Ukraine made its first shipment of grain since Russia’s invasion, a small but crucial initial step towards unlocking the millions of tonnes of grains piling up in the country and boosting global food supplies. Ukraine said shipments from its ports will ...
Russia continues to launch air and missile strikes against military and civilian targets. Fighting was under way in most of the southern Kherson region, Ukraine’s military said. Russia shelled Mykolaiv again, following the most significant attack on the southern port city since the war started, according to its mayor.
Russia has not yet supplied a detailed response to the US proposal, another person familiar with the discussions said. The delicate nature of the discussions shows the level of mistrust that has only heightened since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February.Ukraine will limit grain shipments from its ports to three vessels a day for about two weeks, infrastructure minister Oleksandr Kubrakov said on Bloomberg Television.
“The world must reject the spread of nuclear weapons,” the top US diplomat said, beginning with compliance by state parties with the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, known as the NPT.The Russian leader said his nation has always implemented nuclear disarmament treaties it’s signed with the US, according to a statement posted on the Kremlin site addressed to participants in a UN review of a key disarmament pact.
Others targeted include the leader of the opposition Labour Party, Keir Starmer, and former Nato secretary-general George Robertson.Wheat and corn futures fell as the first grain ship since Russia’s invasion left Ukraine. The Razoni, a cargo vessel carrying corn, headed to Lebanon on Monday morning, according to the UN. Ukraine infrastructure minister Oleksandr Kubrakov said there were 16 other ships in the greater Odesa region waiting to sail.
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