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The European Union has not yet discussed a possible ban on the Russian diamond sector, Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo announced on Friday upon his arrival at the EU summit. De Croo stressed that Western sanctions “must have a much bigger impact on the Russian side than on ours.”

One civilian was killed and another injured on Wednesday, as Ukrainian artillery renewed its shelling of the residential districts of Donetsk city, according to local authorities. At least one of the strikes involved cluster munitions supplied to the Kiev government by Washington.