Serhiy Haidai said that a fire broke out in an area of 5,000 square meters following the morning attack, and workers are still extinguishing the flame. Shelling still continues in residential areas of Lysychansk and locals are asked to remain in shelters, the official added.
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Belarusian Deputy Defense Minister Pavel Muraveika said Minsk originally chose to move the joint Russian-Belarusian drills away from the western frontier to ease tensions, but that decision may now be reconsidered.
"We see what people expect from state institutions — ensured justice and the effective functioning of each institution," President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
The attack followed the publication of a critical editorial and in-depth coverage of the government's push to expand the prosecutor general's control over key anti-corruption agencies.
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"The President of the European Commission (Ursula von der Leyen) was in contact with President Zelensky about these latest developments," European Commission spokesperson Guillaume Mercier said.
A Dutch court overturned seizure orders on Russian energy giant Gazprom's local assets, which had been imposed following lawsuits filed by two Ukrainian companies, Reuters reports on July 22, citing a published ruling on the court's website.
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