Russia and Turkey voiced support for a secure corridor across the Black Sea to allow Ukrainian grain exports on 8 June, but Kyiv rejected the proposal, saying it was not credible. The European Union accused Moscow of “weaponizing” the food supply to gain an advantage in the war.
During this, Kyiv’s army may have to retreat A senior Ukrainian official acknowledged Wednesday from the eastern city of Severodnetsk, as diplomatic efforts intensified to clear grain stuck in Ukraine’s ports.
The strategic city has become a hotbed of Russian aggression as it seeks to seize an eastern region of Ukraine, after being driven out of other parts of the country.
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Berlin
Polish president says it’s like talking to Hitler with Putin
Polish President Andrzej Duda rebuked the leaders of France and Germany on his phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, saying it was like negotiating with Adolf Hitler during World War II, according to the German mass-selling daily Bild. according. , Reuters
Kyiv
Western arms will end Severodnetsk fighting ‘in two-three days’: Ukraine
A regional Ukrainian official said Thursday that long-range artillery supplied by the West would give Ukraine the firepower needed to defeat Russian forces and capture Severodnetsk within days.
“As soon as we have long-range artillery to be able to duel with Russian artillery, our special forces can destroy the city in two to three days,” Lugansk regional governor Sergei Gede said in an interview distributed on his official social media. can clean up.” Channel. , AFP
Kyiv
Ukraine’s president says millions could starve as Russia closes ports
Russia’s blockade of Ukraine’s Black Sea ports could starve millions of people, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on June 9.
Warned that the world was on the verge of a “terrible food crisis”, he said in a televised statement that Ukraine was unable to export wheat, corn, oil and other products, adding: “Millions of people could starve to death if the Russian blockade”. The Black Sea continues.” , Reuters
Kyiv
Zelensky says brutal battle for Ukraine’s Svyarodonetsk will determine Donbass’ fate
The country’s president said the fighting for the Ukrainian city of Svyarodonetsk was brutal and would determine the fate of the Donbass region, as Russian troops razed the city in an attack aimed at controlling eastern Ukraine.
After failing to take control of the capital Kyiv, the Kremlin says it is now seeking to “liberate” Ukraine’s seceded Donbass completely, where the Russian-backed separatists broke away from control of the Ukrainian government in 2014. Had gone. Reuters
Kyiv
Ukraine says that Russia is accelerating Svyarodonetsky
An adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s office says Russian troops have changed their strategy in the Battle of Svyarodonetsk.
Oleksiy Erestovich said on Wednesday that Russian troops had withdrawn from the city and were now besieging it with artillery and air strikes.
As a result, they say, the city center is deserted.- AP
New York
Russia feels too strong to talk, says Zelensky
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky says Russia is unwilling to negotiate an end to the war because it still feels strong.
Mr Zelensky told US corporate leaders on Wednesday that it is “not possible right now for Russia to join the talks because Russia can still feel its power.”
Speaking via a video link through a translator, he said: “We need to weaken Russia and so should the world.” , AP
bakhmut
More bodies found in Mariupol as global food crisis mounts
Workers pulled out several bodies from broken buildings in an “endless caravan of death” inside the ravaged city of Mariupol, officials said on Wednesday, while fears of a global food crisis stemmed from Ukraine’s inability to export millions of tons of grain through its blocked ports. increased because of , , AP
lisichansky
‘Fierce fighting’ in main eastern Ukraine city under Moscow’s control: Zelensky
Kyiv said on Wednesday that Russian forces were now largely in control of the key eastern Ukrainian city of Severodnetsk amid fierce fighting, as UN chief Antonio Guterres warned that the war’s impact on the world was worsening.
The strategic city has become a hotbed of Russian aggression as it seeks to seize an eastern region of Ukraine, after being driven out of other parts of the country. , AFP
United Nations
Ukraine war hurt millions
A UN report said the war in Ukraine is adding to the suffering of millions of people caused by rising food and energy prices, the growing financial crisis, diseases caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the effects of climate change.
The United Nations Global Crisis Response Group’s report released on Wednesday said the war has “exacerbated a global crisis unseen in at least one generation” and violated the United Nations’ goal of ending extreme poverty around the world by 2030. weakening. , AP
Lille
Russia unexpectedly poor in cyber warfare: European military chief
Several European chiefs of military cyber defense forces agreed on Wednesday that Russia has been far less effective than expected in employing digital combat capabilities in its attack against Ukraine.
General Karol Molenda, head of Poland’s National Cyber Security Center, said: “Among cybersecurity experts we were quite sure that cyber would be Pearl Harbor based on previous experience of Russian behavior and capabilities.”
But Ukraine was prepared and “withstands Russian attacks”, Mr Molenda said at a meeting of the International Cyber Security Forum (FIC) in the northern French city of Lille. , AFP