Post-Soviet conflicts

The ambassadors of the member states agreed on the text of the sixth package of sanctions against the Russian Federation, which should enter into force today, after being published in the EU Official Gazette, in which Patriarch Kirill of Moscow will be exempted at Hungary's request.
Sanctions are also being imposed by the United States, which has affected 17 people.

A failed push to move Ukrainian refugees from Black Sea hotels to state-owned complexes is indicative of the chaotic response of Bulgarian authorities to the humanitarian crisis unleashed by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, activists say.

Russian forces edged closer Thursday to taking a key Ukrainian city after days of intense fighting, tightening their slow squeeze on the eastern Donbas region as Washington warned the war could last months.

The industrial hub of Severodonetsk has become a key target for Moscow, and the local governor said that 80 percent of the city was now under Russian control.

Ljubljana – Defence expert Vladimir Prebilič has assessed for the STA that the continuation of the war in Ukraine constitutes a failure of diplomacy, while noting that the pressure from Kyiv on the EU and NATO to provide aid is not productive. He believes that the aid received by Ukraine in the current form is unsustainable in the long run.

An adviser to the Ukrainian president has accused Europe and the United States of having an "irrational fear" of Russia. Mykhailo Podolyak told Interfax Ukraine that the West's financial priorities take precedence in decision-making.

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.

The Biden administration says it will send Ukraine a small number of high-tech, medium-range rocket systems, a critical weapon that Ukrainian leaders have been begging for as they struggle to stall Russian progress in the Donbas region.

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

Sievierodonetsk almost destroyed

NATO Deputy Secretary-General Mircea Geoana believes the alliance may no longer live up to its commitment not to deploy additional forces in Central and Eastern Europe, AFP reported.

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

Ukraine dissatisfied with the West's help