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Ukraine will not sell its gas and coal abroad, but will save it for domestic use, said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. According to Zelensky, the prices ...

All Ukrainian men aged 18 to 60 must stay in the country per martial law. Earlier in May, Poroshenko crossed the Polish border after being barred from leaving Ukraine twice. However, for Ukrainians “this will be the most difficult winter of all the years of independence,” Zelensky said. Ukraine has already received $1 billion in financial assistance from the U.S. and another $7.5 billion “is on the way,” according to the U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine, Bridget Brink. “We will ensure our assistance gets to those who need it and supports a sovereign, independent, democratic, and prosperous Ukraine,” Brink said. Sievierodonetsk. Ukrainian defenders won’t surrender the city of Sievierodonetsk in the Luhansk region, where fierce fighting is currently taking place, according to Serhii Haidai, head of the Luhansk Regional Military Administration. Ukraine expects that Russia will increase shelling and bombing of Lysychansk and Sievierodonetsk to capture them. Ukraine exchanged 50 bodies of fallen Russian soldiers for 50 bodies of Ukrainian soldiers – 37 of them were defenders of the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol.

Unscripted question appears to catch foreign minister off guard in Turkey, where he was discussing plans for a grain export corridor from Ukraine.

Blinken said the alleged theft was part of broader Russian actions during its war in Ukraine that have hit Ukraine’s ability to export its wheat crop. “Our goals there are clear, we want to save people from the pressure of the neo-Nazi regime. We are not obstructing the grain.

Disputes over access to Black Sea port of Odesa while Kyiv fears opening itself to more attacks.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Wednesday (Jun 8) the onus was on Ukraine to solve the problem of resuming grain shipments by de-mining its ports.

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Turkish efforts to ease a global food crisis by negotiating safe passage for grain stuck in Black Sea ports met resistance as Ukraine said Russia was ...

read more The United Nations last week described talks with Russia on grain exports as constructive. The United Nations is working on plans to restart grain exports from Ukraine's Black Sea ports, with Turkey possibly providing naval escorts to ensure safe passage. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters Russian grain volumes could only be delivered to international markets if sanctions were lifted. read more read more

12:08 a.m.: In the devastated city of Mariupol, workers have pulled scores of bodies from destroyed buildings in an “endless caravan of death," according to The ...

Some information in this report came from The Associated Press, Reuters and Agence France-Presse. 1:30 a..m.: The body of French journalist Frederic Leclerc-Imhoff, who was killed in Ukraine, is repatriated, reports Agence France-Presse. For full coverage of the crisis in Ukraine, visit Flashpoint Ukraine.

Russia is attacking food and agriculture targets in Ukraine in order to scare the world into agreeing a deal to reopen the Black Sea on Moscow's terms, ...

read more He accused the West of exaggerating the global importance of Ukrainian exports. what Ukraine should pay for opening the Black Sea", he said. read more read more "That is why they shoot more.

Ukrainian forces and Russian troops continue to battle back and forth in a key eastern city. At the same time, fears of a global food crisis have escalated ...

The West has exempted grain and other food from its sanctions against Russia, but the U.S. and the EU have imposed sweeping punitive measures against Russian ships. Russia has expressed support for the creation of a safe corridor at sea that would allow Ukraine to resume grain shipments. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu met on Wednesday with his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov. But Ukraine was not invited to the talks. “Russian tanks, bombs and mines are preventing Ukraine from planting and harvesting.” Ukraine, though, has expressed fear that clearing the mines could enable Russia to attack the coast. An estimated 22 million tons of grain remains in Ukraine.

Russian forces have been able to resume the flow of water through a canal supplying the Crimean peninsula, which had been dry since 2014 — marking a significant ...

During the war, he was with his grandparents in Ukraine, separated for several years from his mother, who was studying art in Moscow and had been evacuated to the Ural Mountains, and from his father, who had also been an art student in Moscow before being deployed to the front. Ukraine responded by damming the canal with bags of sand and clay to prevent the now Russian-occupied peninsula from benefiting from the valuable freshwater. Crimea’s residents began to suffer chronic water shortages and occasional shut-offs at the tap. He pointed out that the Russian ruble collapsed soon after the onset of the war but has since rebounded, meaning some investors could have earned a significant return by betting on the ruble. One of her paintings was going to be auctioned off to raise money for the Ukrainian army. He said he decided to paint it when he couldn’t get an image out of his head from the steel plant in the city where Ukrainian fighters held out for weeks. The measure is likely to affect only the wealthiest Russians, Professor Pasquariello said. It was an image of Anna Zaitseva, who had been sheltering in the bowels of the steel plant since Feb. 25 with her infant son, Svyatoslav. On the road near the tanks, the bodies of two Russian soldiers are splayed. Her mother was in Ukraine’s east volunteering to help the military. The media-conscious government of President Volodymyr Zelensky has carefully controlled the flow of information in an apparent attempt to keep public morale high. The E.U.’s decision on Ukraine’s candidacy is expected in late June.

NATO is to blame for provoking the “special military operation”, as Vladimir Putin called his invasion of Ukraine. Washington helped Kyiv build secret ...

Putin’s approval rating in Bulgaria was 32 percent in February, according to a poll of 1,000 people. Revival, an extreme nationalist party, capitalized on the COVID-19 conspiracies during last autumn’s election and transformed itself from a marginal voice to a political force represented in parliament. “We're removing content that violates our policies, and working with third-party fact checkers in the region to debunk false claims. It has organized “peace” rallies where Kremlin views on the war were aired and Russian flags waved. Revival's party leader Kostadin Kostadinov has around 270,000 followers on Facebook and he dominates political debate on the network. Bulgaria had a systemic weakness to Russian propaganda long before the start of the war, he said. Only 10 percent of Bulgarians think that media in their country is independent but many are apparently still willing to believe what they read. Prior to the invasion of Ukraine, Moscow was seen as an ally by many. Media freedom in the country has been undermined for years. Shortly after Russia invaded Ukraine in late February, Petkov had to sack his own defense minister who kept referring to the illegal invasion as a “special operation,” adopting Putin’s favored euphemism. Karbovski’s candidacy sparked outrage among the journalistic community in Bulgaria and within hours he withdrew his bid. NATO is to blame for provoking the “special military operation”, as Vladimir Putin called his invasion of Ukraine. Washington helped Kyiv build secret biological weapons labs.

Turkey's foreign minister said on Wednesday a United Nations plan to ease a global food crisis by restarting Ukrainian grain exports along a sea corridor ...

read more "Of course both Ukraine and Russia must accept it." read more Russia's Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine halted Kyiv's Black Sea grain exports, threatening a global food crisis. read more read more

Ukrainian forces pulled back to the outskirts of the eastern city of Sievierodonetsk on Wednesday in the face of a fierce Russian assault, the regional ...

Lavrov said the Ukrainian ports could be opened, but Ukraine would have to de-mine them first. Some lawmakers from Russia's ruling United Russia party have suggested uniting the Donbas with Russia too. Moscow has been trying to encircle Ukrainian forces in the areas they still hold. Ukraine wants its Western allies to accelerate delivery of arms, warning that Russia could break through its lines in the east. Russia has concentrated its troops and firepower on the small industrial city in recent weeks to secure the surrounding province on behalf of separatist proxies. CCTV footage showed the moment late on Tuesday when a suspected missile struck a Kharkiv shopping mall that included a supermarket, scattering debris and goods. Reuters could not immediately verify the figures. Ukraine and its allies say Moscow has launched an unprovoked war of aggression, killing thousands of civilians and flattening cities. Moscow says Western sanctions are responsible for food shortages. "We are defending our positions and inflicting significant losses on the enemy. But the fighting is still going on," Serhiy Gaidai told the RBC-Ukraine media outlet. Russia has turned its focus to the Donbas since its forces were defeated on the outskirts of Kyiv in March.

Two British men and one Moroccan, captured while fighting for Ukraine, are handed sentences at court in Donetsk.

They are taking the bodies to morgues and landfills. The video appeared to show Aslin pleading guilty to a lesser charge involving weapons and explosives. RIA said Pinner and Saadoun had pleaded guilty to actions aimed at the violent seizure of power. “Deputies approved the resolution also calling for providing weapons to #Ukraine to fight the aggressor. Although the summit is focused on Asian security issues, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine will be central to discussions. The European Parliament recommended granting#EUcandidate status for 🇺🇦! Deputies approved the resolution also calling for providing weapons to #Ukraineto fight the aggressor. “Under the Geneva convention, prisoners of war are entitled to combatant immunity, and they should not be prosecuted for participation in hostilities. The United Nations and Turkey’s mediation efforts are significant steps,” Draghi said in a speech at an Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) ministerial meeting in Paris. As a result, he said, the city centre is deserted. He added that at least six people were injured in the attacks. I had no idea we were surrounded,” he said according to the translation. “It was dark, we took the wounded with us.

Asia Times is initiating a near-daily Ukraine war situation report based on multiple military and think tank sources. It's our unvarnished bid to cut.

But Russian forces have yet to move significant numbers across the Donets River. The timing of that movement is a key element. But it is vulnerable to Russian forces operating to the south and west. Artillery and rocket attacks continued along much of the line of contact. Might we be seeing the start of the “who lost Ukraine?” debate? The Ukrainian tactic of “fighting for every inch” may be dictated by Kiev for political reasons; militarily it makes little to no sense. Asia Times is initiating a near-daily Ukraine war situation report based on multiple military and think tank sources.

Turkish and Russian officials have been talking about a plan for both navies to provide passage for Ukrainian cargo ships but a key issue remains the ...

Turkish and Russian officials have been talking about a plan for both navies to provide passage for Ukrainian cargo ships. “One of the main hindrances of this (grain corridor deal), is that the Russians are demanding an easing of sanctions,” he said. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met in Ankara Wednesday with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu for talks focused on creating shipping corridors to allow Ukrainian grain exports to access world markets.

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is due to hold talks Wednesday with Turkish officials on a plan that could allow Ukraine to ...

They do not affect the trading of grain or other food between Russia and third countries. It’s Putin’s war of aggression that fuels the food crisis and nothing else.” While food exports are technically exempt from the sanctions, Russia claims that restrictions on its ships and banks make it impossible to deliver its grain to global markets. Moscow has also objected to the Nordic countries’ candidacy — which analyst say may play a role in discussions concerning Syria. The European Union accused Moscow of “weaponizing” food supplies to gain an advantage in the war. Both Ukrainian and EU officials cast doubt on the pledge; it was Putin who also insisted earlier this year that he had no plans to invade Ukraine. “Let’s be very clear,” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France. "Our sanctions do not touch basic food commodities. And the port embargo specifically has full exemption on agricultural goods. Ukraine was not invited to the talks. The Turkish government has recently ramped up rhetoric against neighbors including Greece and Cyprus over historical disputes. But Russia demanded that the Black Sea be demined and Turkey said allowing the Ukraine exports should be accompanied by easing Western sanctions against Russia. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue, File) The Associated Press Russia and Turkey say they support a safe corridor in the Black Sea to export Ukrainian grain to global markets.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (left) and Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu attend a news conference in Ankara, on June 8, 2022. PHOTO: AFP.

After the invasion, Turkey had been working to mediate a ceasefire but talks have faded. The Russian and Turkish defence ministers discussed the potential grain exports corridor on Tuesday, and a senior Turkish official had said Ankara expected progress at the Lavrov meeting. Speaking alongside Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Turkey’s Mevlut Cavusoglu said their meeting in Ankara was fruitful, including a perceived will to return to negotiations between the warring sides for a possible ceasefire.