EU extends sanctions on Russia as fighting continues despite energy agreement

The European Union has extended sanctions against Russia as diplomatic tensions and military clashes persist. European foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas and French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot recently condemned a Russian attack on a train near the Ukrainian-Polish border, warning that the strike was intended to intimidate and divide European allies.

The diplomatic moves coincide with ongoing violence along the front lines, despite US President Donald Trump declaring that Moscow and Kyiv agreed to halt attacks on energy infrastructure. Recent Russian shelling in the Kherson region killed two people and injured 14 others, while Ukrainian drone strikes reportedly wounded seven individuals in Russia's Belgorod region and Sochi. On the domestic front, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a decree dismissing the country's prosecutor general.

Sources: CDM (Cafe del Montenegro).