Leonid Kravchuk, the first President of Ukraine, died at the age of 89. The head of the German Foreign Ministry said that Berlin has reduced its dependence on Russian energy sources “zero and forever”. In Kiev, they announced the termination of the transit of Russian gas to Europe through the Sohranivka station in the Lugansk region – this is about a third of the total volume of transit. Media reports reported that Finland and Sweden will apply to NATO next week. socialbites.ca chronicled the events of the 76th day.