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26 July 2023
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine thanked the North Atlantic Treaty Organization for condemning Russia's violation of agreements regarding the Black Sea Grain Initiative and emphasized that the Ukraine-NATO Council has already become an effective mechanism for crisis consultations.
Allies are stepping up support for Ukraine and increasing NATO's vigilance in the Black Sea region.
At its meeting on Wednesday, the Ukraine-NATO Council strongly condemned Russia's decision to withdraw from the Black Sea grain deal.
As part of his third tour to Africa, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba is visiting Liberia.
The African continent is becoming a priority in Ukrainian foreign policy. Ukraine is one of the guarantors of food security in this region of dynamic development, and our diplomatic efforts are already demonstrating results in changing the paradigm of African politics.
This year, Ukrainian farmers expect to harvest 69 million tonnes of grain and oil crops, so the export potential of Ukraine may exceed 50 million tonnes.
Russia may resort to provocations and strike civilian ships from occupied Crimea and then blame Ukraine for this.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg convenes a meeting of the new Ukraine-NATO Council today, July 26, at Kyiv's request.
After the announcement of the transfer to Ukraine of EUR 1.5 billion from the package of macro-financial assistance plus (MFA+), which the EU allocated for Ukraine in 2023, the European Commission (EC) announced the decision to carry out the next transfers in August and September of 2023, in view of Ukraine's progress on the path of reforms even in the conditions of Russia's war.
Enemy trucks with stolen Ukrainian grain from the Crimean direction do not decrease, traffic on the roads remains dense.
Following Russia’s withdrawal from the Black Sea Grain Initiative, the Kremlin likely feels less politically constrained, and is attempting to strike targets in Odesa because it believes Ukraine is storing military assets in these areas.
25 July 2023
When Ukrainians are doing everything possible and impossible for the victory, any internal betrayal triggers rage.
By blocking Ukrainian grain exports to foreign markets, Russia cynically hopes to increase its own export profits in order to finance its war of aggression against Ukraine.
The Baltic states are ready to offer five large ports within their borders to contribute to the export of Ukrainian grain to the global markets.
Five ports in Baltic states ready to export Ukrainian grain
British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly believes that Russia may attack Ukrainian civilian ships in the Black Sea.
"Ukraine's recovery will be crucial for the whole world."
In view of Russia's withdrawal from the Black Sea Grain Initiative, Lithuania considers it expedient to make wider use of the Baltic route for Ukrainian grain export. It involves Baltic ports in export operations with Ukrainian food. Customs and border clearance procedures for such cargoes should also be done there.
If Western F-16 fighter jets are handed over to Ukraine, the country will not depend on Russian blackmail in terms of the export of Ukrainian grain.
Any continuation of restrictions on the export of Ukrainian agricultural products is unacceptable and un-European.
President of the Centre for Global Studies "Strategy XXI" Mykhailo Gonchar predicts that no radical decisions will be made at the July 26 meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Council regarding the transportation of Ukrainian grain through the Black Sea due to Turkey's special position in the Alliance and the Black Sea region.
The Main Intelligence Department of Ukraine’s Defense Ministry (GUR) released a leaked report drawn for the Kremlin leadership, proving that Russia’s actions to disrupt the Black Sea Grain Initiative are part of a single plan developed in advance.
The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, announced today the transfer of the next tranche of additional macro-financial assistance for Ukraine in the amount of EUR 1.5 billion.
Ukraine intel releases Russian report on disruption of grain initiative
In the situation that has arisen in connection with the Russian blockade of Ukrainian Black Sea ports, the European Union must accept its responsibility for supporting Ukraine and for continuing the export of Ukrainian grain, in particular, to the countries of Africa, Asia, and Latin America, which urgently need it.
With its missile and air strikes on Odesa and other cities and regions of Ukraine, Russia purposefully seeks to deprive the Ukrainian economy of its main source of income, and unconditionally destroys peaceful residences and historical heritage.
President Volodymyr Zelensky discussed with the Prime Minister of Great Britain Rishi Sunak in a phone call the Russian shelling of Ukrainian ports and the city of Odesa, as well as Ukraine's current defense needs and the issue of security guarantees.
In the Bakhmut direction, Ukrainian forces continue conducting the offensive actions to the north and south of Bakhmut. Currently, Russians have retreated from their positions near Andriivka.
Eight Russian ships are on combat duty in the Black Sea, including no missile carriers.
A drone attack in downtown Moscow on July 24 is the result of a brutal war that Russia started and that the Kremlin can stop at any moment by withdrawing its troops from Ukraine.