Comprehensive Xinhua News Agency reporters abroad reported that Ukrainian negotiator podoliyak said on the 15th that Ukrainian Russian negotiations would continue on the 16th. The Russian Foreign Ministry issued a statement on the 15th, announcing the start of the withdrawal procedure from the European Commission. —— Ukrainian negotiator and adviser to the Ukrainian President's office podoliyak said in a statement on social media on the 15th that the Ukrainian Russian negotiations will continue on the 16th. He said that although the negotiation process on that day was "very difficult and stalemate" and there were "fundamental contradictions" between the two sides, there was still room for consultation. —— The Russian Foreign Ministry issued a statement on the 15th, announcing the start of the withdrawal procedure from the European Commission. The statement said that NATO and EU countries maliciously used their majority status in the European Commission to turn the organization into an anti Russian tool and refuse equal dialogue. Under the current conditions, Russia will not stay in the European Commission. At the same time, Russia is open to practical and equal cooperation with SCO member states on issues of common concern. —— The Russian Foreign Ministry also issued a statement on the same day announcing sanctions against 13 US politicians and individuals, including US President Biden, Secretary of state Blinken and defense minister Austen. The statement said that Russia will expand the sanctions list in a short time in the future. Senior US officials, military personnel, legislators, entrepreneurs, experts and media personnel who hold an anti Russian position or encourage anti Russian sentiment and advocate sanctions against Russia will be included in the sanctions list. —— Ukrainian President Zelensky said at a meeting of military leaders on the 15th that Ukraine understands that it will not become a member of NATO, so it hopes to obtain reliable security. He stressed that Ukraine needs new forms of security cooperation if it cannot join NATO. —— On the 15th, Tymoshenko, deputy director of the office of the president of Ukraine, said on social media that on the same day, Ukraine evacuated more than 29000 residents through humanitarian channels, of which about 20000 Mariupol residents evacuated through humanitarian channels in private cars, of which about 4000 drove to zaporoge. This is the first time that Ukraine and Russia have successfully opened humanitarian access and implemented large-scale evacuation in Mariupol since the second round of negotiations on the 3rd. —— Ukrainian Interfax news agency quoted Ukraine's interior minister monastelsky as saying on the 15th that since Russia launched military operations, it has damaged more than 3500 Ukrainian infrastructure, including 230 transportation facilities, 165 living facilities, 72 educational facilities, 21 medical facilities, more than 2700 houses and more than 400 office buildings of the national emergency Bureau and the police station. —— Secretary General Stoltenberg said that the scale of NATO's defense and the alliance's long-term deployment will be significantly increased on the 16th, including a meeting of the Secretary General Stoltenberg and other members of the alliance at sea. He stressed that this requires Member States to significantly increase defense spending. —— The Russian central bank said in a statement on the 15th that the Russian people's demand for physical gold has increased after exempting individuals from the value-added tax of buying gold. In order to meet the needs of the people, the Russian Central Bank decided to suspend the purchase of gold from credit institutions from the same day. (Xinhua News Agency)