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The cargo ship Polarnet loaded with grain from Ukraine reaches the Gulf of Izmir
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Turkey: Two more grain carriers depart from Ukraine
8.25 a.m .:
According to Turkish information, the export of grain from the Ukrainian Black Sea ports has resumed.
Two other ships loaded with grain ran out on Monday, according to the Defense Ministry in Ankara.
The "Sacura" left Jusni with 11,000 tons of soybeans on board, the destination is Italy.
The "Arizona" in turn transports 48,458 tons of corn from Chernomorsk to southern Turkey.
Escalation around NPP Zaporizhia threatens
8 a.m.:
For the second time in a few days, Moscow and Kiev accused each other of shelling the facility.
The Ukrainian army fired a rocket at the nuclear power plant on Sunday night, the Russian news agency Interfax reported, citing the occupation administration in the city of Enerhodar, where the power plant is located.
The Ukrainian nuclear agency Enerhoatom, on the other hand, accused the Russians of shelling the site under their control themselves.
The information provided by both sides could not initially be checked independently.
The International Atomic Energy Agency is demanding that both sides allow independent nuclear experts unimpeded access to the facility.
Selenskyj announces "good news".
7:30
a.m.: Volodymyr Zelenskyy has indicated that more weapons could be delivered to his country.
“Next week we expect news from partners regarding the aid packages.
Good news!” said Zelenskyj in his daily video address.
Deliveries of arms from the West continue to be the key to successful defense.
According to Zelenskyy, the toughest fighting is taking place in Donbass.
The situation there remains difficult.
Defending places like "Avdiivka, Pisky, Maryinka and Bakhmut requires our main effort and, unfortunately, many lives," he said.
Tichanovskaya expects resistance to the Ukraine war
7.12 a.m .:
Belarus is said to support Russia in the war against Ukraine – but not fully so far.
The opposition member Svetlana Tichanovskaya sees no interest in her compatriots entering the war.
Guterres warns of a nuclear confrontation
7.02 a.m .:
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has pointed out the risk of a nuclear confrontation.
It was “back again after decades”.
Nuclear powers should commit to not using these weapons for the first time, Guterres said in Tokyo ahead of the Hiroshima peace commemoration marking the 77th anniversary of the first atomic bombing.
Any attacks on a nuclear power plant are also "suicidal," he said, referring to reports of renewed Russian shelling of Europe's largest nuclear power plant, Zaporizhia in Ukraine.
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