Russian forces shelled Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, again on Monday, wounding five people in a residential area, local authorities said. Fighting continued in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region. Ukraine’s military said Russian heavy vehicles can’t use bridges across the Dnipro River to resupply troops in occupied Kherson due to shelling.
The sanctioned bank, which finances Russia’s military-industrial complex, opened an office in Kupiansk that will offer services to consumers and businesses, Interfax said. Shipments of foreign goods collapsed under the weight of sanctions from the US and its allies in response to Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.Russia’s payment to Ukraine for natural gas transit this month has gone through without problems, even after a glitch with a similar oil transaction, according to people familiar with the situation.
Latvia’s Justice Ministry is drafting legislation that would limit the use of Russian in the private and public sector, Minister Janis Bordans told the Delfi website in an interview.