Daily News reports July 20th & 21st 2022

Brussels says the coming winter will be spent without Russian gas and calls on the bloc's members to rely on other sources of energy. The Russian Foreign Minister shares his take on what the US and UK are planning for Ukraine and the EU. Our correspondent is in the thick of the action amid the latest Ukrainian shelling of the Lugansk People's Republic, as Kiev's forces launch an offensive to retake territory there. Mass demonstrations rage on in Sri Lanka, after the acting leader is elected president in a secret ballot by parliament, with protesters burning his effigy, as security forces are on high alert.
The EU pours another 500 millions euros into Kiev's army, despite struggling to fix its own budget amid the economic backlash of its sanctions against Russia. The US wants a price cap on Russian oil supplies, as Washington looks to declare a climate emergency, which could further cut supplies of the commodity and drive up costs around the world.
Hungary's Foreign Minister says Budapest wants to buy additional Russian gas and cannot get through the coming winter without those imports. Europe sinks deeper into political and economic uncertainty. That's after Italy's Prime Minister steps down and his coalition government collapses.