The Ukrainian military also says cross border mortar and artillery fire continues in the north, with several places in the Sumy, Chernihiv and Kharkiv regions affected. Southeast direction as well as south and southwest sectors are under constant enemy pressure." "Northern outskirts of Bakhmut were dynamic last night, it is now more quiet, so we’re preparing for the night ahead. ![]() He said Ukrainian units "are strongly holding the southern flank." This is where they want to make possible encirclement of Bakhmut." Yuriy Madyar of the 28th Separate Mechanized Brigade said in a video message that "the situation on the northern flank is becoming more difficult. Unofficial military accounts say that heavy fighting persists to the north and northwest of Bakhmut, where Russian units - including Wagner paramilitaries - are trying to take higher ground and tighten their grip on access routes into Bakhmut.Ĭol. It said 13 settlements in the area had come under fire. Meanwhile in the east: In its daily update Thursday, the military's General Staff said that Russian forces continue to attack in several locations around the city of Bakhmut, where Ukrainian units are trying to keep access to the city open. They used to attack with one to two tanks plus a single platoon, now it's more than that." Hayday said that the Russians "throw a company of heavy equipment and a company of infantry on the offensive at the same time. "They (Russians) have retreated to regroup I guess, to pull in some equipment," he added. It was quiet today though since our defenders have repelled powerful attacks in all directions, destroyed lots of manpower and equipment," Serhiy Hayday, head of the regional military administration in Luhansk, said. It was really hard on us when they attacked. ![]() ![]() "We did have escalation a few days back both in Svatove and Kreminna sectors. Habeck raised a possibility of a new set of sanctions against Russia that would focus on “the intensified fight against the circumvention of sanctions.” The EU had to “counter these circumvention activities more effectively” at national level and at the level of the bloc, according to a German government statement. Sanctions evasion was “already punishable by law” and if it’s proven that it was a conscious decision, it would also “be punishable or prosecuted,” he added. “This is not a trivial offense,” Habeck argued. Proposals include listing of companies who are circumventing sanctions via third countries, so that trade with these companies would be stopped to interrupt their flow of goods to Russia.Īccording to foreign trade data, EU-sanctioned goods were “exported to a considerable extent“ by companies in Germany and other EU-states to Russia via “certain third countries,” a statement from the German economy ministry said. The European Union plans to introduce tougher measures to crack down on companies evading the Western sanctions on Russia, German Economy Minister Robert Habeck said on Thursday.
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