Russian troops attacked several times to the west of the city of Avdiivka they captured, trying to increase their territorial advantage. Kyiv announced the start of an investigation into war crimes against Russia following two independent reports of the execution of several Ukrainian prisoners of war by Russian forces.

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06:47 In Zaporizhzhia, pro-Russian local residents are collecting information about residents and forcing them to participate in the “elections of the President of Russia”, according to the Telegram post of the head of the Zaporizhzhia Regional State Administration, Ivan Fedorov.

06:38Over the past day, the Armed Forces of Ukraine repelled 47 enemy attacks, 14 of them on the left bank of the Dnieper.

10:37 in the evening Florin Barbu: Only Romanian farmers and processors can import grain into Romania. There are no problems with the import of Ukrainian grain to Romania

Minister of Agriculture Florin Barbu states that last October Romania exported more wheat than the total amount of Ukrainian grain that passed through Romania. The minister claims that “there are no problems” with the import of grain from Ukraine to Romania, News.ro reports.

“At the moment, the Black Sea side, we are talking about the Odesa port, is unblocked and grain has started to go to third countries where Ukraine has contracts. In October, 7.5 million tons of wheat transited through Romania from Ukraine, and Romania already exported 9.8 million tons. Practically, we exported more than transited through Romania. Second: I visited Siret Customs as the Minister of Agriculture and I asked Siret Customs to give me access to the film to show the farmers because there were many situations where farmers reported certain irregularities that at Siret Customs – we checked how TIR enters Siret customs, how it is sealed, how electronic documents are loaded, and I noticed one thing: the scales entering the country do not work. When I arrived in Bucharest, I had a discussion with Mr. Prime Minister Marcel Çolaku and Mr. Minister Sorin Grindeanu, and today he saw that CNAIR has already released a statement saying that from Monday the scales will be operational,” Florin said Barbu from Digi. 24, Sunday evening.

Highlights of the last 24 hours:

• Faced with a shortage of manpower and ammunition, Ukraine was forced to withdraw from Avdiivka in eastern Donetsk Oblast, giving Moscow its first major territorial gain in six months. The General Staff of Ukraine reported 14 failed Russian attacks on the village of Lastochkine, about 2 km (one mile) west of Avdiyivka.

• Denmark has decided to donate all its artillery to Ukraine, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said on Saturday at the 60th Munich Security Conference.

• Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his Ukrainian colleague that Beijing does not sell lethal weapons to Russia. China claims neutrality in the conflict in Ukraine, but has been criticized for refusing to condemn Moscow for its offensive.

• The head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Dmytro Kuleba, discussed the prospects of peace with his Chinese counterpart. Kuleba noted that he discussed Ukraine’s plans to hold a global peace summit, which Switzerland agreed to support. The parties “agreed on the need to maintain Ukrainian-Chinese contacts at all levels and continue our dialogue.”

• More than 100 Kremlin documents obtained by a European intelligence agency and seen by the Washington Post show that Russia waged a disinformation campaign to undermine Volodymyr Zelenskyi. The American publication claims that the Kremlin’s instructions “led to thousands of posts on social networks and hundreds of fabricated articles” that “attempted to exploit tensions between Zelenskyi and senior army commander Valery Zaluzhny.”

• Ukrainians seeking asylum in Great Britain after the Russian invasion will be allowed to extend their visas for another 18 months, the Ministry of Internal Affairs announced.