Eight civilians were killed in bombings in the Kharkiv and Donetsk regions, four of them in the city of Lyman, near the front, which is threatened by Russian advance, the governors said.
«Russian bombing “In the Danieck region: four civilians were killed, all in Liman,” said Pavlo Kirilenko, the governor of the port, adding that seven other civilians had been wounded in the city, where the Ukrainian army had recently been forced to withdraw.
He added that one civilian was wounded in Bakhmut, a town farther from the front, and four others were injured in various locations in eastern Ukraine.
For his part, Kharkov (northeast) Governor Oleg Sinegubov spoke via Telegram about three civilians killed and eight wounded yesterday in strikes against the city’s neighborhoods and other communities in the region.
Liman, a city of 20,000 before the war broke out, has been largely evacuated in recent days due to the advance of Russian troops, who have already occupied its environs, according to local authorities.
Loss of tens of millions of tons of grain due to Russia’s naval blockade in the Black Sea, according to Zelensky
Ukraine is likely to lose tens of millions of tonnes of grain due to Russia’s blockade of Black Sea ports, triggering a food crisis that will affect Europe, Asia and Africa, he said today. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
“Russia does not allow ships to enter or leave. “It controls the Black Sea,” Zelensky told Australia’s 60 Minutes news program.
“Russia wants to block our country’s economy as a whole,” he added.
Lavrov: “Zelensky can bring peace if he stops hostilities and stops giving orders to neo-Nazi battalions”
In an exclusive interview on the Italian television channel Rete 4, of the Berlusconi group, the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov referred to the war in Ukraine and its possible developments.
“Zelensky can bring peace if he stops the hostilities and stops giving orders to neo-Nazi battalions. “We are not asking him to surrender, but to order an end to hostilities and the release of all citizens,” he said.
Asked by an Italian journalist about Vladimir Putin’s health, Lavrov replied with a smile: “Ask foreigners who spoke to him, such as the UN Secretary-General.”
At the same time, he did not want to confirm or deny whether Russia is planning to complete the military operations on May 9. “We focus our action on defending and guaranteeing the security of the civilian population, the removal of Nazi threats and, of course, threats against the Russian Federation.”
Asked about efforts to find a diplomatic solution, Sergei Lavrov replied: “In March, in Istanbul, Zelensky said that Ukraine was ready to become a neutral country, without nuclear weapons, under an agreement that would not include the Donbass and the Crimea. “But now they are trying to take the discussion in another direction, asking for the possibility of joining NATO to be maintained.”
EU energy ministers meet extraordinarily
The 27 energy ministers are meeting in extraordinary session today as the EU struggles to reach a united front after Russia insisted that European companies buying Russian gas would have to pay in rubles, otherwise they would see the supply cut.
Moscow cut off supplies to Bulgaria and Poland last week after refusing to comply with a requirement to pay for gas practically in rubles.
Hungary opposes imposing any European embargo on Russian oil and gas imports
Hungary is still opposed to imposition of any embargo by the European Union on imports of Russian oil and gas, said today the representative of the Hungarian government Zoltan Kovacs.
“Hungary’s position on imposing any embargo on oil and gas has not changed: we do not support it,” Kovacs was quoted as saying in a written e-mail.
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