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The evacuation of civilians from Mariupol resumed this morning at 7:00 (6:00 in Italy): the city council announced it, according to reports from the Kyiv Independent.
Buses depart from Port City Mall.
06:58 -
US First Lady Jill Biden will pay a five-day visit to Romania and Slovakia starting Thursday to meet Ukrainian refugees with their children, as well as the aid workers and teachers who have welcomed them.
She said this in her office, quoted by the international media.
President Joe Biden's wife will meet with US military service members at Mihail Kogalniceau Air Base in Romania on Friday, before heading to Bucharest to meet Romanian government officials, US embassy staff, aid workers and teachers. working with displaced Ukrainian children.
The trip also includes stops in the Slovakian cities of Bratislava, Kosice and Vysne Nemecke, where Biden will meet with government officials, refugees and aid workers.
03:08
- Two powerful explosions were heard in the Russian city of Belgorod in the early hours of today, regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov quoted by the Interfax agency wrote on Telegram.
"According to the crisis center, there have been no reports of casualties or damage," Gladkov stressed.
Yesterday a fire at a Russian Defense Ministry facility located in the Belgorod region, some 30 kilometers from the Ukrainian border, left a local resident injured and seven houses damaged.
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Russian leaders have drawn up an elaborate plan to invade Moldova soon in what could lead to a repetition of a 'Donbass' scenario in the region, Ukrainian media reports.
There are "a series of indicators" that signal an attack in the near future on the former Soviet state which has only 3,250 soldiers in its army, suggest Ukrainian intelligence sources cited by Suspiline.
Some activity is already being observed at Tiraspol airport, the capital of the unrecognized republic of Transnistria.
The Russians could try to transfer troops to planes and helicopters taking off from occupied Crimea.
At the same time, protests and riots would be organized in the Moldovan capital Chisinau.
Such information - according to the
00:41
- Nearly 4.5 million tons of grain have been blocked in Ukrainian ports due to the Russian invasion.
This was stated by Martin Frick, an official of the United Nations World Food Program (Wfp).
"Hunger should not become a weapon," Frick said, calling for the resumption of Ukrainian food supplies to other nations to alleviate the global food crisis.
Before the war, Ukraine was one of the largest wheat exporters and corn producers in the world, and many countries rely on Ukrainian wheat supplies, according to the UN.
