RUSSIA IS WINNING

Our correspondent reports from a city in the Lugansk Republic now cleared of nationalist forces, where much needed humanitarian aid is being delivered to locals. The price of diesel hits an all-time high in the US, as the Biden administration tries to pin the blame on President Putin, although many people aren't buying that narrative. Russia tells the UN, the West only wants to hear one side of events, turning a blind eye to any pro-Russian argument over the war. A risk to the very unity of the EU: Hungary warns the bloc's plans for a total oil embargo against Russia, risk 'a historical failure'.