Essay: Russia/Ukraine grain export deal promises major benefits for poor countries. If it holds
In an article first published on The Conversation, WANDILE SIHLOBO, a senior fellow in the Department of Agricultural Economics at Stellenbosch University in South Africa, looks at what the deal between Ukraine and Russia signed last week means…
Ukraine works to resume grain exports, flags Russian strikes as risk
Kyiv, UkraineReuters Ukraine pressed ahead on Sunday with efforts to restart grain exports from its Black Sea ports under a deal aimed at easing global food shortages but warned deliveries would suffer if a Russian missile strike on Odesa was a sign of more to come. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy denounced Saturday’s attack as “barbarism” that […]
US pledges more military aid to Ukraine, peace seems far off
Kyiv, UkraineReuters The United States promised more military support for Ukraine, including drones, and is doing preliminary work on whether to send fighter aircraft, as fighting raged on in the east of the country five months into Russia’s invasion. Moscow and Kyiv signed a landmark deal on Friday to unblock grain exports from Black Sea […]
Russia, Ukraine to sign deal on restarting grain exports, Turkey says
Reuters Russia and Ukraine will sign a deal on Friday to reopen Ukraine’s Black Sea ports, Turkey said, a potential breakthrough that could ease the threat of hunger facing millions around the world as a consequence of Russia’s invasion. Ukraine and Russia are both among the world’s biggest exporters of food, and Ukraine’s ports, including […]
Ukraine condemns Russia strike that killed 23 in “ordinary, peaceful” city
Vnnytsia, Ukraine Reuters Russian missiles struck the Ukrainian city of Vinnytsia far behind the frontlines on Thursday in an attack which Ukrainian officials called a war crime and said had killed at least 23 people, including three children. The strike, which Ukraine said had been carried out with Kalibr cruise missiles launched from a Russian […]
Updated: Breakthrough at Ukraine grain export talks as heavy shelling continues
Updated: 10.30am (AEST)Istanbul, Turkey/United Nations, New York Reuters Ukraine, the United Nations and Turkey hailed progress at talks in Istanbul that aim to resume Black Sea grain exports blocked by Russia and ease the risk of starvation faced by millions, but an end to the war remained far off as heavy shelling continued. Turkey’s Defence […]
Updated: EU bans most Russian oil; Zelenskiy calls Donbas situation ‘extremely difficult’
Updated: 11am (AEST)Kyiv/Lviv, UkraineReuters EU leaders agreed on Monday to ban most imports of Russian oil to the 27-nation bloc as Ukrainian and Russian forces battled on the outskirts of Sievierodonetsk, the last city still held by Kyiv in Ukraine’s strategic Luhansk province. European Council President Charles Michel said on Twitter the ban, agreed at […]