EU extends Russia sanctions as strikes continue despite energy attack pause

US President Donald Trump announced that Russia and Ukraine agreed to halt strikes on each other's energy infrastructure. Despite the agreement, combat operations continue on multiple fronts. Local officials in Ukraine's Kherson region reported two fatalities and 14 injuries from Russian shelling, while Ukrainian drone strikes wounded seven people across Russia's Belgorod region and Sochi.

In response to ongoing aggression, the European Union renewed its sanctions against Moscow. Following a Russian strike on a train near the Ukrainian-Polish border, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas and French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot stated the attack was designed to intimidate and divide European nations.

Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky issued a decree dismissing the nation's prosecutor general.

Sources: CDM.