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30 June 2022
The head of the President's Office, Andriy Yermak, called out Russia's claim of a "goodwill move" to withdraw its forces from the Ukrainian island of Zmiinyi (Snake Island), stressing that it was the Ukrainian Army that knocked the invaders out.
On the morning of June 30, the Russians shelled Kryvyi Rih district of Dnipropetrovsk region, destroying a grain warehouse in Zelenodolsk and causing destruction in the center of Velyka Kostromka village.
29 June 2022
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba and his Indonesian counterpart Retno LP Marsudi signed an intergovernmental agreement on the abolition of short-stay visa requirements.
Indonesian President Joko Widodo has called for doing everything possible to unblock the export of Ukrainian grain, with security guarantees provided to all interested parties.
The Russian military have fired over 10 missiles at the city of Mykolaiv and its outskirts, attacking port, production and logistic infrastructure. Russian projectiles also hit a residential house and recreation center, causing casualties among civilians.
The enemy pursues the insidious tactics of long-range or air strikes hitting not only Ukrainian units but also of peaceful or liberated settlements.
28 June 2022
The Group of Seven has promised to support the agricultural sector of Ukraine and seek to restore Ukrainian agricultural exports by maritime routes.
A grain storage has been damaged and 10 hectares of wheat plantations have been destroyed in fire caused by Russia’s shelling of Mykolaiv Region over the past day.
27 June 2022
The Leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) will continue to provide support and stand with Ukraine for as long as it takes, and will intensify sanctions pressure on Russia.
During the online participation in the G7 Leaders’ Summit, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky offered to create a global mechanism for confiscating Russia’s frozen or seized assets.
The UK government is contributing up to £10 million to repair Ukraine's rail infrastructure to facilitate the export of grain from the country amid Russian aggression.
"Ineffective" Western weapons and sanctions against Russia, which are allegedly soon to be lifted, were among the main topics pushed by Russian propaganda networks in the past week.
The opening of the "grain corridor" will take three to four weeks, but the main factor in starting this process is the agreement that is yet to be reached between Ukraine and Russia. To this end, Istanbul is ready to host a meeting in the Turkey-Ukraine-Russia-UN format.
26 June 2022
Since the beginning of the all-out invasion, Russia has exported at least 400,000 tonnes of grain from occupied Ukrainian territories.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba and UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss have said that Vladimir Putin's path to the negotiating table runs through the battlefield.
25 June 2022
To address the global food crisis caused by Russia's blockade of Ukrainian seaports, Ukraine is increasing its grain exports across its western borders by 50 percent every month.
A dry cargo vessel has checked in the port of Berdiansk, the city in southern Ukraine, which has been temporarily captured by Russian invasion forces. Ukraine officials believe a batch of Ukrainian grains will be loaded onto the ship to be illegally exported out of the country.
24 June 2022
The Center for Countering Disinformation at the Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council has said that Russia is blackmailing the world with a food catastrophe.
Ukraine, with the support of the European Union, must constantly develop ways to export its products, which could be an alternative to the sea route.
The international community cannot afford to ease pressure on Russia, which is trying to create a global food crisis.
Every day, the Russian military drives dozens of grain trucks out of captured Melitopol. The invaders are only willing to buy grains from local farmers at a dumped price of $80 per tonne, which is below cost price.
The Russian armed aggression against Ukraine and Russia’s role in aggravating the global food crisis have been discussed at a meeting of the G7 Foreign Ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America, and the High Representative of the European Union in Berlin.
The United States intelligence has released the data related to Russia’s military attacks against Ukrainian grain silos, including Ukraine’s second biggest grain terminal Nika-Tera in Mykolaiv earlier this month.
The Center for Countering Disinformation (JRS) at the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine has collected the latest fake news pieces circulated by Russian propaganda media, as well as manipulative stories that are being spun in the information space.
The Heads of States and Governments of EU countries, who started a high-level meeting in Brussels on June 23, 2022, recognized Russia as a country attempting to weaponize food in its war against Ukraine and solely responsible for the global food security crisis.
23 June 2022
Britain is willing to assist with demining operations off Ukraine’s southern coast and considers offering insurance to ships to move millions of tonnes of grain stuck in the country.
Turkey supports the UN-proposed plan to export grain from Ukraine, which foresees the creation of a safety zone directly near Ukraine's territorial waters where the vessels going to the Ukrainian ports will undergo checks in order to prevent weapons transportation.
Russia is attempting to boost the integration of the temporarily occupied territories by issuing Russian passports and exerting pressure on the local population, including teachers.
Turkey says Russia has provided documents claiming that the grain it is exporting has not been taken from Ukraine so it remains hard to determine its origin.
Russia's disinformation cannot hide the Kremlin's responsibility for the global food crisis caused by Putin's war.