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Zelensky calls for 7th EU sanctions package against Russia.

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President Volodymyr Zelensky added the European Union should stop consuming Russian energy completely, calling it “a fundamental security issue for us all.” As part of the sixth sanctions package, the EU imposed a partial embargo on Russian oil in May but fell short of imposing a natural gas embargo. European countries have been criticized for effectively financing Russia's aggression against Ukraine by buying Russian energy.

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The Kyiv Independent staff documented what it feels like to live and sleep in Kyiv, Ukraine, as Russia intensifies its drone and missile attacks on the city. Filmed over several weeks in June and July, our journalists take shelter in bathrooms, basements, and parking garages as explosions ring out overhead.

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