EU leaders agreed on Thursday to impose fresh sanctions on Russia.

The International Energy Agency warned the European Union could face gas shortages next year if Russia chipped further away at supplies over the war in Ukraine.

Thousands of Italians hold protests against high cost of living and energy prices, calling for the suspension of the shipment of weapons and money to Ukraine. 

This came after President Joe Biden of the United States suggested he would be open to talks with Moscow.

Britain will supply Ukraine with advanced air defense missiles capable of shooting down cruise projectiles, following Russian strikes on Kiev and other Ukrainian cities in recent days, UK Defense Minister Ben Wallace says.

Press TV’s Johnny Miller says the conflict in Ukraine is a proxy war between Russia and NATO on one hand, and an ethnic war on the other.