Ukrainian officials say troops are facing “permanent” assault in the east as heavy shelling continues 

A senior European Union official accused Russia on Friday of taking its warfare towards Ukraine to a “totally different stage” by taking goal at civilians and non-military targets, prompting Germany and the US to produce army tools to Ukraine to ensure that the nation to raised defend themselves.

Talking at a press convention in Tokyo, the secretary normal of the European Union’s European Exterior Motion Service, Stefano Sannino, stated Russia had “moved from an idea of particular operation to an idea now of a warfare towards NATO and the West.”

“I believe that this newest growth when it comes to armed provide is simply an evolution of the state of affairs and of the way in which Russia began shifting the warfare into a unique stage,” Sannino, stated, including that Putin was launching “indiscriminate assaults towards civilians and towards cities.”

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Annexed Ukrainian areas to be placed on Moscow time: The occupied elements of 4 Ukrainian areas — the Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia areas — which Russia declared it had annexed in September might be ordered to make use of Moscow time, in keeping with a submit on Russia’s Ministry of Business and Commerce’s Telegram channel. 

Kremlin says Washington “demonizing” Russian non-public mercenary Wagner group: The Kremlin stated Friday that Washington has been “demonizing” the Russian non-public mercenary group Wagner Group for years, following the US Treasury’s choice to designate the group as a major transnational felony group. The Treasury Division on Thursday designated the group, which is closely concerned within the warfare in Ukraine, as a major transnational felony group, and imposed a slew of sanctions on a transnational community that helps it.

“Substantial harm” to Ukraine’s energy grid after missile assault: Ukrenergo, Ukraine’s state-run vitality operator, has stated Thursday’s Russian missile strikes resulted in “substantial harm” to the ability grid. Russia launched 70 missiles at Ukraine on Thursday, 47 of which have been intercepted, the Ukrainian Armed Forces stated in its each day operational replace on Fb, and Moscow’s forces additionally carried out 44 airstrikes, together with 18 utilizing Iranian-made Shahed-136 drones.

Djokovic’s father responds to criticism after posing with fan sporting pro-Russia “Z” image: The daddy of tennis star Novak Djokovic has responded to criticism after a video emerged on Wednesday of him on the Australian Open posing with followers holding Russia flags, voicing his assist for Russia. In an announcement Friday that stopped wanting an apology, Srdjan Djokovic stated he was in Melbourne “to assist my son solely,” and “had no intention of inflicting such headlines or disruption.”