The 13th package comes a day before the second anniversary of the start of Moscow’s military operation against Ukraine The European Union has adopted its 13th package of sanctions against Russia, the European Council said in a press release on Friday.

The US has pledged to replace the S-300 missile defense system that Slovakia sent to Ukraine with one of its own Patriot systems, President Joe Biden announced on Friday. Bratislava previously revealed it had “donated” its only S-300 system to Kiev earlier on Friday.

Just seven out of almost 30 sites targeted by Russia have not been hit, the president explained There is currently no need for additional large-scale missile strikes on Ukrainian targets, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday.