Interstate relations

The Republican leader said, that he would not ask his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin for money during his planned visit to Russia.

The head of the republic commented on reports about Kiev's plans to strengthen the dam blocking the Dnieper.

According to him, this project is carried out in accordance with European rules and laws.

The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine at a meeting on Wednesday made a decision on the country's withdrawal from the CIS agreement on the coordination of interstate relations in the field of postal and electrical communications.

This was stated by the Acting Minister of Energy Yuriy Vitrenko.

Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov said, that the Russian side has never taken retaliatory measures.

One of the wounded is a US soldier.

Moscow is ready to return to normal relations with the EU, despite the current crisis, the choice is up to Brussels, but any development of events cannot be ruled out, said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, commenting on statements from the EU that the visit of the head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrell, to the Russian Federation ended with humiliation.

Foreign Minister of Belarus Vladimir Makei in an interview with RBC named the topics of upcoming talks between President of the Republic Alexander Lukashenko and Russian leader Vladimir Putin.

European members of the Security Council condemned Russia's violation of Ukraine's sovereignty.

According to him, this is possible if the Russian side once again sees, that sanctions are being imposed in some areas, that create risks for the domestic economy.

According to the Russian officials, the European diplomats expelled from Russia from Germany, Poland and Sweden understood perfectly well that they had violated Russian laws, since the actions in which they participated were uncoordinated.

When shaping its policy towards Russia, Europe is guided not by reason, but by emotions, Senator Alexei Pushkov wrote on the Telegram channel.

The Kremlin commented on the statements of the head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrell, about the possibility of introducing new sanctions against Russia.