Russia wants to rebuild troop strength with recently retired soldiers, UK MoD says

Russia is looking at ways to bolster its troop numbers after heavy losses as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urges NATO members for more aid and continues to call for a ban on Russian oil. The EU spends billions of dollars per week on energy imports from Russia. U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson met with Zelenskyy in Kyiv on Saturday, pledging increase weapons support and funding. Heavy shelling continues in Ukraine’s east as the Donbas region prepares for a ramp-up of Russian bombardment. Civilians in the east are being urged to flee.

Zelenskyy renews call for immediate embargo on Russian oil, says Ukraine can’t wait

Ukraine’s president has renewed calls for the “whole civilized world” to immediately ban Russian oil as “Ukraine does not have time to wait.”

In his nightly address, Volodymyr Zelenskyy said: “Action must be taken immediately... And the oil embargo should be the first step.”

It must be carried out “at the level of all democracies, the whole civilized world,” he said. “Then Russia will feel it. Then it will be an argument for them — to seek peace, to stop pointless violence.”