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Monday, September 21
EU fails to finalize Russia sanctions deal, ambassadors to reconvene hours before deadline
Coreper II, the EU ambassadors’ body, said talks would resume at 8 a.m. Brussels time on Sept. 22 "with the aim of finalising agreement."
Former Prosecutor General Kravchenko resigns from prosecution service after failing to return to Ukraine
Ruslan Kravchenko had not returned to work after his official foreign business trip ended on Sept. 18.
Ukraine war latest: Russia's oil refining capacity falls as damage from Moscow strikes sets in
Key developments on Sept. 21: * Russia's total oil refining capacity down 45% after mass attack on Moscow * Exclusive: EU readies biggest-ever sanctions package targeting Russia's war machine * Russia 'lost control' of its oil refining industry due to Ukraine's attacks, Trump says ahead of Zelensky meeting * 69% of Russian soldiers on Zaporizhzhia front line have criminal records, Ukrainian military says * Ukraine's Culture Ministry announces major fundraising initiative to help publishers
Ukraine's energy giant wants to build oil storage sites in Hungary, Magyar refuses
Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar rejected the construction of Ukrainian oil storage facilities on Hungarian territory, chastising Mol for allegedly negotiating with the Ukrainian side without consulting the government.
Hungary not part of Ukraine's Carpathian initiative, Magyar says
Speaking to the Hungarian parliament, Magyar said, "We had a good reason not to go."
Russia's total oil refining capacity down 45% due to long-range strikes, Ukrainian military says
The assessment comes a day after major strikes on the Moscow Oil Refinery by Ukrainian drones and missiles.
About Donetsk Oblast
The Kyiv Independent's news and on-the-ground reporting from Donetsk Oblast, covering 26,517 square kilometers (10,239 square miles) in Ukraine’s East with a pre-war population of approximately 4.1 million. The administrative center is Kramatorsk, as Donetsk city has remained under Russian occupation since 2014. Donetsk Oblast has been the scene of intense fighting, for example, around the cities of Bakhmut, Avdiivka, and Vuhledar, as Moscow attempts to capture the entire region.
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All of the EU's 3,000 sanctions against individuals helping Russia's war effort could be extinguished overnight if Brussels, Paris, and Azerbaijan fail to find a compromise by Sept. 21, EU diplomats told the Kyiv Independent. The EU is set to renew the sanctions against Russia-linked individuals on Sept. 21. The package accounts for about half of the EU's total sanctions listings. Given that Russia has not changed its behavior towards Ukraine since 2022, the vote to renew sanctions against tho
