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Last minute of the war in Ukraine, live | US calls on China to condemn Russian “aggression” on Ukraine

What has happened in the last hours

On the 135th day of the war initiated by Russia against Ukraine, these are the key data at 8:00 p.m. this Friday, July 8:

Russia threatens “harsh” measures if the crisis in Kaliningrad is not unblocked. Russia stated this Friday that “there is progress” in talks with Lithuania and the European Union to resume traffic with the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad, located between Poland and the Baltic country and strategically relevant as it is the only European Russian port open all year. year. However, the Kremlin spokeswoman, Maria Zajarova, has warned that Moscow may take “harsh” measures if the situation is not resolved in the coming days. “This matter is taking too long to resolve,” she said.

Borrell criticizes the “not very respectful” absence of Lavrov in the second session of the G-20 summit. The High Representative for Foreign Policy of the EU, Josep Borrell, has described as “not very respectful” the attitude of the Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, when he was absent this Friday from the afternoon session of the summit of foreign ministers of the G-20 in Bali (Indonesia). However, he has stated that the meeting has taken place in an “intense, but polite” climate.

Albares, at the G-20 summit: “A majority has come to seek peace; any, to leave your message and go “. The Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albares, who has participated as a guest in the G-20 ministers’ summit in Bali, has underlined Spain’s commitment to multilateralism and has valued Indonesia’s effort to have them participate in the summit all the countries of the group, despite the threat of a boycott due to the presence of the head of Russian diplomacy, Sergei Lavrov, but he lamented that “not all of us have been in the same mood”.

Zelensky visits Dnipro, a region exposed to Russian attacks. The Ukrainian president, Volodímir Zelenski, visited the province of Dnipro, in the east of the country, on Friday. Although the region is not occupied by Russian troops, the city of Dnipro, one of the largest in the country, is one of the main logistics centers for transporting material and soldiers to the Donbas and southern fronts. As a result, the province has received nearly 400 missile attacks from Russia since the start of the war. “There are no hostilities in our territory, but we feel the war constantly,” the military governor of the province told the president.

Putin warns of ‘catastrophic’ energy price hikes if further sanctions. Russian President Vladimir Putin warned this Friday that the economic sanctions imposed against his country by the West could lead to “catastrophic” increases in the price of energy on international markets, which will affect all consumers throughout Europe. In a meeting with leaders of the largest Russian energy companies, including Gazprom, the Russian leader has urged them to prepare for the European embargo on their oil, already decided by the EU for the end of the year.

The war in Ukraine has so far destroyed 7,000 kilometers of railways. The war in Ukraine has so far destroyed a total of 7,000 kilometers of railway infrastructure, in addition to 21 train stations and 49 railway bridges, the Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER) reported this Friday. At their annual meeting, held in Vienna, some thirty heads of European railway companies plan to sign a declaration in which they will express their solidarity and support for the attacked country, according to the president of the CER and head of the Austrian Federal Railways &lpar ;ÖBB), Andreas Matthä.

In the file photo of Vitaly Nevar, for Reuters, the Russian city of Kaliningrad, located in an enclave between Lithuania and Poland.

Source: EL PAIS

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