The governor of the Kursk region, Roman Starovoit, announced that the villages of Tetkino and Alekseevka were bombed. DPR announced that 785 more soldiers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces surrendered from the Azovstal plant. The facility itself will be demolished, and it is proposed to build a technopark or park area in its place. The European Commission spoke about blocking the sixth package of EU sanctions against Russia. The U.S. Treasury has admitted that it will not renew its license to pay off Russian foreign debt. US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken urged Russia to create corridors for food exports from Ukraine. socialbites.ca tells about the events.