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  • Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer will be in Moscow on Monday to meet Vladimir Putin

  • After scaling back its plans and withdrawing its troops from the kyiv region and northern Ukraine, Russia has made the total conquest of Donbass, in the east, its priority.

  • As people try to flee the eastern regions of Ukraine to escape the looming battle there, airstrikes and shelling continue: on Sunday, they killed at least two people in Kharkiv, the country's second largest city , and in its suburbs, according to the regional governor

  • President Zelensky called on Westerners to "follow the example of the United Kingdom", whose Prime Minister Boris Johnson made a surprise visit to Ukraine on Saturday, by imposing "a total embargo on Russian hydrocarbons"

  • EU foreign ministers, who meet on Monday, are to consider a sixth sanctions package against Moscow, which will not, however, affect oil and gas purchases

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8:01 a.m .: Zelensky praises the United Kingdom

Volodymyr Zelensky called on Westerners to "follow the example of the UK" - whose Prime Minister Boris Johnson made a surprise visit to Ukraine on Saturday - by imposing "a total embargo on Russian hydrocarbons"

7:54 a.m .: The EU is considering a sixth sanctions package

The foreign ministers of the European Union, who meet this Monday in Luxembourg, must study a sixth package of sanctions against Moscow, which will not affect the purchases of oil and gas.

However, the head of EU diplomacy Josep Borrell announced his intention to launch the discussion on an oil embargo on Monday, "but a formal proposal is not on the table", admitted a senior European official on Friday.

7:50 a.m.: The Austrian Chancellor in Moscow

After visiting Ukraine on Saturday, Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer on Monday becomes the first European leader to visit Moscow since the start of the war.

He will meet Vladimir Putin there.

The Chancellor “intends to do everything possible to ensure that measures are taken in favor of peace”, while recognizing that the chances of achieving this are slim.

This trip to Moscow is "a risky mission" but also a "window of dialogue", he explained, believing that "personal diplomacy" is in order.

Above all, he intends to talk to the Kremlin about the "war crimes" in Boutcha, where he went on Saturday.

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