NATO has called on Russia to urgently renew its participation in a grain export deal after the country withdrew from the deal on Saturday.
In an appeal to Moscow, the military alliance called on Vladimir Putin to reconsider his resolve to allow food “to succeed in those who need it most. “
“We call on Russia to reconsider its resolution and renew the agreement as a matter of urgency, allowing food to succeed in those who want it most. “
Russia suspended its role in the UN-brokered deal after accusing Kyiv of carrying out a “terrorist attack” against a fleet of Black Sea ships in Crimea.
Signed in July, the pact allowed the export of Ukrainian grain from blockaded ports.
The Russian Defense Ministry said it had recovered and analyzed the remains of drones used in Crimea.
He claimed that the minor attack wounded one of his Black Sea Fleet ships.
The investigation showed the drones were supplied with navigation boxes made in Canada, the branch said.
He also alleged that the attack was carried out through Ukraine under British leadership.
Russia’s Vladimir Putin has stated that he will protect this Russian territory by all necessary means.
Crimea, located in southern Ukraine, annexed through Moscow in 2014.
A Ukrainian official said Russia blew up the Krasna Bridge in the eastern Luhansk region, an obvious attempt to hamper Ukrainian forces.
Luhansk regional governor Serhiy Haidai said Russian forces “fear” Ukrainians are “very close” as the counteroffensive continues in the region.
Russian forces also reportedly blew up a bridge near Kreminna yesterday.
Heavy fighting has taken positions in the Luhansk region as Ukraine advances into the Russian-occupied areas of Svatove and Kreminna.
Yesterday we reported that the road between the peoples is largely under the rule of Ukraine, according to the Ukrainian authorities.
The bridge is halfway between the two cities.
It is possibly NATO sending missiles and tanks to Ukraine, but on social media a data war is being waged through a noisy organization of online comrades called NAFO. Meet the guys.
NAFO, or the North Atlantic Fella, is at the forefront of fighting Russian propaganda and has raised a million dollars for Ukrainian armies on the battlefield of the real world.
They harass Russian officials on Twitter and make sure those who lie about the war are met by a horde of Shiba Inu dogs that mock them.
But beyond the jokes and memes, the “boys” have raised colossal sums to buy ammunition and cars for the Ukrainian resistance.
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If you were watching our Sophy Ridge exhibit the Sunday before, you probably would have noticed Inna Sovsun’s hard-hitting interview.
The Ukrainian parliamentarian who was walking to an underground shelter, her seven-year-old son asked her: “Mom, am I going to die?”
“I had to be very calm and say no, I’m doing as productive with you as possible,” she said.
“But to me, that’s not the query you need to answer to a child at all times and then when we got hit at the subway station, he looked back at me and said, ‘Mom, those are the bombs you listen to, it’s those. Nuclear bombs or general bombs?
When he explained that they were ordinary bombs, his “proud” son told him: “I know what happens in a nuclear attack because that’s what we learned in school. “
Mrs. Sovsun continued, “And this is all you never heard from your son, but he said ‘yes, we had orders on what to do and I will tell you what to do in case you forget’.
The Russian government has expanded its list of “unfriendly” countries and territories, adding 11 British territories.
The now includes:
Three British territories were already “hostile” to Russia: Anguilla, the British Virgin Islands and Gibraltar.
It should be noted that the Pitcairn Islands, in the South Pacific Ocean, have only about fifty inhabitants.
Moscow has hinted at the prospect of negotiations with the West, but has made clear it will want some concessions.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the Kremlin is in a position to negotiate whether the West “takes full account of the interests” of Russia, according to state-controlled media outlet RIA Novosti.
He said Western leaders are also presenting “serious approaches that will help defuse tensions. “
Kremlin press secretary Dmitry Peskov made comments today, saying that Vladimir Putin and Joe Biden may simply “discuss Russia’s security guarantees,” but that such discussions would require the U. S. willingness to return to the “December-January state. “
Last December, the Kremlin drafted agreements and signed them with NATO and the United States.
In the documents, he demanded that NATO expand further and abandon all military activity on the territory of Ukraine, other Eastern European states and Central Asia.
This was rejected through the US and NATO at the time.
Next month, the G20 summit of the world’s largest economies will be attended by Putin and Biden.
However, Politico reported that U. S. officials were rushing to keep the two leaders from crossing paths.
Competitive football returned to Ukraine at the start of the country’s Premier League season in August, but was spoiled during the ongoing war.
Yesterday’s clash between Shakhtar Donetsk and Oleksandria, which took position in Lviv, had to be interrupted for more than an hour by an air strike warning.
Shakhtar were leading 1-0 in the first half when the siren sounded that sent the players to the dressing room.
“The participants in the match went to the shelter. Be careful and locate a place,” Shakhtar posted on its official Twitter account.
The adjustment then ended in a draw.
Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific Airways said it would resume Russian airspace on some flights, following a pause following Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.
The pause had interrupted some routes, but the “polar route” from New York to Hong Kong will resume from Tuesday.
Cathay Pacific said in March it would not use Russian airspace, meaning flight times are longer.
Russia has closed its airspace to European and American airlines.
As we reported yesterday, Moscow accused the British military of being in explosions along the Nord Stream pipelines.
These accusations were strongly denied by the UK, which said it was an attempt to divert attention from Russia’s struggle to make gains in Ukraine.
Today, France intervened with Britain, and its Foreign Ministry claimed that those claims were part of Moscow’s strategy to “divert attention from its only duty to the war of aggression it is waging against Ukraine. “
Last month’s explosions reportedly hit Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines, which are used to ship Russian fuel to Europe.
It is still unclear what the explosions are.