one dead after Russian strike in eastern Ukraine

• 26-year-old man dies in Russian strikes on Nikopolin Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, eastern Ukraine, Governor Serhi Lyssak reported Tuesday.
• Cyprus promised on Tuesday to investigate alleged violations of sanctions imposed against Moscow, revealed by an investigation by an international consortium of journalists, according to which the Mediterranean island is a hub of Russian money laundering.
• The defense ministers of the Twenty-Seven, meeting Tuesday in Brussels, once again affirmed their commitment to supporting kyiv which has been fighting the Russian army on its soil since February 24, 2022. “Ukraine is also fighting for us, for a free Europe”insisted Estonian Minister Hanno Pevkur.
• The European Commission plans to propose a new package of sanctions against Russia on Wednesday, announced Monday the head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrell. These sanctions are expected to put an end to Russian diamond exports to the European Union (EU). Once decided, they will still have to be unanimously approved by the twenty-seven member states.
• Denmark will transfer to the Support Fund for Ukraine in the field of energy a contribution totaling 7 million euros, which will be intended for the purchase of equipment for the restoration of energy infrastructure damaged by Russian attacksannounced the Ukrainian Ministry of Energy on Tuesday.
• Four Ukrainian children were repatriated from the territories occupied by Russia, announced on Tuesday, on his social networks, the general director of the Save Ukraine association, Mykola Kuleba.
• Russians are increasingly using kamikaze drones, says the commander of the ground troops of the Ukrainian Armed Forceswho clarified that the Russian army was pursuing “s“offensive actions towards the east” of Ukraine, and led counterattacks, north and south of Bakhmut.
• He is ” very probable “ that there will never be a peace treaty with Russia, said the head of Ukrainian intelligence services, Kyrylo Budanov. “There are cases in history where wars between states have not been legally settled”did he declare.
• Slovak Defense Minister Robert Kaliniak told NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg that his country had decided to end military aid to kyiv. According to Mr. Kaliniak, the new government wants to strengthen the skills of the Slovak armed forces, regarding the security of the population and the state.
• The Finnish government plans to restrict border traffic with Russia, or even close its customs posts, after an increase in the number of illegal arrivals, announced the Prime Minister, Petteri Orpo.
• Ukraine “must prepare” to Russian strikes on energy production sites this winter, Volodymyr Zelensky warned during its daily address, Sunday. The Ukrainian president declared that all” attention [ukrainienne] must focus on defense, on responding to terrorists”. Earlier this month, he approved a plan to protect the energy sector. For his part, German Galushchenko, Minister of Energy, assured that kyiv had enough energy resources to get through the winter, provided that the resumption of Russian bombings does not damage the networks too much.

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