The United States is likely to introduce new sanctions against Russia, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said, Reuters reports.
The US is likely to impose additional economic sanctions on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine and "no one is safe from our sanctions," White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said on Monday.
Saki did not want to specifically comment on the Wall Street Journal report that the reported mother of Russian President Vladimir Putin's three children had not been sanctioned so far.
Two people were injured in the shelling of a village in Russia's Belgorod region, which borders Ukraine, said regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov.
New aid to Ukraine requested by President Joe Biden is likely to be part of a long-term package that will require congressional approval, the White House said today, Reuters reports.
Biden said last week that he would soon seek congressional approval for additional aid to Ukraine after announcing $800 million in military aid last week.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is on his way to Moscow, where he will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday.
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The Russian Defense Ministry said its high-precision missiles destroyed six facilities on the railway, which it claims were used to deliver foreign weapons to Ukrainian forces in the Donbass.
The Ukrainian military command announced earlier today that Russia is trying to bomb Ukraine's railway infrastructure to disrupt arms shipments from foreign countries, Reuters reported.
"They are trying to destroy the supply routes of military-technical assistance from partner states. To do this, they are focusing strikes on railway junctions," the command of the Ukrainian Armed Forces wrote in a post on Facebook.
Russian forces also destroyed a weapons depot near Slavyansk in the Donetsk region, according to a statement from the Russian Ministry of Defense.
French President Emmanuel Macron, who was re-elected on Sunday, and his US counterpart Joe Biden agreed in a congratulatory phone call to "quickly" hold more detailed talks on global issues, including the war in Ukraine, the Elysee Palace said, Reuters reports.
According to a readout after the call, Macron and Biden agreed to intensify their dialogue on "major global issues... And especially global issues related to the war in Ukraine, such as food security."
"Biden conveyed his willingness to continue working closely with President Macron on our shared global priorities," the White House said in a separate statement.
Four people, including two children, were killed today in the Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine where Russia is on the offensive, said regional governor Pavlo Kirilenko, reports Reuters.
Russia denies targeting civilians.
Kirilenko said on Telegram that a nine-year-old girl and a 14-year-old boy were among the dead.
The Russian Defense Ministry said its high-precision missiles destroyed six facilities on the railway that were used to supply Ukrainian forces with foreign weapons, reports Reuters.
The German defense company Rheinmetall has requested government approval for the export of 88 Leopard 1A5 tanks to Ukraine, writes the German newspaper Die Welt, citing documents, Reuters reports.
A spokesman for Rheinmetall declined to comment on the report.
The British government announced today that it believes that 15.000 Russian soldiers have died in that country since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
British Defense Minister Ben Wallace told MPs that Russia had lost more than 2.000 armored vehicles and more than 60 helicopters and fighter jets.
Russia has admitted that it has 1.351 victims on its side.
Wallace said that Russia has so far failed in most of its military goals and added that the next phase of Russia's invasion is expected to be the occupation of Donbass in order to connect with Crimea via Marijupol.
He added that international aid and weapons are key to helping Ukraine resist the expected attack.
Great Britain, he said, had sent more than 5.000 anti-tank missiles, as well as anti-aircraft systems and missiles, and would soon send "a small number" of Stormer armored vehicles equipped with missile launchers.
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Five people were killed and 18 wounded in Russian missile attacks in the central Ukrainian region of Vinnytsia, the regional prosecutor's office said, reports Reuters.
It is stated that the rockets targeted the railway infrastructure near the towns of Žmerinka and Kozjatin.
"The enemy is trying to hit key infrastructure," regional governor Sergej Borzov said on Telegram, Radio Free Europe reports.
The Vinnytsia region is fully under the control of Ukraine and is located far behind the front lines.
The head of the state railway company, Oleksandar Kamishin, said that today five railway stations came under fire in western and central Ukraine within an hour and that the number of victims was being checked.
"Russian troops continue to systematically destroy the railway infrastructure," Kamishin said on Telegram.
He added that the trains are forced to find alternative routes and timetables for safety reasons.
Ukraine's military command said on Monday that Russia is trying to bomb Ukraine's railway infrastructure to disrupt arms shipments from foreign countries.
"They are trying to destroy the supply routes of military-technical assistance from partner countries. To do this, they focus their strikes on railway junctions," the armed forces command wrote in a post on Facebook.
Britain will send a small number of Stormer armored vehicles equipped with anti-aircraft missile launchers to Ukraine, Defense Secretary Ben Wallace said, according to Reuters.
Wallace added that British estimates indicated that around 15.000 Russian personnel were killed in the conflict, while 2.000 armored vehicles, including around 530 tanks, were destroyed, along with 60 helicopters and fighter jets.
"I can now announce to the House that we will be donating a small number of armored vehicles with launchers for those anti-aircraft missiles," he said.
U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said U.S. oil and gas production is increasing and will continue to rise to make up for the 1 to 1,5 million barrels of oil a day that were pulled from the market after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Reuters reports.
Due to the Russian attack on Ukraine, the Dutch government plans to ban the import of energy products from Russia until the end of the year.
This would be partially achieved by reducing demand and increasing the capacity to import liquefied petroleum gas, according to the Government's report, SEEbiz reports.
The government has earmarked 623 million euros to help fill the country's gas storage before next winter.
It would pay companies a premium for storage, because gas prices are such that storage is not profitable, so it is uneconomical.
"Due to high gas prices and additional risks of losses, it is currently not attractive for companies to fill warehouses," said the Government.
The state energy company EBN has been tasked by the government to fill the Bergermeer gas storage, which provides about a third of the Dutch storage capacity, up to 70 percent before winter, if other companies do not respond to the government's incentives.
The Netherlands usually meets 15 percent of its gas needs from Russia
The first deputy permanent representative of Russia to the United Nations said that Moscow does not see the point in establishing a ceasefire in Ukraine at this stage, fearing that Kiev could use it to stage "provocations", reports Reuters.
RIA quoted Dmitry Polyansky as saying that Russia had not hit any residential areas in Ukraine's Black Sea port city of Odessa.
Ukraine's Southern Air Command said on Saturday that two missiles hit a military facility and two residential buildings in Odesa.
Russian forces continued to attack the huge Azovstal steel plant that houses Ukrainian fighters in the southern port city of Mariupol, Ukrainian presidential aide Alexei Arestovich said, according to Reuters.
"The enemy continues to attack our defenses in the area of the Azovstal plant, using aircraft, artillery ... firing from tanks and trying to advance with assault groups, violating the order of his own commander-in-chief," Arestovich said in a video address.
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