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Status: 12/17/2022 3:50 a.m
According to a media report, more and more Russian oligarchs are suing the EU Court of Justice against Western sanctions. According to Ukrainian sources, the death toll from the shelling in Kryvyi Rih has increased. All developments in the live blog.
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Ukraine: Number of dead from shelling in Kryvyi Rih increased
According to local information, the number of dead after Russian rocket fire on a residential building in Kryvyi Rih in central Ukraine has risen to three. At least 13 other people were injured, said the deputy chief of the city’s emergency services, Igor Karelin. With the help of sniffer dogs, emergency services combed through the rubble of the residential building, in the upper floors of which there was a hole. In Kryvyi Rih – the hometown of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy – almost 600 miners were also stuck underground because of the rocket hits. In the evening Mayor Oleksandr Wilkul reported that everyone had been rescued. However, a number of systems in the city’s energy infrastructure have been destroyed.
conflicting parties as a source
Information on the course of the war, shelling and casualties provided by official bodies of the Russian and Ukrainian conflict parties cannot be directly checked by an independent body in the current situation.
3:50 a.m
Blatt: Russian oligarchs are suing the EU court against sanctions
According to a media report, the EU Court of Justice has registered a wave of lawsuits by Russian and Belarusian oligarchs and companies against the sanctions imposed by the EU. As the “Bild” newspaper reports, 61 lawsuits from sanctioned individuals and companies are currently pending in Luxembourg. The plaintiffs defended themselves against the accusation of politically or financially supporting Russian President Vladimir Putin and his war against Ukraine. According to the report, they also accuse the EU of having disproportionately interfered with their fundamental rights and property by freezing assets and banning entry. Two of the suing oligarchs also demanded damages for the non-material damage suffered as a result of the sanctions decisions.