Russia-Ukraine war, the largest armed conflict in Europe since WW2, enters its 745th day.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy shakes hands with his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan during a press conference in Istanbul, Türkiye, March 8, 2024. / Photo: Retuers / Photo: Reuters
Erdogan said the Black Sea Grain Initiative allowed nearly 33 million tons of grain to reach those in need, preventing a global food crisis."We are pleased that our bilateral trade remains stable despite the war," he said. "The strategy of dripping support for Ukraine drop by drop does not work anymore," he told a press conference in the capital of Lithuania.
Finance ministry data showed that Ukraine received about $73.6 billion in foreign financing in 2022 and 2023. But in the first two months of this year, Kiev received only $1.2 billion as major financing packages were delayed or blocked.International Atomic Energy Agency chief Rafael Grossi described his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin this week as"professional and frank," the IAEA said in a statement.
Ukrainian officials gave a briefing on the current security situation in the country to a visiting Chinese delegation led by Beijing's special envoy for regional affairs. "The premises of the school, the central city hospital, the regional emergency medical care center, and the water utility were damaged," it said on Facebook.
"As a result of the explosions, two people were killed and a third man was serious wounded," Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said in a post on Telegram.The Czech Republic prime minister said an international initiative to buy arms for Ukraine from outside Europe had raised enough money to buy 300,000 shells, revising down figures given by the president.
"French companies will establish partnerships — three of them particularly, for drones and terrestrial material — with Ukrainian companies to produce spare parts on Ukrainian soil, and maybe even ammunition later, but this would take more time," Lecornu told broadcasters About 35 men have been sent to Russia in the scheme so far, the Central Bureau of Investigation said, an increase from the 20 men that the Indian foreign ministry had earlier mentioned.
"The visit will encompass a detailed discussion of the course of the Ukraine-Russia war, the recent situation of contacts regarding the continuation of the Grain Corridor Agreement, and the efforts for lasting peace in the region," Türkiye's Communications Directorate had said in an earlier statement.
Andriy Yermak, head of Ukraine's presidential administration, wrote on Telegram that he and his team presented the situation on the battlefield and Kiev's peace proposals to Li Hui, China's special representative for Eurasian affairs. Kharkiv Governor Oleg Synegubov said Russia launched a"series of shelling" attacks on the town of Kupyansk, close to the frontlines, late on Thursday night.
Drones — both attack craft packed with explosives and those with advanced cameras for reconnaissance — have been used extensively throughout the two-year war. Some 15 were destroyed over the southern Volgograd region, the closest part of which is around 300 kilometres from the frontlines in eastern Ukraine.US President Joe Biden has vowed he will not"bow down" to Russian leader Vladimir Putin, fiercely criticising rival Donald Trump in his State of the Union address.
"My predecessor, a former Republican president, tells Putin, 'Do whatever the hell you want,' That's a quote," Biden told the joint session.
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