War in Ukraine live: Russia still feels too strong to start peace talks, says Volodymyr Zelensky

In an interview with US business leaders on Wednesday, Volodymyr Zelensky called for Russia to be “weakened” by ejecting it “from the global financial system.” On the front, the battle in Sievierodonesk, eastern Ukraine, remains intense.

The blocking of Ukrainian ports by the Russian Black Sea Fleet - starting with that of Odessa, the country's main port - is paralyzing Ukraine's grain exports, particularly wheat, which it was before the war on the verge of become the world's third largest exporter. African and Middle Eastern countries are the first to be affected and fear serious food crises.

Some 20 million to 25 million tonnes are currently stuck, amounts that could triple by "by the fall" to 75 million tonnes, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

While Moscow accuses the West of being the cause of this shortage because of their sanctions, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met his Turkish counterpart, Mevlüt Çavusoglu, in Ankara on Wednesday to discuss "maritime corridors secured”, which would allow the transport of cereals in the Black Sea to be resumed.

At the request of the United Nations (UN), Turkey offered to help escort maritime convoys from Ukrainian ports, despite the presence of mines. At a press conference, Mr. Lavrov assured that Russia was “ready to guarantee the safety of ships leaving Ukrainian ports (…) in cooperation with our Turkish colleagues”.

For Mr. Çavusoglu, Moscow's request to lift the sanctions that indirectly affect its agricultural exports, to facilitate Ukrainian exports, was "legitimate". He specifically cited Russian “grain and fertilizer” exports, which are not directly targeted by Western sanctions but are, in fact, prevented by the suspension of banking and financial exchanges.

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Like for the Steel Mill in Mariupol, the Russians are "patient" and limiting their advance to slowly grind down the Ukrainian resistance, which at best is only loosing 100 dead soldiers and 500 soldiers injured per day. No amount of "Western sanctions" can prevent the inevitable. Zelenskyyy is an idiot who thinks he's Churchill, while being the biggest loser since General Custer, who was not a STUPID comedian....

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1. President Volodymyr Zelensky has said the fate of the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine may be decided in the battle for the city of Severodonetsk
2. Fighting there, he says, continues to be tough and Ukrainians, though suffering losses, were inflicting heavy casualties on the advancing Russian forces
3. But the invaders are now close to occupying all of the city
4. The regional governor, Serhiy Haidai, says Ukrainian fighters now hold only the outskirts of the city
5. Meanwhile, to the UN's chief warns the consequences for the world of Russia's invasion are worsening and the "impact on food security, energy and finance" is "severe"
6. Antonio Guterres says he has asked colleagues to help find "a deal that allows for the safe and secure export" of Ukrainian-produced food through the Black Sea

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Severodonetsk WILL BE LOST BY TOMORROW.....

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Ukraine's Defense Minister acknowledged the difficult situation his troops are going through. "Every day we have up to 100 dead soldiers and about 500 wounded," he said.

On Thursday, Russian Defense Ministry Spokesperson Gen. Igor Konashenkov announced that his country's armed forces destroyed a training center for foreign mercenaries in Zhitomir.

"Air-to-surface precision missiles destroyed near the town of Novograd-Volinsky in Zhytomyr province a center where the Armed Forces of Ukraine trained foreign mercenaries," he said.

"Two command posts and an Osa-AKM anti-aircraft missile system near Razdolovka in the Donetsk People's Republic were also destroyed."

Konashenkov also confirmed the destruction of an ammunition depot near Paraskovievka in the Lugansk People's Republic, militar equipment, and 23 manpower areas of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

Over the last 24 hours, Russian forces inflicted 500 casualties on the Ukrainian army and eliminated 12 combat vehicles, four multiple rocket launchers, 12 artillery systems, and 13 unmanned aerial vehicles.

This Thursday, Ukraine's Defense Minister Alexei Reznikov acknowledged the difficult situation his troops are going through. "Every day we have up to 100 dead soldiers and about 500 wounded."

Since the start of its special military operation, Russia has eliminated 193 Ukrainian aircraft and 130 helicopters, 1,163 drones, 336 anti-aircraft missile systems, 3,471 tanks, 493 multiple launch rocket systems, 1,834 field artillery and mortars, and 3,512 military units.

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PLUS ABOUT 6400 UKRAININA PRISONERS IN THE LAST FEW DAYS....

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