"Some issues remain to be resolved but there is progress on Ukrainian wheat export and it is a good sign." The words come from Vladimir Putin who, for the first time since the invasion of Moscow, met Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Tehran, thanking him for the mediation offered by Ankara on the corridors in the Black Sea to export grain from Ukrainian ports.
It seems that the agreement is close at hand . Moreover, the plan was drawn up last week in Istanbul by delegations from Russia, Ukraine, Turkey and UN representatives and could be signed in the next few days.
However, the skepticism of Kiev remains, which fears violations by Moscow.
Meanwhile, the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky announced that “the weapons recently supplied by the West to the Ukrainian army are making a noticeable difference in favoring the military successes and losses inflicted on the Russian invader .
According to the "commander in chief" of Kiev, the military fate of the conflict, albeit slowly, was above all the precise and efficient American advanced missile systems Himars .
"We managed to stabilize the situation. The latter is complex, intense, but under control. An important factor that contributed to the recapture of the defensive lines and positions was the timely arrival of the M142 Himars , which surgically inflicts blows to the posts. and to the enemy's ammunition and fuel depots ", added Valeriy Zaluzhniy, the Ukrainian military commander, quoted by CNN.
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Wheat, Putin: "Progress on the wheat issue"
"Some issues remain to be resolved but there is progress on grain exports
Ukrainian and it is a good sign. "The words come from Vladimir Putin who today, for the first time since the invasion of Moscow, met Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Tehran, thanking him for the mediation offered by Ankara on the corridors in the Black Sea to export grain from the ports of Ukraine.
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Ukraine, 1 billion euros from the EU
European Commission Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis signed on behalf of the EU the Memorandum of Understanding with Ukraine to provide € 1 billion in emergency macro-financial assistance. The sum "will be paid at the end of July to support the Ukrainian government and people, Ukraine is an economy at war and the EU is here to
help, "wrote Dombrovskis on Twitter.
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Putin arrives in Tehran to meet Erdogan and Raisi
Russian President Vladimir Putin has recently arrived in Tehran where he plans to participate in peace talks on Syria with Turkish head of state Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi. Mehr makes it known.
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Moscow, "200 Ukrainian neo-Nazi militants killed in Zaporizhzhia"
The Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine claim to have "eliminated", using precision weapons, at least 200 Ukrainian Right Sector neo-Nazi militants in the Zaporizhzhia region, said the spokesman for the Russian Defense Ministry, Igor Konashenkov. quoted by the Tass agency. According to Moscow, the raid took place in the locality of Kamyshevakha. Right Sector (Pravyi Sektor), an outlaw in Russia, is a Ukrainian nationalist organization of the extreme right, born during the riots of Maidan Square in Kiev in 2014, which overthrew the pro-Russian government and later became a political party. Russia also claimed to have shot down five of six Ukrainian missiles launched against the Kherson region, as well as a Ukrainian Mi-24 helicopter in the Donetsk area, in Donbass, and also four drones in the Krarkiv region. Tass writes it.
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In the new EU sanctions, the Russian Sberbank enters the blacklist
In the new EU sanctions package, according to what is learned from several European sources, further restrictive measures against Sberbank, the main Russian bank, are also foreseen. In particular, the financial institution would be among the entities entering the European blacklist and this would imply the freezing of its assets and the prohibition of the vast majority of transactions. Hungary, Austria and Croatia - however, asked for an "adaptation phase" before the entry of Sberbank (present in the three states) on the blacklist. The new package of sanctions was on the table yesterday at the meeting of the ambassadors of the 27.
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Russia-Iran, 40 billion dollar deal on oil
Russian and Iranian companies, including Gazprom, have signed an agreement that major Moscow companies will invest $ 40 billion in Iran's oil industry. This was announced by Irna according to which it is the largest investment ever by a foreign country in Iran. In recent weeks, Gazprom officials had visited Iran to finalize the terms of the deal that was signed today.
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Fourth weapons decree, Guerini on Thursday at Copasir
Defense Minister Lorenzo Guerini will be hearing at Copasir next Thursday at 11 am. From what is learned, on this occasion he should illustrate the contents of the fourth decree on armaments to be sent to Ukraine.
(Unioneonline)