JUST IN: NATO countries on alert for Russian sabotage and a financial reprieve for Moscow
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Did you miss the latest events on the war in Ukraine? 20 Minutes takes stock for you every evening. Here is the gist of this Wednesday, July 15, 2026, on the 1,602nd day of the conflict. The fact of the day Is Russia preparing sabotage or an attack on strategic infrastructure in the Baltic States or in other NATO countries such as Poland? This is what the leaders of Lithuania and Latvia say based on their intelligence services. “We are talking about energy and transportation infrastructure – facilities where damage could […] disrupt the functioning of the entire energy system,” Lithuanian Head of State Gitanas Nauseda said at a joint press conference in Vilnius with his Latvian counterpart Edgars Rinkevics. “This planning is happening at the highest level, specifically in Moscow,” he added. Edgars Rinkevics warned that the Baltic countries – Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, which, like Poland, are all members of the EU and NATO – must prepare for provocative actions by Russia, as it seeks to “put to the test” the Alliance’s mutual defense pact in the context of its war in Ukraine. Vladimir Putin’s spokesperson, Dmitri Peskov, dismissed these accusations out of hand. According to him, “this is just a new batch of scary tales, designed to maintain the brainwashing and prepare the population for increased militarization.” Today’s statement “Our main goal is not Russia without gasoline, but a Ukraine without Russia, a Ukraine without war, a Ukraine with Europe and a Europe under threat from Moscow. »An extract from the speech given this Wednesday in kyiv by Volodymyr Zelensky on the occasion of Ukrainian Statehood Day. On this occasion, he also signed a cooperation agreement with the European Union for the manufacture of drones. The figure of the daySix deaths. The number of victims of Russian strikes this Wednesday, according to local authorities. In Sumy (north), three people were killed and 17 injured by Russian gliding bombs. The southern region of Odessa was targeted by missiles and drones for the fifth consecutive day. They left three dead and three injured. The trend In the absence of agreement between them, the Twenty-seven allowed themselves a week of reflection. European Union members have postponed the adoption of a 21st package of sanctions against Moscow until July 23. Bulgaria, for example, opposes sanctions against Russian Patriarch Kirill. The name of the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, a supporter of the war in Ukraine, is regularly cited for inclusion on the blacklist. Our file on the war in Ukraine According to diplomats, there has also been pressure to water down the proposed general visa ban against all Russians who took part in the war in Ukraine.
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