U.S. President Joe Biden continues his visit to Poland and is expected to give a major address Saturday, rallying support for Ukraine and calling for unity in the face of Russian aggression.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has urged energy producing countries to increase their energy output, so “everyone in Russia understands that no one can use energy as blackmail.”
It comes as countries across Europe and beyond seek to reduce their energy dependency on Russia — a major oil and gas producer and exporter.
Three explosions were heard near Lviv in western Ukraine, and a Reuters witnesses saw black smoke rising from the northeastern side of the city. The cause could not be immediately verified.
“There were three powerful explosions near Lviv from the direction of Kryvchytsy, now there is an air raid warning, so keep calm and take shelter,” said regional Governor Maksym Kozytskyy in an online post, referring to an area in the eastern outskirts of the city.
