Russia is disrupting international peace and security by conducting a war on the world‘s food supply. Moscow has been urged by the US ambassador to the UN to stop targeting Ukrainian food facilities and rejoin the Black Sea grain agreement, which it withdrew from on Monday.
Given that it is using the Black Sea as leverage in this agreement, Russia has no justification for suspending its participation.
Russia-Ukraine invasion
After Poland and other EU nations expressed worries over the stationing of Russian paramilitaries close to their borders, Vladimir Putin declared that Russia will use all available means to defend Belarus.
Igor Girkin, who was found guilty by a Dutch court of shooting down MH17, has been detained in Russia on allegations of extremism. Days after the Kremlin stated that it would consider ships traveling to Ukraine through the strait to be potential military targets, Russia’s navy conducted a live fire practice in the northwestern Black Sea.
- Russia disrupts peace and seeks the US ambassador’s advice on Ukraine’s food supply.
- Dutch court finds guilty of MH17 shooting; detained in Russia on extremism allegations.
- Bulgaria sends 100 armored carriers to Ukraine; France’s Macron reports China supplies military hardware.
The Russian artillery bombardment that left two children dead and damaged a school in the Donetsk region was denounced by the president of Ukraine.
The number of ships looking to pick up grain shipments from the Black Sea region decreased 35% week over week as there was growing concern that commercial traffic would be impacted by Russia’s continued bombardment of Ukrainian food facilities.
In its initial delivery of large equipment to Kyiv, Bulgaria has chosen to send roughly 100 armored personnel carriers to Ukraine. According to Emmanuel Macron, the president of France, China is providing items to Russia that may be used as military hardware, albeit on a small scale.
The first foreign tour by the Moscow Bolshoi Ballet since 2020 will take place in Beijing the following week.
