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The humanitarian corridor that was opened on Tuesday in the Ukrainian city of Sumi, in the northeast of the country, will resume on Wednesday, according to the governor of the region, Dmytro Zhyvytskyy.
About 5,000 people managed to leave the city on Tuesday on buses bound for another Ukrainian city, Poltava, as well as about 1,000 cars, Zhyvytskyy reported.
After three unsuccessful attempts to establish a ceasefire to open humanitarian corridors that allow the evacuation of civilians, the first real channels left on Tuesday from Sumi, a town of 269,000 inhabitants, and Irpin, a dormitory city of Kiev with 60,000 registered, very hit by bombs.
Ukraine, however, denounced the failure of the ceasefire after the bombing of the evacuation route in Mariupol (southeast).
Russia has announced that this Wednesday it will open humanitarian corridors accompanied by a truce in the attacks also in Kiev, Chernigov, Kharkov and Mariupol.
On the morning of this Wednesday, sirens have been heard in several Ukrainian cities, from the capital, Kiev, to others such as Chernigov, Lubni, Poltava and Vasilkiv, according to several local media.
The Ukrainian government announced this Wednesday that it will ban the export of rye, barley, millet, sugar, salt, meat and buckwheat until the end of the year.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky released a new video on social media on Wednesday in which he thanks his American counterpart, Joe Biden, for the decision not to import Russian oil.
“The American ban on oil imports will weaken the terrorist state economically,
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The war through the eyes of Raisa and Valerian Pavlenko, a married couple of 85 and 86 years
“Do you know Sanlúcar de Barrameda?” asks the surprised Huelva reporter Valerian.
He can barely get out of bed in the living room of his Kiev flat.
The Cadiz town is the trigger for remembering the expedition that launched the circumnavigation of the Earth five centuries ago.
“Seville is where Magellan and Elcano left to go around the world.
Only 18 sailors came back on the ship Victoria.
They brought spices and the money they earned from them covered the expenses of the trip.”
It is a brief summary, but it explains the passion of this man - and his wife - for books, art, travel, culture and history.
On the bed of this ancient sailor, with hands like oars and shoes like boats, hundreds of books occupy the entire wall of the room.
He does not move from the bed during the one-hour visit in which the war that is ravaging Ukraine these days is barely touched tangentially.
Her talkativeness and memory collide with her dilapidated physique.
Valerian and Raisa Pavlenko, 86 and 85 years old, open the doors of their house with absolute confidence after a casual question from the journalist to the woman in front of their portal in the center of the Ukrainian capital.
The presence of a checkpoint with several armed men a dozen meters away warns that war is looming, although the fighting has not yet reached here this Tuesday.
Valerian puts down the book he is reading and immediately strikes up a conversation with the visitor with the help of the accompanying interpreter as if he had planned it for a long time.
From their trip to Spain in the eighties they remember the Barcelona of Antonio Gaudí or “the city of El Greco”.
"That, Toledo!" He affirms after not remembering it at first.
Luis de Vega
reports
from Kiev.
You can read the full report here
07:47
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Zelensky thanks Biden for the decision not to import Russian oil and announces that there will be a Marshall Plan for Ukraine
The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, has released a new video this Wednesday in which he thanks the President of the United States, Joe Biden, for the decision not to import Russian oil.
"The American ban on importing oil will weaken the terrorist state economically, politically and ideologically. This is about freedom and it's about the future. About where the whole world is going."
In his opinion, "every currency paid to Russia turns into bullets and shells that fly over other sovereign states. Either Russia respects international treaties or it will run out of money to start wars."
And he added: "The world does not believe in the future of Russia. It does not talk about the future of Russia. They understand everything. They talk about us. They help us. They prepare to support our reconstruction after the war. Because everyone has seeing that, for a people that defends itself so heroically, there will be an 'after the war.'
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The maps of the war in Ukraine today: few Russian advances by land and new bombings on the big cities
Kremlin troops have barely managed to seize new areas in recent days, but continue to accumulate troops in the vicinity of Kiev, Chernigov, Mariupol, Sumy and Kharkov.
By
M. Zafra, K. Llaneras, D. Grasso, J. Á.
Álvarez, L. Sevillano and J. Galán
.
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What has happened in the last hours after the invasion of Russian troops in Ukraine
On the 14th day of the Russian-initiated war against Ukraine, here are the key facts as of 8:00 a.m. on Wednesday:
Russia says it will open humanitarian corridors with ceasefires in five Ukrainian cities on Wednesday.
Russia has assured that this Wednesday it will open humanitarian corridors accompanied by a truce in the attacks in five Ukrainian cities: Kiev, Chernigov, Sumi, Kharkov and Mariupol.
The temporary ceasefire to facilitate the evacuation of civilians will start at 9 a.m. local time, the Russian news agency Tass quoted a senior Russian official as saying.
Humanitarian corridors established on Tuesday allowed a few thousand people to flee Sumi and Irpin, two cities besieged for days by Vladimir Putin's forces.
Moscow imposes a playpen on foreign currency accounts.
Urged by the devaluation of the ruble, the Central Bank of Russia has announced a "corralito" to savings in foreign currencies after midnight in Moscow.
From now until September 9, financial institutions will not be able to sell money from other countries to citizens, although they will be able to acquire it in exchange for rubles, and the population will only be able to withdraw a limit of 10,000 dollars from their accounts in foreign currencies.
From that limit, it will be mandatory to convert the cash to rubles at the exchange rate of the day of the operation.
Almost in parallel, the risk rating agency Fitch has further downgraded the Russian debt rating from B to C —within the junk bond category— and already predicts a
default
[default] imminent.
More Western companies are leaving Russia.
In recent hours, the trickle of companies that cancel their activity in Russia has continued: Starbucks, Unilever, McDonald's, Coca Cola, Pepsi Co or L'Oréal.
The last to announce it was the coffee giant, after condemning "Russia's horrible attacks in Ukraine."
In addition, Amazon has blocked new access to its cloud services from Russia and Belarus.
The IAEA warns that it has lost contact with the control teams at Chernobyl.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) announced last night that the transmission from the nuclear material monitoring systems at the former Chernobyl plant in northern Ukraine, taken by Russian forces at the beginning of the invasion, has been lost. .
The objective of these systems is to monitor the radioactive material still present in the enclosure.
In addition, the UN body has asked Russia to allow the relief of the 210 workers who have not been able to rotate their shifts due to the situation.
In addition, Ukraine denounces that Russian troops have tortured the personnel of the Zaporizhia nuclear plant.
The EU is reluctant to severely cut energy ties with Russia.
The decision by Washington and London to cut Russian oil imports redoubles pressure on the European Union to adopt a similar punishment.
But the EU is reluctant to cut oil imports for fear that Moscow will respond with a gas supply cutoff that would unleash very serious consequences for the economies of the Old Continent and, in particular, for Germany.
Ukraine prohibits the export of various grains, sugar, salt and meat.
The Ukrainian government announced this Wednesday that the export of rye, barley, millet, sugar, salt, meat and buckwheat is prohibited until the end of the year.
In Spain, Mercadona, Makro, Consum and other supermarkets have already begun to ration the sale of sunflower oil due to the conflict in the country.
PHOTO: Ukrainian civilians try to flee Irpin, on Tuesday.
/ Philip Dana (AP)
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Ukraine bans the export of various grains, sugar, salt and meat
The Ukrainian government announced this Wednesday that the export of rye, barley, millet, sugar, salt, meat and buckwheat is prohibited until the end of the year.
The Russian offensive in Ukraine, as well as the sanctions imposed by the West, have already had consequences in supermarkets in Spain.
Mercadona, Makro and Consum, among others, have decided to ration the sale of sunflower oil and seeds.
A quarter of imports to Spain of this product come from Ukraine, according to ICEX.
Faced with this situation, consumers fear shortages or higher prices, which has triggered their purchases in recent days, according to distributors.
(Reuters/EL PAÍS)
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The EU is reluctant to sharply cut energy ties with Russia
The decision by Washington and London to cut Russian oil imports redoubles pressure on the European Union to adopt a similar punishment.
But the EU is reluctant to cut oil imports for fear that Moscow will respond with a gas supply cutoff that would unleash very serious consequences for the economies of the Old Continent and, in particular, for Germany.
Russia's deputy prime minister for energy affairs, Alexander Novak, has already warned on Tuesday that Moscow will cut off the flow of the Nord Stream I gas pipeline if the EU continues to question the credibility and stability of Russia's hydrocarbon supply.
“We know that we are fully entitled to make that decision and declare an embargo on the gas that transits the Nord Stream I, which is operating at 100% capacity.”
This gas pipeline, with a capacity of 55,000 million cubic meters, reaches directly from Russia to the German coast through the bed of the Baltic Sea.
"We have not made that decision," said the Russian leader, who specified that in this EU battle to reduce its dependence "there will be no winners."
Novak's threat has come on the same day that the European Commission presented its plans to reduce Europe's energy dependence on Russian hydrocarbons and when EU capitals began to ponder, under pressure from the US, the possibility of energy sanctions. against Russia.
By
Bernardo DeMiguel
Photo: Russian natural gas processing plant in Lubmin, Germany.
(DPA/PE)
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Ukrainian air defenses avoid defeat
The British Foreign Office issued a new intelligence report on Wednesday stating that Ukrainian air defenses "appear to have enjoyed considerable success against modern Russian fighter aircraft, probably preventing them from achieving a degree of control of the sky." in the country.
According to the document, the cities of Kharkov, Chernigov, Sumi and Mariupol remain surrounded by Russian troops and continue to suffer bombardment.
Meanwhile, the fighting continues northwest of the capital, Kiev, where the Russian Army "has failed to make any significant progress."
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Concert on the barricades of the Odessa Opera House
Ivan is
shocked
.
He says that he cannot define it any other way.
“I wake up and I still don't believe it.
We are in war.
Russia is attacking us,” he says.
The 21-year-old, tall, stocky and with an easy smile, is part of the orchestra of the Ukrainian Naval Forces.
He plays the trombone and has joined his classmates for a small concert in front of the baroque Odessa Opera and Ballet building, fortified with sandbags.
Music between the barricades that protect the heart of the port city from the attacks of Vladimir Putin's Army and that together with the military give the whole color of a World War II movie.
Odessa awaits an imminent attack from the Russian forces, who are advancing on the southern flank and eager to conquer the entire coast.
The city tries to shield itself and strengthen civil resistance.
Also cheering her on to the rhythm of the Ukrainian national anthem and Bobby McFerrin's
Don't worry be happy
.
A bit of that mythical humor of the citizens of Odessa, which has littered its streets with posters that literally send the Kremlin troops to hell—sometimes in more obscene and other more poetic ways.
By
María R. Sahuquillo
from Odessa.
You can read the full report here.
PHOTO: Members of the orchestra of the Ukrainian naval forces, in a concert in front of the Odessa Opera, this Tuesday.
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The United Kingdom announces new sanctions on Russia in the aeronautical sector
The United Kingdom announced new sanctions against Russia in the aeronautical sector on Wednesday, which include the detention of any Russian aircraft and a ban on exports of aviation or space-related goods to Russia.
Boris Johnson's government will also make it a criminal offense for a Russian plane to fly or land on UK territory.
"The ban includes any aircraft owned, operated or chartered by any person associated with Russia or designated persons or entities, and will include the power to stop any aircraft owned by persons associated with Russia," the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
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The Sumi humanitarian corridor will resume this Wednesday, according to local authorities
The humanitarian corridor that was opened on Tuesday in the Ukrainian city of Sumi, in the northeast of the country, will resume on Wednesday, according to the governor of the region, Dmytro Zhyvytskyy.
About 5,000 people managed to leave the city on Tuesday on buses bound for another Ukrainian city, Poltava, as well as about 1,000 cars, Zhyvytskyy reported.
After three unsuccessful attempts to establish a ceasefire to open humanitarian corridors that allow the evacuation of civilians, the first real channels left on Tuesday from Sumi, a town of 269,000 inhabitants, and Irpin, a dormitory city of Kiev with 60,000 registered, very hit by bombs.
However, shortly after the first buses filled with people desperate to get out of the hottest areas of the Kremlin attacks, the shooting started again, stalling the evacuation.
(Reuters/EL PAÍS)
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Mermaids in various Ukrainian cities
On the morning of this Wednesday, sirens have been heard in several Ukrainian cities, from the capital, Kiev, to others such as Chernigov, Lubni, Poltava and Vasilkiv, according to several local media and the BBC.
These types of alarms warn of the potential danger of air raids and warn residents to seek shelter in bunkers as soon as possible.
In addition, several journalists deployed in Kiev have explained that explosions have been heard around the capital.
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Oil exceeds 131 dollars
per barrel after the veto on Russian fuels
La mezcla Brent, uno de los indicadores de referencia en el mercado mundial de petróleo, ha subido un 2,66% en la última jornada. El precio por barril ha alcanzado los 131,39 dólares tras el veto anunciado por Estados Unidos y el Reino Unido a los combustibles rusos. El aumento responde al temor de los inversores por las tensiones entre Moscú y Washington, que se ha reflejado en la apertura de los mercados asiáticos. El valor de cotización actual es casi el doble que el precio mínimo registrado en diciembre pasado.
Los inversores anticipan que el petróleo tenderá a aumentar más hacia los 150 dólares por barril que a acercarse a los 100 dólares en las próximas semanas, de acuerdo con especialistas financieros consultados por Reuters. La mezcla Brent se cotizó en más de 139 dólares el lunes. En las próximas horas, los jefes diplomáticos del Reino Unido y Estados Unidos discutirán en Washington la posibilidad de imponer nuevas sanciones económicas y encontrar fuentes de sumnistro alternativas para reducir la dependencia energética del gas y el petróleo rusos. (Reuters)
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El FMI analiza dar 1.400 millones de dólares a Ucrania
El Fondo Monetario Internacional (FMI) tendrá una reunión en las próximas horas en la que se discutirá la entrega de 1.400 millones de dólares (alrededor de 1.285 millones de euros) en fondos de emergencia para Ucrania. La directora, Kristalina Georgieva, ha dicho que están en pláticas diarias con el Gobierno de Volodímir Zelenski para buscar formas de solventar la crisis económica en ciernes provocada por la invasión de Rusia.
Georgieva ha dicho que es pronto para evaluar el impacto de la guerra en la economía mundial, pero anticipa que el golpe será duro por el alza de los precios de la energía y de los alimentos, así como el éxodo de millones de personas y la erosión de la confianza de los inversores. "Pasó lo inimaginable con el ataque de Rusia a Ucrania", ha dicho la directora del FMI. "Es trágico y también tendrá consecuencias", ha agregado. (Reuters)
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Kamala Harris inicia un viaje de tres días por Rumania y Polonia
La vicepresidenta de Estados Unidos, Kamala Harris, está por comenzar el miércoles una gira de trabajo por Rumaniay Polonia. El viaje durará tres días y fue anunciado por la Casa Blanca desde la semana pasada. Para medios estadounidenses como The New York Times, el asunto principal de Harris será seguir demostrando de forma creíble apoyo al Gobierno de Volodímir Zelenski y a los aliados de la OTAN, sin que la Administración de Joe Biden sea arrastrada por el conflicto y pueda mantenerse al margen en el terreno militar.
Harris tendrá que lidiar también con el Gobierno polaco, después de rechazar una propuesta que ponía a disposición de Washington cerca de una treintena de aviones de combates de Polonia. Tras declarar que la propuesta de Varsovia no era factible, el Pentágono ha anunciado que enviará dos vehículos antimisiles al país europeo, que tiene una frontera de más de 500 kilómetros con Ucrania.
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Unas 5.000 personas evacúan a salvo la ciudad norteña de Sumi
Alrededor de 5.000 personas han abandonado a salvo Sumi, una ciudad al noreste de Ucrania que ha sufrido bombardeos severos en las últimas jornadas de la invasión rusa. Así lo ha confirmado Dmitro Lunin, administrador interino de la región de Poltava, donde los evacuados han sido recibidos. Lunin ha señalado que la mayoría de quienes escaparon son mujeres y niños, así como un contingente de ciudadanos turcos.
Sumi se ha vuelto un punto estratégico en el conflicto y es una de las ciudades en donde Rusia se ha comprometido a imponer un alto al fuego temporal para permitir la salida de civiles en las próximas horas. Desde Poltava, una parte de las personas evacuadas salió en tren hacia el oeste del país para acercarse a la frontera con Rumanía, Eslovaquia y Hungría. El resto fue acogido en refugios, de acuerdo con el mensaje de Lunin.
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Venezuela libera prisioneros estadounidenses después del encuentro con Estados Unidos
Venezuela ha liberado este martes a por lo menos un prisionero estadounidense, un gesto más que confirma el acercamiento entre dos países cuyas posturas parecían irreconciliables hasta hace unos días. El fin de semana pasado, funcionarios de la Administración de Joe Biden se reunieron por sorpresa en Caracas con el presidente Nicolás Maduro para hablar de seguridad energética, en un momento en el que el precio del petróleo se ha disparado por la intervención militar de Rusia en Ucrania.
El Gobierno chavista era hasta ahora el aliado más incondicional de Vladímir Putin a este lado del mundo. El cambio de rumbo de Caracas y Washington, en una fase exploratoria, ha agarrado a todo el mundo por sorpresa. Maduro ha dado ahora un paso más en este entendimiento al dejar en libertad a por lo menos a uno de los seis ejecutivos de la refinería Citgo que fueron detenidos arbitrariamente en noviembre de 2017. Algunas fuentes aseguran que han sido dos los liberados. Lo cuentan Juan Diego Quezada desde Bogotá y Florantonia Singer desde Caracas.
Foto: El presidente venezolano, Nicolás Maduro, en una reunión con miembros de su Gabinete. / EFE
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Ucrania denuncia que tropas rusas han torturado al personal de la planta nuclear de Zaporiyia
El Ministerio de Energía de Ucrania ha denunciado que personal operativo de la central nuclear de Zaporiyia, la más grande de Europa, ha sido torturado por las fuerzas de ocupación rusas. El ministro German Galushchenko ha dicho en un mensaje grabado que la intención de los soldados rusos era obligar a los trabajadores de la planta a grabar un vídeo propagandístico y ha asegurado que han sido tomados como rehenes desde hace cuatro días. "La máquina de propaganda de Rusia busca crear más mentiras para justificar sus crímenes ante sus ciudadanos y la comunidad internacional", ha reclamado Galuschenko.
La toma rusa de la central de Zaporiyia, que produce alrededor de una quinta parte de la energía que consume Ucrania, ha sido uno de los episodios de mayor tensión del conflicto armado. Un combate en zonas aledañas provocó el viernes pasado un incendio en parte de la planta nuclear, lo que elevó las alarmas de organismos internacionales y varios países extranjeros, sobre todo en Europa. Moscú se hizo con el control de la central horas más tarde. "Llamamos a nuestros socios internacionales a adoptar las medidas para retirar las fuerzas de ocupación rusas de los centros nucleares tomados y cerrar el espacio aéreo de Ucania", ha pedido Galuschenko.
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Ucrania pone en la mira maniobras rusas para garantizar el abastecimiento de combustible
Tras 13 días de invasión, el Ejército de Ucrania ha asegurado que las tropas han ralentizado su ofensiva y ha denunciado bombardeos y ataques con misiles a zonas civiles y residenciales. El principal foco de Moscú, según el bando enemigo, es tomar Kiev, la capital del país, así como Sumi (noreste) y la ciudad portuaria de Mariupol (este). Járkov, la segunda urbe más poblada, es otro de los puntos clave, al igual que Chernihiv. Es precisamente en estas cinco ciudades donde el Gobierno de Vladímir Putin ha propuesto un alto al fuego temporal para crear corredores humanitarios para las próximas horas. En medio de las tensiones por el veto a los combustibles rusos en Occidente, la bitácora ucrania subraya que Rusia busca formas de garantizar el abastecimiento de combustible a sus fuerzas.
Con este objetivo, el Gobierno de Volodímir Zelenski ha señalado que Rusia se ha hecho con gasolineras e infraestructura de almacenamiento de combustible. "También, el enemigo planea crear una red de oleoductos en territorios temporalmente ocupados de Ucrania, con la posibilidad de conectarlas a oleoductos más grandes y bombear gasolina desde Bielorrusia", se lee en el informe militar. Otros focos de atención son la zona del mar Negro y el mar de Azov ante previsiones de ataques con misiles desde unidades navales.
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Ucrania repatria a sus cascos azules desplegados en Congo
Ucrania ha pedido a la Organización de las Naciones Unidas (ONU) la repatriación de 250 cascos azules desplegados en la República Democrática de Congo. "La ONU recibió una notificación oficial de la decisión del Gobierno ucranio de retirar su contingente militar, incluido el personal, helicópteros y equipos de la misión de mantenimiento de la paz de Naciones Unidas en República Democrática de Congo", ha declarado el portavoz del departamento de las Operaciones de Paz de la ONU a la AFP.
Además de los 250 soldados, Ucrania tiene en el país africano seis oficiales, cinco policías y siete expertos en la organización. El país también está presente militarmente en otras misiones de paz de la ONU en el mundo: 16 militares en Sudán del Sur, 12 en Malí, cinco en Chipre, cuatro en la frontera entre Sudán y Sudán del Sur, y tres en Kosovo, según la ONU. Rusia, por su parte, tiene alrededor de 100.000 cascos azules. (AFP)
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Fitch advierte de un 'default' inminente de Rusia
La agencia de calificación Fitch ha vuelto a rebajar la deuda soberana de Rusia y ha advertido de que el riesgo de incumplimento en los pagos, un default, es "inminente". Fitch, al igual que otras grandes agencias como S&P Global Ratings y Moody's, ya había colocado la calificación de deuda a largo plazo del país a principios de marzo en la categoría de países que probablemente no podrán pagar su deuda debido a la acumulación de sanciones económicas en su contra después de la invasión de Ucrania.
Fitch, una de las agencias de referencia en el mundo, ha rebajado un escalón más la deuda rusa: de B a C. Otras compañías como Moody's y S&P han tomado decisiones similares. Uno de los efectos es que cuanto más baja sea esta calificación, menos confiarán los prestamistas en el país y menos podrá pedir prestado dinero a tasas de interés razonables. "En términos más generales, sanciones y propuestas más duras que podrían limitar el comercio de energía aumentan la probabilidad de una respuesta política de Rusia que incluya al menos un impago selectivo de sus obligaciones soberanas", ha señalado la compañía. (AFP)
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