Ukraine and Russia: what it is advisable know

Finland’s Overseas Minister Pekka Haavisto stated there was a threat that Russia’s Wagner group may gain advantage from the disaster in Sudan and the European Union ought to do extra to attempt to resolve it.

CHINA REASSERTS SOVEREIGNTY PRINCIPLE

* China respects the sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of all international locations and upholds the needs and rules of the United Nations Constitution, China’s overseas ministry spokesperson Mao Ning stated on Monday.

* Remarks by China’s ambassador to France on Friday questioning the sovereignty of former Soviet states reminiscent of Ukraine are completely unacceptable, a number of EU overseas ministers stated earlier than a gathering on Monday.

DIPLOMACY

* Turkey’s defence minister stated he deliberate to fulfill his Syrian, Russian and Iranian counterparts in Moscow on Tuesday, state-owned Anadolu information company stated, amid efforts to rebuild Ankara-Damascus ties after years of animosity in the course of the Syrian conflict.

* The European Union should speed up its joint procurement of ammunition for Ukraine, Finland’s Overseas Minister Pekka Haavisto stated.

* Russia stated on Saturday it was expelling greater than 20 German diplomats in a tit-for-tat transfer.

FIGHTING

* Russia’s Black Sea Fleet repelled a drone assault on the Crimean port of Sevastopol early on Monday, the Moscow-installed governor of the town stated by means of social media.

* Russia stated on Sunday its forces had superior in Bakhmut whereas a high Ukrainian commander stated his troops had been holding the entrance line by means of the town.

GRAIN DEAL

* The Group of Seven (G7) financial powers referred to as on Sunday for the “extension, full implementation and growth” of the grain deal that allows very important exports of meals from Ukraine.

* Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev stated on Sunday that if the G7 moved to ban exports to Russia, it could reply by terminating the grain deal, which it has already signalled it won’t permit to proceed past Could 18.

* A primary batch of Russian fertiliser that Latvia seized final yr is being shipped to Kenya by the UN World Meals Programme, Latvia’s overseas ministry stated on Saturday. Russia has cited the seizure as a key stumbling block to its continued participation within the grains deal.

ECONOMY

* World army spending rose to a report final yr as Russia’s conflict drove the largest annual enhance in expenditure in Europe for the reason that finish of the Chilly Conflict three many years in the past, a distinguished battle and armaments assume tank stated on Monday.

* Russia’s richest individuals have added $US152 billion ($A227 billion) to their wealth over the previous yr, helped by excessive costs for pure assets – rebounding from the massive losses they skilled after the beginning of the conflict in Ukraine, Forbes Russia stated.

RUSSIAN OFFICIAL’S SON

* The son of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesperson stated in an interview revealed on Saturday that he had served in Ukraine underneath an assumed identify as an artilleryman within the Wagner mercenary drive, the Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper reported.

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