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A decree by Vladimir Putin published on Tuesday provides that from February 1, 2023, "the delivery of Russian oil and petroleum products to foreign legal entities and other individuals is prohibited" if they use the ceiling price.
Armed Forces Minister Sébastien Lecornu is due to travel to kyiv on Wednesday to meet Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov.
Russia on Monday accused Ukraine of attacking its territory, including launching a drone against an air base in Russian territory, hundreds of kilometers from the front, the second such operation this month.
06:04
Orban despises Ukraine
The Ukrainian Foreign Minister denounced the "pathological contempt" of Victor Orban, Hungarian President, for Ukraine.
Orban's words that the war will end if the United States stops helping Ukraine demonstrate "a pathological contempt for Ukraine and Ukrainians and his own political myopia", the Foreign Ministry said.
05:56
Russia accused Ukraine of attacking on its territory
Russia on Monday accused Ukraine of attacking its territory, including launching a drone against an air base in Russian territory, hundreds of kilometers from the front, the second such operation this month.
The Russian security services (FSB) also claimed to have "eliminated" Ukrainian "saboteurs" who were trying to enter the Russian region of Bryansk from Ukraine.
The Ukrainian authorities made no comment, as usual, on these two incidents.
According to Russian news agencies, a Ukrainian drone was shot down as it approached the Engels base in the Saratov region overnight, some 600 km from Ukraine.
"As a result of the fall of the wreckage of the drone, three Russian technicians who were on the airfield were fatally injured", according to the TASS agency quoting the Ministry of Defense.
05:51
Putin's decree against oil price caps
Russia will ban from February 1 the sale of its oil to foreign countries that use the cap on the price of Russian black gold, set in early December at 60 dollars per barrel by the EU, the G7 and Australia.
“The delivery of Russian oil and oil products to foreign legal entities and other individuals is prohibited” if they use the ceiling price, is it written in a decree signed Tuesday evening by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
05:40
Sebastien Lecornu in Kyiv
After a trip to Poland, the French Minister for the Armed Forces is expected in kyiv today.
He must meet his Ukrainian counterpart.
05:30
Welcome to this live
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Welcome to this direct dedicated to the news of the war in Ukraine, more than 300 days after the start of the conflict.
