EU member states agreed on Wednesday, October 5, on new sanctions against Moscow after the annexation of four Ukrainian territories. The Czech EU Presidency, which holds the rotating presidency, made the announcement. The agreement was concluded at the level of the ambassadors of the Twenty-Seven. The names and entities targeted by these new sanctions are to be published in the EU’s Official Journal on Thursday, diplomats said. Follow our live.
Vladimir Putin finalizes the annexation of four Ukrainian regions after the referendums. The Russian president signed, on Wednesday, the law of annexation of four occupied Ukrainian regions and the decrees formally appointing at their head the leaders that Moscow had already put in place. The texts signed by the Russian leader stipulate that Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhia regions are accepted “within the Russian Federation in accordance with the Constitution of the Russian Federation”
One injured after attacks by Iranian suicide bombers. One person was injured in attacks by Iranian suicide bombers against the town of Bila Tserkva, about 100 kilometers south of kyiv, the regional governor announced on Wednesday, a first of its kind in this area.
The Ukrainian counter-offensive continues. kyiv continues its counter-offensive in the east and south ofUkraine. According to a military map released on Tuesday by the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Russian forces had retreated about 30 kilometers in the region of Kherson, in the south of the country. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke about advances “powerful” of his army in southern Ukraine, where “tens” localities were taken over.
The United States will send $625 million in additional military aid. This shipment to the Ukrainian army includes in particular four new Himars, rocket launcher systems, but also 32 Howitzer guns, tens of thousands of light ammunition and artillery ammunition, mine systems as well as 200 armored vehicles . Volodymyr Zelensky thanked Joe Biden on Tuesday for the “continued military and financial support” of the United States against the Russian invasion.