The essentials
- The war is in its 455th day.
- In Russia's Belgorod region, the "Freedom of Russia" Legion and the RDK group have been conducting operations to bring down Putin since Tuesday. Moscow claims to have eliminated these "infiltrators".
- The detention of American journalist Evan Gershkovich has been extended until 30 August.
- Gazprom's net profit falls in 2022, the year of sanctions on Russian gas.
- Russian forces claimed this weekend the capture of Bakhmut, Volodymyr Zelensky denied. His army says it still holds a small area.
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France and EU to support Ukraine "in the long term", Paris reminds China
The France and the European Union are determined to support Ukraine "in the long term" and "in all areas", Paris reaffirmed Tuesday to a Chinese envoy, sent by Beijing to Europe to discuss a political settlement of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict.
The French Foreign Ministry, via its Director General of Political and Security Affairs Frédéric Mondoloni, stressed "Russia's full responsibility in the outbreak and continuation of the war," during a meeting with Chinese special envoy Li Hui in charge of the Ukrainian file, according to a statement from Paris.
According to this text, the France, while welcoming "the resumption of dialogue between China and Ukraine", recalled that Kiev "exercises its right of self-defense" and stressed that it and the EU were "determined to support (Ukraine) in the long term, in all fields".
Li Hui, a former Chinese ambassador to Moscow, has been touring Europe for a week to discuss the "political settlement" of the conflict in Ukraine.
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