After phone calls, including with Russia, Chancellor Nehammer (ÖVP) reported positive signals on Friday: Putin had indicated his willingness to allow green corridors for the export of urgently needed seeds and fertilizers.
- Chancellor Karl Nehammer (ÖVP) made numerous phone calls on Thursday and Friday – including with the Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Presidents of Ukraine and Turkey. Telephone calls were also made to the UN and the Red Cross. Russia has signaled that it is ready to allow green corridors for the export of much-needed seeds and fertilizers, Nehammer said at a press conference on Friday.
- The Ukrainian army is under severe pressure in the far east of its front. In the border areas of Belgorod and Voronezh, Russian troops are to be regrouped, which raises fears of even more massive attacks on Kharkiv and Luhansk. There are also reports that Russia is moving Iskander-K missile systems to western Belarus.
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“The ongoing offensive of the occupiers in Donbass might desert the region”, fears Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. It is “an obvious policy of genocide”.
- while the USA superior, advanced Multiple Rocket Launcher to Ukraine, the Ukrainian ambassador Andrij Melnyk accuses Germany of disregarding Ukrainian interests: “Militarily, Ukraine is simply being let down by Berlin.”
