Russia-Ukraine war, the largest armed conflict in Europe since WW2, enters its 759th day.
Rescuers work at a site of residential buildings heavily damaged by a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine March 22, 2024. / Photo: ReutersThe number of people killed in a wave of Russian missile and drone strikes on Ukraine climbed to five, officials have said.
EU President Ursula von der Leyen said on Thursday that the European Commission has begun preparations for the introduction of tariffs on agricultural products from Russia and Belarus. "The goal is not just to damage, but to try again, like last year, to cause a large-scale failure of the country's energy system," he wrote on Facebook.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has said leaders of the EU member states have agreed to allocate income from frozen Russian assets subject to EU sanctions to Ukraine, with implementation expected this summer. "Another new strike. Sadly one person died," Belgorod Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said, adding that the victim was a woman."People have been wounded."The Russian defence ministry said it had downed eight rockets fired on Belgorod on Friday from Ukraine with Vampire rocket launchers.The Russian-controlled management of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the largest in Europe, said that one of the two high-voltage lines, supplying it with electricity, was down.
In another central Ukrainian city, Vinnytsia, a"critical infrastructure object" has been damaged, according to mayor Serhiy Borzov.
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