Shmyhal: Farmers have threshed almost 16.6M tonnes of grain
Ukrainian farmers have already threshed almost 16.6 million tonnes of grain.
08 August 2023
Ukrainian farmers have already threshed almost 16.6 million tonnes of grain.
The American bank JPMorgan has stopped processing payments from Russia's Rosselkhozbank, which is under sanctions from the United States and the European Union.
07 August 2023
The development of relations with African countries is very relevant in the context of increasing Ukraine's attention to the Global South.
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba emphasized during a telephone conversation with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken the need to get ATACMS missiles.
The number of victims of the explosion in the port of Derince in northwestern Turkey has increased to 10, and 13 elevators have been damaged.
The Russian Federation will be left without ships until the end of the war if it continues to attack Ukrainian ports.
From the port of Mariupol, Russian invaders have exported another batch of stolen Ukrainian grain to Rostov-on-Don.
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine held a daily conference call with commanders and officials to discuss the situation at the front, the supply and own production of weapons, the immediate plans of Russia’s invasion forces, and the efforts to tackle the consequences of enemy strikes.
The port of Jeddah in Saudi Arabia hosted a meeting of diplomatic representatives looking for an algorithm to end the Russian-Ukrainian war.
06 August 2023
Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Andriy Yermak met with the heads of more than 30 delegations within the framework of the meeting on the implementation of the Ukrainian Peace Formula, which took place at the level of national security and foreign policy advisors in Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, on August 5-6.
Due to gusty winds observed across Kyiv region, 16 settlements were left completely without power, while 46 were partially de-energized.
The meeting on peace in Ukraine, which took place in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, concluded without a final declaration, however, with "cautiously positive signals from China."
In Ukraine’s Khmelnytskyi region, firefighters scrambled to the scene of a Russian missile strike overnight Sunday where a grain silo was caught ablaze.
The United States is ready to help Russia in the matter of the fulfillment of the demands related to the Black Sea Grain Initiative, but Moscow needs to decide on such demands first.
05 August 2023
Russia is a colossus on clay feet, which should not be feared, but simply put in its place.
In a phone call, Ukrainian Foreign Affairs Minister Dmytro Kuleba and Turkish Foreign Affairs Minister Hakan Fidan discussed the Black Sea Grain Initiative.
“Ukraine needs a grain corridor not for humanitarian purposes, but for terrorist activities,” “Ukraine sent only 2.5% to poor countries,” “Ukraine’s statements about hunger are only a cover for the desire to earn money”…. All these narratives have been vigorously disseminated by propaganda over the past year. They are the official justification for Moscow’s withdrawal from the grain deal.
The meeting in Saudi Arabia on key principles based on President Volodymyr Zelensky's Peace Formula is important, as it is also attended by representatives of the Global South, who are becoming increasingly skeptical of Russia's intentions and understand the aggressive nature of its war against Ukraine.
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine expressed his condolences to China President Xi Jinping and the Chinese people over the devastating flood that hit the country.
The European Commission (EC) has approved a EUR 176 million program to support Polish companies in the face of Russia's war against Ukraine.
Global food commodity prices rose in July, influenced by the termination of the Black Sea Grain Initiative and new trade restrictions on rice.
04 August 2023
Zhytomyr region's farmers have grown a good harvest during Russia's war and hope to sell it, including for export.
Having grown a good harvest during Russia's war, the villagers hope to sell it, including for export.
Judging by the examples of North Korea and Iran, Russia, unfortunately, will have the funding to continue its war.
If Western capitals want this war to end ASAP, the way forward is clear: send more help. Full stop.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has chaired a three-hour meeting of the Staff of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief to discuss the situation on the front line, the Black Sea grain deal, the development of the defense industry and the use of precision-guided munitions.
Zelensky holds meeting to discuss battlefield situation, grain deal, use of precision-guided munitions
As of August 4, 2023, Ukraine harvested 16.574 million tonnes of grains and pulses on 3.782 million hectares with a yield of 44 centners/ha.
Ukraine harvests over 16.5M t of new grain crop
In the last two weeks, Russia has conducted several waves of strikes against Ukrainian ports on the Danube River using Iranian-produced one-way attack uncrewed aerial vehicles (OWA UAVs).