Day 98 of the Invasion of Ukraine: Russia blows up Nitric Acid Tank in Sievierodonetsk, Mariupol Port Resumes Operations

Here are the highlights of events related to the war in Ukraine over the past 24 hours:

The Russians took "most" of a key eastern city

Russian forces are taking control of most of the eastern Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk, the regional governor said.

"Unfortunately, today Russian troops took control of most of the city," Luhansk Governor Sergiy Gaidai said in a video.

The industrial city is key to Russia's goal of conquering the Donbas region, where Moscow has shifted most of its firepower after failing to take Kyiv.

Russian strike on a tank with nitric acid

Gaidai also said Russian forces had struck a nitric acid tank at a chemical plant in Sievierodonetsk, and called on residents to stay in shelters.

"For the Russian military, for Russian commanders, for Russian soldiers, any madness is absolutely acceptable," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an evening televised address on Telegram.

EU agrees to ban 90% of Russian oil

EU leaders have agreed to ban the import of most Russian oil after reaching an agreement with Hungary that allows it to continue receiving Russian crude oil.

The deal bans the import of oil delivered by tankers but doesn't cut off pipeline supplies, a key request from landlocked Hungary, whose leader Viktor Orban warned that a complete oil blockade would be an "atomic bomb" for his country's economy.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the agreement would reduce about 90% of Russian oil imports to the EU by the end of the year.

Gazprom reduces gas supplies

Danish energy company Orsted has announced that...