United Kingdom Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Friday had a call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and reiterated his country's support to Ukraine amid the ongoing conflict with Russia.
Amid escalating tensions between Russia and Ukraine, German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius announced that Germany will allocate another package of assistance to Ukraine, worth 400 million euros, reported TASS citing German-based tabloid Bild Newspaper.
Two cargo ships, that had departed on Saturday arrived in one of Ukraine’s ports, using a temporary Black Sea corridor established by the government, Al Jazeera reported on Sunday.
For the first time after the suspension of Black Sea grain initiative, two merchant ships approached Ukrainian ports to collect about 20,000 tons of wheat for Africa and Asia on Saturday morning, CNN reported citing Kyiv officials.
Vladimir Konstantinov, the chairman of the State Council of the Republic of Crimea, announced plans to sell 100 "nationalised properties" in a message on Telegram.
According to Ukraine’s armed forces, Russia had launched five missiles and a total of 68 airstrikes. Russia fired 42 times from multiple launch rocket systems at Ukrainian troop positions and other populated areas, it said on Telegram.
“17 drones were shot down by our air defence forces,” Kiper wrote on Telegram, adding, “But, unfortunately, there are also hits. In several settlements of Izmail district, warehouses and production buildings, agricultural machinery and equipment of industrial enterprises
Russian Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov told the media persons on Friday, “It is true that the talks will be held on Monday. They will be in Sochi in the middle of the day.”
However, Moscow wasn’t satisfied with the letter that UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres sent Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov earlier this week.
Turkey has warned Moscow to “avoid further escalations” after a Turkish-owned cargo vessel was attacked by the Russian navy last weekend, France 24 reported on Thursday citing President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s office.
The US has condemned the Russian drone attacks on Ukrainian ports in Odesa, calling it “unacceptable” and also called Moscow to “immediately return” to the Black Sea Grain initiative.
Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi, making his first visit to Ethiopia, said he shared concerns about the impact of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine on food security in Africa. following a one-on-one meeting with Ethiopia's Demeke Mekonnen on Thursday.