The Russian army is tightening its grip in the Donbass, where it has intensified its offensive. “In the Luhansk region, the Russians are advancing in all directions at once”said Wednesday, May 25, regional governor Serguiï Gaïdaï, on Telegram.“The situation in the Donbass is extremely difficult”President Volodymyr Zelensky acknowledged the day before. “All the forces that the Russian army still has have been thrown there for the offensive” because they “want to destroy everything”, he said. Follow our live.
Cepii warns of the cost of a European embargo on Russian oil. A possible European embargo on Russian oil, under discussion for long weeks in Brussels, would have costly consequences for consumers and businesses, warns Cepii in a note published on Wednesday. “He will have to replace a little more than a quarter of total imports” black gold of the continent, alerts the Center for Prospective Studies and International Information, an organization attached to Matignon.
Paris and Berlin optimistic about the possibility of reaching an EU embargo on Russian oil. Paris estimated on Tuesday that “there is still the possibility in the days that have just come to unblock the Hungarian veto”on the possibility of imposing an EU embargo on Russian oil. The day before, Berlin had also been optimistic, citing “a breakthrough in a few days”. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban judges him an agreement “very unlikely”.
kyiv is getting impatient about weapons. The Ukrainian government is urging the West to deliver more weapons. “The Russian offensive in the Donbass is a ruthless battle, the largest on European soil since the Second World War. I urge our partners to speed up the delivery of arms and ammunition”launched on Tuesday the Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kouleba.