Washington officials assume the Russian forces will try to make more advances, in particular on the Kharkiv axis, but no major breakthroughs are expected.
China is the main country that provides Russia with the capabilities to wage war against Ukraine as it supplies electronics and technology for the production of missiles, drones, and other armaments.
Nearly 140 combat clashes took place between Ukraine’s Defense Forces and Russian invasion troops since day-start as the number of firefights increased, including in the Kharkiv direction.
Naftogaz of Ukraine NJSC and Swedfund International AB have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to establish cooperation in projects on the modernization of combined heat and power plants (CHPPs) and renewable energy development in Ukraine.
The Ukrainian Defense Forces are controlling the situation along the entire front line, and in the Donetsk region, the defenders shot down an enemy Su-25 attack aircraft.
In the Kharkiv direction, the Ukrainian Defense Forces inflicted fire on the enemy, pushed them back, and are conducting operations on the northern outskirts of Vovchansk.
Foreign Ministers of Ukraine and Serbia, Dmytro Kuleba and Marko Đurić, discussed in Belgrade ways to develop bilateral cooperation and the integration of both countries into the EU.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has approved amendments to the Law "On Local Self-Government in Ukraine," which provide for the broadcasting of meetings of local councils after the war.
Police officers have already evacuated more than 1,700 civilians from the Tsyrkuny, Lyptsi, and Vovchansk territorial communities of the Kharkiv region, which are currently under Russian shelling.
The Council of the EU has finally approved the extension of Autonomous Trade Measures (ATMs) with Ukraine, which suspends the application of customs duties and quotas on Ukrainian exports to the EU.