The European Union wants to ban new gas deals with Russia at the end of this year and suspended the existing gas deals with Moscow at the end of 2027. That would be in a plan from the European Commission, several sources report to Reuters news agency. And the Ukrainian armed forces managed to stabilize the front around the city of Pokrovsk, reports army leader Oleksandr Syrsky. Read all about the war in Ukraine and the situation in Russia in our live blog.

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