Ukraine said that new efforts were ongoing on Friday to evacuate a number of civilians trapped in steel work that was bombed in the city of Mariapol after bloody battles with Russian troops thwarted efforts to bring them to a safe place on the previous day.
Meanwhile, Hungary said he could not support the new European Union sanction package against Russia, which included an oil import embargo, in its current form, said Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Friday. The EU executive on Wednesday proposed the toughest sanction package against Moscow for his war in Ukraine, but several countries were worried about the impact of slaughtering Russian oil imports to block the agreement.
In other news, Defense Minister Rajnath Singh said the Ukraine conflict had lessons for the future war and the Indian Air Force had to prepare for it. “If we look at some new conflicts, there are some insights. If we witness the conflict in Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan, and recently, Ukraine, we will get many points to think about and plan the future war, “Singh said, delivering the main speech for the 37th Marshal PC commemoration lecture.
Ukraine Minister of Finance Serhiy Marchenko said on Friday that the International Sancton is currently against Russia over the war in Ukraine is not enough and calls for full embargo on Russian oil and gas.
Kremlin on Friday refused to say whether President Vladimir Putin had apologized to Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett after a statement from Russian Foreign Minister that Adolf Hitler had Jewish origin. Israel transforms Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov for the comment, describing the statement as a unorganized” falsehood that minimizes the horror of Holocaust Nazi.