Amid growing fears of a global food crisis due to a blockade by Kremlin troops, kyiv said it may revive its operations in the south from the country but with guarantees from Moscow
Satellite image of part of the coast of Odesa, south of Ukraine
The President of Ukraine, Volodimir Zelensky, highlighted the resistance of the Ukrainian soldiers and citizens in the face of the Russian offensive, whom he has affirmed that he has the “second Army in the world”.
The European Union (EU) announced this Friday the adoption of sanctions against 12 people and 8 entities from Belarus, for their participation in “continued” violations of human rights and violations of the rule of law.
The High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs, Josep Borrell, stressed that the religious leaders who support the Russian war in Ukraine, such as the Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Kirill, and who have failed to sanction the Union Union in a concession to Hungary, should not be exempted from responsibilities.
The lifeless bodies of civilians recovered in the kyiv region today amount to 1,314, most of them shot dead by Russian troops, the regional police chief, Andriy Nebytov, reported on television, in statements that collected by the Ukrinform agency.
Below, minute by minute of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine (hour Ukraine, GMT+3):
Saturday, June 4:
5.18: Ukraine will emerge victorious from the war started by Russia, said its president Volodimir Zelensky after 100 days of the invasion launched by Moscow, whose troops intensify their offensive in the eastern Donbas region.
Thousands of people have been killed, millions have fled their homes and entire villages have been left in ruins since Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his forces to invade Ukraine on February 24.
The advance of the Russian army was slowed down by the fierce resistance of the Ukrainians, who managed to thwart a lightning offensive to topple the pro-Western government in kyiv, and forced Moscow to turn east , to conquer the Donbas mining basin.
4.20: The Ukrainian Foreign Minister, Dimitro Kuleba, assured this Friday that kyiv is “prepared” to “resume exports” from the port of Odesa, in the south of the country.
“Ukraine is ready to create the necessary conditions that will lead to the resumption of exports from the port of Odessa,” stressed the head of Ukrainian diplomacy on his Twitter account.
In this regard, he asserted that “the question is how to guarantee that Russia does not abuse this trade route to attack the city”. “So far there are no guarantees on their part. We seek solutions together with UN partners”, he stated.
03.41: A Frenchman was killed “in combat” in Ukraine, the Foreign Ministry said on Friday.
The ministry did not give further details in its written response to the question from a journalist about the death of a French volunteer fighter in the Kharkiv region.
The ministry, which conducts written electronic briefings, noted that Ukraine “in its entire territory is a war zone.” France advises against going there “whatever the reason”.
03.17: The Ukrainian ambassador in Ankara, the Turkish capital, accused Russia this Friday of “stealing” and export Ukrainian grain, among others to Turkey.
“Russia shamelessly steals grain from Ukraine and exports it from Crimea abroad, among others to Turkey” , denounced Vasyl Bodnar in a Twitter message.
“We have asked Turkey for help to solve the problem,” he added.
The representative of kyiv in Turkey reviewed the losses suffered by his country and the damage caused by the army 100 days after the invasion of Ukraine by troops from Moscow.
Just before the war, Ukraine was on its way to becoming the world’s third largest exporter of wheat and was responsible for half of the world trade in sunflower seeds and oil.
02.03: 14 million Ukrainians have been forced to flee their homes, mostly women and children, the United Nations Crisis Coordinator for Ukraine, Amin Awad, declared on Friday.
In a statement released on the 100th day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Awad spoke of the displaced Ukrainians, describing the “scale and speed of [their] displacement not witnessed in history.”
14 million Ukrainians have been forced to flee from their homes, most of them women and children
01.23: The United Kingdom will continue to be “firm” in its support for Ukraine so that the country can win the war against Russia , British Foreign Minister Liz Truss said today.
In a statement released by the Foreign Office, Truss points out that “for 100 days the unprovoked barbarian war of (President Russian, Vladimir) Putin has brought death and destruction to Ukraine on a scale not seen in Europe since World War II,” but “has failed to make the breakthroughs he hoped for in the face of heroic resistance.”
< p class=”paragraph”>00.36: The regional authorities of Sumy, in the extreme north-east of Ukraine, denounced the incursion of two Russian helicopters over their airspace just as Russia has reported that it is reinforcing its positions at this border point.
According to the head of the Sumy regional military administration, Dimitri Zhivitski, the helicopters entered beyond 500 meters and were quickly attacked by troops Ukrainian women deployed there.
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