Formal green light of the ambassadors of the 27 EU – after the political agreement at the top of 27 – at the Rollover of the sectoral sanctions against Russia, expiring next July 31st. It is learned from diplomatic sources. The extension will expire on January 31, 2026.
During the meeting there was also a point on the 18th package of sanctions, during which a country, Slovakia, confirmed its position according to which it cannot still give its assent, pending reassurances on its energy safety. Bilateral contacts with the Commission will continue on this.
Moscow, conquered village in Kharkiv
The Russian forces “freed the town of Novaya Kruglyakovka, in the northern Ukrainian region of Kharkiv. The defense of Moscow mentioned by Tass announces it.
Kiev, explosions in Dnipro
Several explosions have shaken DNIPRO, in Central Eastern Ukraine. Kiev’s media report it.
Chinese journalist wounded in attack by Ukrainian drones in Kursk
A Chinese journalist from the Phoenix TV network, a state affiliate group, was injured in a Ukrainian attack with drones in the Russian region of the Kursk, while he was in the village of Korenevo committed to collecting the material for a report on the damage suffered by civilians by Kiev’s actions. Lu Yguang, 63, “was injured in the head” Thursday afternoon and was hospitalized for the case for the case, reported the network whose official headquarters is in Hong Kong. According to what Kursk’s governor Alexander Khinshtein wrote on his Telegram channel, LU, after the first hypotheses on a “open traumatic brain lesion”, would have been superficially injured. In a video of the Russian state TVs, LU was seen talking to journalists with a white bandage clearly visible in the lead.
The reporter is already known by the beginning of the war between Russia and Ukraine: in March 2022, for example, he had risen to the honors of the chronicles because he followed closely, perhaps as the only foreigner to do it, the Moscow troops with correspondences from different cities affected by the Russian militias. LU, later, appeared regularly in the Russian state media as “an honest war correspondent from China”, praising Moscow soldiers and the head of the Kremlin Vladimir Putin.
China presented itself as a neutral part in the war that Russia has been carrying out for over three years against Ukraine: Western governments have however contested the increasingly close bonds of Beijing who provided Moscow a solid economic and diplomatic support.
Kiev, 5 dead and 14 injured in bombing on Samar
A Russian missile attack on Samar, in the Dnipropetrovsk region, caused 5 deaths and 14 injured. The authorities mentioned by the local media report it.