Increasing duties on cereals, oilseeds and derived products is aimed at halting imports, according to the European Council  The EU has adopted a regulation to hike import tariffs on Russian and Belarusian grain, according to a statement by the European Council, as the bloc continues to pile sanctions on Moscow and its allies over the…

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Kiev considered attacking the Kakhovka hydropower plant on the Dnieper, an ex-commander told the Washington Post Ukrainian forces were planning to blow up a major hydroelectric dam spanning the Dnieper River in Russia’s Kherson Region to paralyze Moscow’s forces who were defending the city of Kherson, the Washington Post reported on Thursday, citing a former Ukrainian…