NATO believes that the second stage of the war in Ukraine is inevitable

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WAR:

1. British Ambassador to Ukraine Melinda Simmons hinted that some of the actions of the Russian military in Bucha during the occupation have signs of genocide, if such reports are true.
2. The United States is ready to consider sending more weapons systems to Ukraine that require additional training.
3. The Ukrainian military will soon arrive in the UK for training with British armored vehicles that London plans to supply to Ukraine.
4. Former military and political adviser to German ex-chancellor Angela Merkel, former Brigadier General Erich Wad spoke out against the supply of heavy weapons to Ukraine.

The main thing: NATO believes that the second stage of the war in Ukraine is inevitable, this stage will have a wider front and more bloody.

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SANCTIONS:

1. The Estonian Security Police noted that sanctions against Russia benefit Estonia itself, since important economic ties with the Russian Federation can become a source of threat.
2. French presidential candidate and leader of the far-right National Rally party, Marine Le Pen, has said she is not in favor of lifting the sanctions against the Russian Federation imposed after the invasion of Ukraine.
3. The European Union should include a ban on Russian energy imports in the sixth package of sanctions currently being drafted. This was stated by President Volodymyr Zelensky in a video message to the Seimas of Lithuania.
4. The European Police Agency (Europol) announced the start of an operation to identify assets belonging to Russians who fell under sanctions.

Main : Ukraine offers EU sanctions models that will help stop financing the war - Yermak

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POLITICS

1. During his visit to Poland, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier confirmed that the Ukrainian side called his potential visit to Kyiv undesirable.
2. The European Union is monitoring reports of Russia's possible use of chemical weapons in Ukraine and reminding Moscow that their use is a war crime.
3. British Minister of the Armed Forces James Gippi, after reports of a chemical attack in Mariupol, said that the country is considering "all options" for a response if information about this is confirmed.
4. Russia receives ammunition and military equipment from Iraq for military operations in Ukraine with the help of Iranian arms smuggling networks.

The main thing : Germany will continue to supply weapons to Ukraine contrary to its "security philosophy". This was stated in an interview with the German newspaper Spiegel by President Frank-Walter Steinmeier.

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SOLIDARITY

1. Almost 43.8 thousand refugees from Ukraine are registered in Lithuania, 18.2 thousand of them are minors.
2. The EU will set up a humanitarian partner train in Chisinau and send 1,200 tents and 4,000 blankets to Moldova in anticipation of the arrival of more refugees from Ukraine.
3. The number of Ukrainian students in schools and vocational schools in Germany has reached 58,225 children and adolescents.
4. The Vilnius municipality has said that teachers who approve of Russian aggression in Ukraine cannot work in schools.

The main thing : A new batch of humanitarian aid is coming from Britain to Ukraine, intended for the Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv and Donetsk regions.