President Zelensky appeals for early agreement on additional sanctions on Russia

Russian troops are sieving Severodonetsk, the last base on the Ukrainian side, and intensifying their offensive, aiming to take control of the entire region of Luhansk, one of the two eastern states of Ukraine.

Against this backdrop, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky urged the EU-European Union to agree as soon as possible on additional sanctions, including a ban on oil imports from Russia.

Russian troops siege the central city of Severodonetsk and intensify their offensive in Luhansk Oblast, eastern Ukraine, claiming that pro-Russian leaders have seized 95% of the state.

A senior U.S. Department of Defense official told reporters yesterday that "Russian troops seem to have taken control of most of the northeast," local officials told the British public broadcaster BBC about Seberodnetsk. It is said that 90% of the houses in the city were destroyed in a day, and about 13,000 people are still living in the basement and shelters.

"This week will be decisive," said the governor of Luhansk Oblast, recognizing that the offense and defense with the Russian side is approaching an important phase.

In the area claimed to be seized by Russia, domination is becoming an established fact, and on the 26th, the Russian government brought a truck equipped with a large monitor to the center of the state television in Mariupoli, a strategic point in the east. It is said that the news broadcasting has started, and it seems that the aim is to spread the propaganda on the Russian side.

Against this backdrop, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky "agrees" in a video released yesterday that the EU-European Union has failed to agree on additional sanctions, including a ban on oil imports from Russia by the end of the year. I want you to see how much time you spend on Ukraine. "

"Pressure on Russia is the same as saving lives," he said, urging him to agree on sanctions as soon as possible.

Meanwhile, Russian President Vladimir Putin held a telephone conversation with Italian Prime Minister Dragi on the 26th, and according to the Russian Presidential Office, "of the sea" so that private ships can leave at the ports of the Black Sea and Azov Sea facing southern Ukraine. The humanitarian corridor will be opened every day. "

He also argued that the issue of the global food crisis needs to be lifted by Western sanctions in order to resolve it.