"We must prepare for further disruptions in gas supplies, even a complete disruption of supply from Russia ."

This was stated by the president of the EU Commission Ursula von der Leyen speaking at the plenary of the Eurochamber.

"Today, a total of 12 Member States are directly affected by partial or total reductions in gas supply - he added -. It is clear: Putin continues to use energy as a weapon. For this reason the Commission is working on a plan of European emergency. We will present this plan and the necessary instruments by mid-July ".

On the fighting front, the Ukrainians resist the Russian advance into the Donbass, repelling the assaults on the two key cities of Donetsk, Sloviansk and Kramatorsk , Moscow's next targets which it intends to secure the entire eastern region of Ukraine.

The British 007 report that Vladimir Putin's troops are located just 16 km north of Sloviansk. But the Ukrainian General Staff claims to have rejected them and sent them back to Dolyna, about twenty kilometers further north, and to have also stopped their advance towards Kramatorsk.

"The Russians fired on civilian infrastructure in the Siversk and Gryhorivka areas. But Ukrainian units inflicted significant casualties on the enemy during its offensive attempt in the areas of Verkhnokamianske, Belogorivka and Gryhorivka itself", forcing "the occupiers to retreat. ", the General Staff reported on Facebook.

For its part, Moscow reports that it "hit a deployment area of a Ukrainian motorized battalion, killing up to 100 nationalists " in the Kharkiv region, and "destroyed two US-made Himars missile launchers" in the Malotaranovka area, a few kilometers south by Kramatorsk. Foreign Minister Serghei Lavrov again accused Kiev of using allied weapons "against civilians primarily for intimidation purposes, which is state terror", and the West of "being responsible for civilian deaths" in the Donbass and throughout Ukraine .

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12,550 Ukrainian refugees welcomed in the Italian Cas

12,550 refugees from Ukraine received in the Cas, the Extraordinary Reception Centers, and 1,095 those welcomed into the Sai network, the Reception and Integration System. The Minister of the Interior Luciana Lamorgese said this in answering the question time.

On the question of the timing of support for families and for the victims who welcome Ukrainians, Lamorgese replied: "The Civil Protection Department, which I have heard about it, has communicated that the time span spent for the initiatives relating to reception is due to the involvement of notable institutional subjects as well as to the need to carry out a plurality of preliminary checks, given that these are conspicuous public resources ".

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US at G20: "Moscow attacked the international order"

"Russia's confrontation with the international order cannot go on. The United States will continue to hold Moscow responsible for the unjust war against Ukraine, in all multilateral institutions and bodies." This was stated by the US secretary of states, Antony Blinken, ahead of the meeting of G20 foreign ministers in Indonesia. "Russia's war makes fun of the United Nations Charter", Blinken attacks, stressing that the US will engage "with the G20 and other international partners to address the immense humanitarian challenges resulting from Moscow's invasion of Ukraine".

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Russia, up to 7 years in prison for spies and traitors

The Russian parliament has tightened legislation on state treason and espionage and has introduced harsh prison terms for those who incite action against national security, including up to seven years in prison. "It is an adequate and timely response to the challenges that our country is currently facing," said the member of the lower house of the Russian parliament, Vasily Piskarev.

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Bombs on Toretsk, Donetsk

Russian troops launched missile attacks on the city of Toretsk in the Donetsk region. Three people were trapped under the rubble. This was stated by the head of the regional military administration of Donetsk, Pavlo Kyrylenko, on Telegram, as reported by Ukrainska Pravda.

"Toretsk is under Russian fire. Rockets hit two houses. One person is certainly known to be injured. Also, according to preliminary information, three people are under the rubble: a rescue operation is underway," Kyrylenko said. .

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Poroshenko: "We want peace, but it depends on Putin"

"There is no other nation in the world that wants peace more than Ukraine, we have paid a heavy price for it. Tens of thousands of civilians who have lost their lives to Putin's ferocity. Now peace in Ukraine therefore does not depend on Kiev, on Brussels, or Washington, it depends on Putin ". This was stated by former Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko, interviewed by Sky TG24. "I don't know what else Putin needs from Ukraine to satisfy his blood appetite but the shortest way to achieve peace is to give us more weapons", he added, urging the Italian government, defined in a "crucial role". to provide "support for a coalition against Putin", "the fastest road to peace".

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Di Maio: "NATO is a defensive tool but we need a mature vision"

"As the Russian aggression on Ukraine demonstrates, but the same goes for the challenges that characterize our southern flank, we cannot protect our security by limiting ourselves to static defensive containment at our borders. We need a mature and sophisticated vision of the phenomena that affect the safety of our neighborhood. " Thus Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio speaking at the conference "Inside the new strategic concept 2022: NATO towards the future".

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Moscow: "No concrete contact with the Pope"

A high-level visit must be prepared on the possible meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Pope Francis, but so far there have been no concrete contacts. This was stated by the spokesman of the Kremlin Dmitry Peskov, quoted by Interfax.

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Moscow to Kiev: "Let's not attack our cities"

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Ukraine's claims that the Russian military would attack its own cities are lies. "In a word, they are lies. The facts are known, our Ministry of Defense presents the facts on a daily basis," Lavrov said, answering a question from Tass during the press conference that followed the interview with the Vietnamese counterpart Bui Thanh Son.

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United Kingdom: "In a week the Russians advance 5 kilometers to Izyum"

"In the past week, Russian forces have probably advanced another 5 kilometers along the E40 main road from Izyum, in the face of extremely determined Ukrainian resistance." This was stated in the intelligence report of the British Ministry of Defense in the daily update on Twitter. The battle for Sloviansk will likely be the next key challenge in the fight for Donbass as Russian forces draw closer and are 16 kilometers from the city of Donetsk, the report said.

(Unioneonline)

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