Brussels must, however, protect itself as trade with Beijing is “very unbalanced,” Valdis Dombrovskis has said The EU will not cut economic ties with China – one of its biggest trade partners – but needs to protect itself, the European Commission’s executive vice president said on Saturday, addressing the annual Bund Summit in Shanghai.

The Russian Defense Ministry says 12 major strikes targeting military infrastructure have taken place in the past week Some of Ukraine’s Western-supplied cruise missiles and depleted-uranium shells have been destroyed in a series of strikes, the Russian Defense Ministry has said.

Moscow’s forces used Lancet drones to take out two of the German-built vehicles, the MoD said Russian forces have destroyed another two German-made Leopard tanks, according to a report issued by Russia’s Defense Ministry on Friday.