At all levels, "from the United Nations to the G20", a " strong international reaction " against Russia is needed. These were the words spoken last night by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the usual video to the population.
“Can a handful of individuals somewhere in the Kremlin decide whether there will be food on people's tables in Egypt or Bangladesh? A strong international response is now needed, ”he said, attacking Moscow after the agreement on grain exports was stopped .
“Ukraine - he added - has been and can continue to be one of the guarantors of global food security. Russian terror and blackmail must lose. Humanity must win ”.
Meanwhile today no movement of goods for the transport of Ukrainian grain in the Black Sea has been authorized , announced the Joint Coordination Center (JCC) responsible for supervising the international agreement signed last summer. "A joint agreement on the outbound and inbound movements of cargo ships was not reached on October 30," the Center said in a statement released overnight, after Moscow suspended its participation in the agreement signed on July 22. in Istanbul, citing a drone attack on its ships.
(Unioneonline)
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Russian attack in the night with artillery in Nikopol
The Russian army used heavy artillery to hit Nikopol in eastern Ukraine last night. This was announced by the head of the Dnipropetrovsk regional military administration Valentin Reznichenko, as reported by UNIAN. "Ten apartment buildings and private buildings, agricultural buildings and a gas pipeline were hit, a fire broke out. There are no casualties," said Reznichenko.
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Russia: leadership and Putin ready for talks on Ukraine
The Russian leadership, including President Vladimir Putin, is still ready for talks on Ukraine, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with Channel One, cited by Tass. "The readiness of Russia, including its president, to negotiate on Ukraine remains unchanged. We will always be ready to listen to the proposals of our Western partners to dampen tensions, so if we are presented with realistic proposals based on the principles of equality and respect for mutual interests, aimed at finding compromises and balancing the interests of all countries, of course we will consider them, as we have always done in the past, "Lavrov said.