support for granting Ukraine the status of a candidate for European Union membership.