Summit
between UN Secretary General
Antonio Guterres
, Ukrainian President
Volodymyr Zelensky
and Turkish President
Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
The goal of the meeting
is
to find diplomatic solutions to the conflict
between Moscow and Kiev e
discuss the functioning of the
corridors in the Black Sea for the export of cereals from Ukrainian ports
.
The Turkish president is on his way to
Lviv
, in western Ukraine.
This was announced by the Anadolu agency according to which a joint press conference is scheduled after a bilateral meeting with Zelensky and a trilateral meeting in which Guterres will also participate.
Meanwhile, the
ship
'I Maria'
left the port of Chornomorsk
in Ukraine today loaded with cereals.
This was announced by the Turkish Ministry of Defense by announcing that four other boats will head for Ukrainian ports where they plan to load grain for export.
Russia's war against Ukraine has reached a "
strategic deadlock
".
This was stated
by Oleksiy Arestovych
, high adviser to President Volodymyr Zelensky, in a video taken by the Guardian.
"The Russian forces have made only
minimal progress
and in some cases we have advanced from last month. What we are seeing is a 'strategic stalemate'," Arestovych explained.
THE POINT FROM THE FRONT
Russia has stated that Ukraine is deploying forces in the
Zaporizhzhia
area and plans to launch artillery attacks on the facility from the city of
Nikopol
tomorrow, when the UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, should visit Odessa.
"The blame for the consequences (of the attacks) will be attributed to the Russian armed forces," said the Russian defense ministry, pointing the finger at Kiev, accused of preparing a "provocation" at the plant with the intent of making Moscow fall. responsibility "to create a disaster at the plant".
Russia also denied the deployment of heavy weapons at Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.
"Russian troops do not have heavy weapons either on the territory of the plant or in the surrounding areas. There are only guard units," the ministry said in a statement.
Meanwhile , the
death toll
rises to
four
after the Russian attacks launched this morning in the
Kharkiv
region against the capital city and another center in the eastern oblast of Ukraine, while the total number of wounded amounts to 20.
This was announced by Governor Oleg Synegubov, head of the regional military administration.
Synegubov said eight missiles fired from Russia around 4.30 am (local time) hit the districts west and north of Kharkiv.
In the Slobidskyi district, "one of the
missiles
hit a
dormitory
of four floors.
The building is partially destroyed.
At first, two people died and 18 were injured, including two children, "the governor added, saying more detailed information is being verified. Synegubov said that, with a separate attack, a Russian missile hit Krasnograd, a city located about 100 kilometers southwest of Kharkiv, destroying several buildings, killing two civilians and wounding two others, including a 12-year-old child.
AUSTRALIA DENIES THE SITE FOR THE NEW EMBASSY TO RUSSIA
Australia
has
denied a site previously assigned to Russia for a new
embassy
in
Canberr
to.
This decision comes after the non-completion of the construction 14 years after the acquisition of the site and for the fear of the involvement of the Russian secret services in the technological installations.
The Australian newspaper reports, specifying that the National Capital Authority has given the Russian Federation 20 days to clear the site, which will be returned to the area available for diplomatic missions.
The newspaper reports that the embassy had tried to use its contractors over the past two years to control the work of local businesses, but the Department of Home Affairs denied them entry, claiming that the staff included members of the secret services.