Lloyd Austin calls “encouraging” reports of advances near Kharkov and Kherson US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin cautiously cheered battlefront developments after Ukraine said it had made advances during a counter-offensive in the southern and eastern regions. Russian officials on the ground acknowledged some setbacks but said Ukrainian forces were suffering “colossal” casualties.
){kind=link}
The meeting was plagued with political disputes, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto says EU energy ministers have failed to reach a consensus on setting a price cap on Russian gas at an emergency meeting on Friday, Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs Peter Szijjarto told reporters.
){kind=link}
The Bank of England has set up a fund to bail out UK energy companies that face financial difficulties due to rising energy prices, The Guardian reported on Thursday. The bailout fund, which will offer as much as £40 billion ($46 billion) in loans to struggling energy companies, was announced by Prime Minister Liz Truss…
){kind=link}