Russia’s war on Ukraine latest: EU imposes fresh sanctions

© Thomson Reuters Ukrainian military recruits take part in ceremony to mark the first anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine at a military base in Britain

(Reuters) – The European Union vowed to increase pressure on Moscow “until Ukraine is liberated” as it adopted a 10th package of sanctions on Russia on Saturday, a day after the first anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine.

DIPLOMACY AND SANCTIONS

* Russia’s senior diplomat to the United Nations accused the West on Sunday of “cowboy” methods and “arm twisting” of some countries during last week’s United Nations General Assembly vote that demanding Moscow withdraw its troops from Ukraine.

© Thomson Reuters Ukraine’s President Zelenskiy attends a ceremony dedicated to the first anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in Kyiv

* Finance chiefs of the world’s largest economies strongly condemned Moscow on Saturday for its war on Ukraine, with only China and Russia itself declining to sign a joint statement.

* French President Emmanuel Macron said on Saturday he will visit China in early April, in part to seek Chinese help with ending Russia’s invasion.

© Thomson Reuters Event marking the first anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, in Berlin

* The United States marked the anniversary of the invasion with $2 billion in weaponry for Kyiv and new sanctions against Russia aimed at undermining Moscow’s ability to wage war.

* Belarus, a small Russian ally bordering Ukraine, has as many as 1.5 million potential military personnel outside its armed forces, a senior official was quoted as saying on Saturday.

FIGHTING

* Ukraine’s military said on Sunday that Russia conducted unsuccessful offensives near Yahidne over the past day, after Russia’s Wagner mercenary group claimed to have captured the village in eastern Ukraine near the focus on intense fighting.

© Thomson Reuters Memorial commemorating Russian soldiers killed during Russia-Ukraine conflict is opened in Yalta

* Ukraine’s armed forces said Russia keeps concentrating its main efforts on conducting offensive actions along the Kupiansk, Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka and Shakhtar parts of the frontline.

* Reuters could not verify the battlefield accounts.

OIL

* Russia has halted supplies of oil to Poland via the Druzhba pipeline, Daniel Obajtek, chief executive officer of Polish refiner PKN Orlen, said on Saturday.

* Ukraine plans no more outages to ration electricity if there are no new Russian strikes and has been able to amass some power reserves, the energy minister said on Saturday, after months of interruptions caused by bombings.

© Thomson Reuters One year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

ANNIVERSARY

* Ukrainians honoured their dead and vowed to fight on, while Russia said it was making battlefield gains in the east as its invasion entered a second year on Friday.

* In Moscow, there was a mixture of defiance and some sadness but no major public events to mark the anniversary.

* TIMELINE- Major developments since Russia’s invasion

* Ukraine’s Zelenskiy has defied Putin against the odds

* Putin, secure in power, has set the stage for long war

* A year on, Ukraine and its government have not just survived. They’ve fought back.

* Toughened by war’s scars, Kyiv presses on

* Graphics of a year of war in the markets: How the dollar, energy and food prices swirled

* Russian economy holds up but the road back to prosperity may be long

* Moscow’s decades-old gas ties with Europe lie in ruins

* Top brands pull out of Russia, but goods easy to find

* Can U.S. support for Ukraine last?

* External backers pour billions into Ukraine

* How has China stood by ‘no limits’ partner Russia?

* A year into war, older refugees running out of hope

* Life and death in Mariupol – a survivor’s tale of war

* Family mourns Bucha victim who became symbol of war

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(Compiled by Reuters editors)