Three people were killed and several more injured in Russian attacks on the Kherson oblast, with Russian forces targeting “the residential quarters of the populated areas of the region” as well as the banking institution in the Berislav district, regional governor Oleksandr Prokudin said on the messaging app Telegram. The funds go towards keeping essential public services running, such as hospitals, schools and housing for relocated citizens, as well as paying wages and pensions. The commission has pledged a total of €18bn to Ukraine – the country has already received €12bn. The European commission has sent another €1.5bn in macro-financial assistance to Ukraine. Denis Pushilin published a decree on Sunday that forbade assemblies, rallies and demonstrations, in addition to other mass events, in the Russian-controlled parts of the Donetsk oblast – unless they were permitted by the local operational headquarters for military threat response.Īmid reports that the US president, Joe Biden, has decided to supply Ukraine with long-range army tactical missile systems – reports the White House has yet to confirm – the former US commanding general Ben Hodges called for the US to give Ukraine weapons with the capability to strike at Russian targets in Crimea. The Russian-installed head of the Donetsk oblast has imposed a curfew banning the presence of civilians on streets and in public places from 11pm until 4am from Mondays to Fridays, Reuters reported. The Associated Press reports that the pontiff appeared to refer to Poland’s recent announcement that it was no longer sending arms to Ukraine when reporters asked him about the war as he was returning to Rome from a visit to Marseille, France. Pope Francis has said the weapons industry is a key driver of the “martyrdom” of Ukraine’s people in the war with Russia, saying that even the withholding of weapons now is going to continue their misery. In its latest intelligence update, the ministry said Russians had probably faced localised petrol and diesel shortages in recent weeks. Russia’s suspension of petrol exports will probably limit already tight supplies in the global market and have the biggest impact on countries that depend on Russian fuel supplies, the UK Ministry of Defence has said. Volodymyr Zelenskiy handed awards to two Polish volunteers during a stopover in Poland on Saturday but did not meet any officials amid strained relations between Kyiv and Warsaw over grain imports.Īn imprisoned Russian opposition figure has been transferred to a maximum security prison in Siberia, where he was placed in a tiny “punishment cell”, his lawyer Vadim Prokhorov said. This past week, two ships have successfully used the new route, with three more cargo vessels entering Ukrainian waters in recent days. Ukraine has now begun using a new route that allows the country to bypass Russia’s de facto blockade of Ukraine’s Black Sea ports. There have been more reports of explosions. The mayor of Russia’s Kursk had to cancel the Kursk City Day fireworks celebration after a Ukrainian drone struck an administrative building, damaging the roof. Ships heading to and from the Ukrainian ports were inspected by teams composed of Russian, Turkish, Ukrainian and UN inspectors.Ģ4 Sept 2023 17.00 CEST Summary of the day so far The vessels then proceeded towards Istanbul along an agreed maritime humanitarian corridor. Ukrainian vessels guided cargo ships into international waters of the Black Sea, avoiding mined areas. What did the grain deal promise? The initiative, one of the few diplomatic achievements since the war started, allowed for commercial food and fertiliser (including ammonia) exports from three key Ukrainian ports in the Black Sea – Odesa, Chornomorsk, and Pivdennyi (formerly known as Yuzhny). The grain could not be exported in the quantities required using the alternative methods of road or rail through Poland or by canal and river through Romania. What was the Black Sea grain deal? The Black Sea grain initiative was negotiated in July 2022 between Turkey, the UN and Russia as a way of ensuring that Ukraine, one of the breadbaskets of the world, could ensure that its grain could leave its southern ports via the Bosphorus. My colleague Patrick Wintour wrote about the deal in late July: After Ukraine began using a new naval route to bypass Russia’s de facto blockade of its Black Sea ports – with two ships in the past week successfully sailing the new route – here’s a rundown on what the Black Sea grain deal was and why it was so important before it collapsed when Russia pulled out in July.
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