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Ukraine updates: Russia seeking ‘catastrophe’ — Zelenskyy
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Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy has accused Moscow of destablizing in global food markets after attacks on the Danube port of Izmail. DW has more.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russia caused a “catastrophe” after an airstrike hit the Danube port of IzmailImaImage: Aris Messinis/AFP
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has accused Russia of seeking to cause a collapse in food markets after an attack on the Danube port of Izmail.
The attacks destroyed buildings and halted ships as they prepared to arrive to load with grain in defiance of Russia’s de-facto blockade.
Ukrainian Infrastructure Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov said that about 40,000 metric tons of grain bound for countries in Africa, as well as China and Israel, were damaged in the attack.
Meanwhile, anti-aircraft units in Kyiv were in action against attack drones in the early hours of Thursday morning.
Here’s an overview of some of the main stories concerning Russia’s war in Ukraine on Thursday, August 3:
Skip next section Russia using discounted grain to create ‘dependencies’ — EU’s Borrell
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Russia using discounted grain to create ‘dependencies’ — EU’s Borrell
The European Union has warned that Russia is offering cheap grain to vulnerable countries for its own geopolitical gain.
“As the world deals with disrupted supplies and higher prices, Russia is now approaching vulnerable countries with bilateral offers of grain shipments at discounted prices, pretending to solve a problem it created itself,” EU top diplomat Josep Borrell said.
“This is a cynical policy of deliberately using food as a weapon to create new dependencies by exacerbating economic vulnerabilities and global food insecurity,” he said.
The UN Security Council is holding a meeting on food security at 1400 UTC/GMT. The meeting is to be chaired by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
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Skip next section Zelenskyy accuses Moscow of seeking food market collapse
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Zelenskyy accuses Moscow of seeking food market collapse
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russia’s attack on the Izmail port was born out of an intent on creating a “global catastrophe.”
“For the Russian state, this is not just a battle against our freedom and against our country,” Zelenskyy said in his nightly video address.
“Moscow is waging a battle for a global catastrophe. In their madness, they need world food markets to collapse, they need a price crisis, they need disruptions in supplies.”
The Danube port of Izmail served as the main alternative route for shipping grain supplies from Ukraine to the rest of the world after the collapse of the Black Sea grain deal.
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Skip next section Kyiv sees three-hour raid alert
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Kyiv sees three-hour raid alert
Anti-aircraft units were in action against attack drones during a three-hour raid alert in Kyiv.
Several explosions occurred in the city, but no strikes or casualties were announced.
Kyiv military authorities lifted the alert just after 4 a.m. local time (0100 UTC).
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