Progress of the situation in Russia and Ukraine: North Donetsk is still fighting Putin said new sanctions will continue to deteriorate the food market
China News Agency, Beijing, June 4th. Comprehensive news: On the 3rd local time, Russia and Ukraine were still in Severo Donetsk, the administrative center of the Luhansk region in eastern Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin said on the same day that the West is trying to shift the blame for the problems in the world food market to Russia, and imposing new sanctions on Russia will only make the situation worse.
Severe Donetsk fighting continues
According to UTA, on the 3rd local time, street fighting in Severo-Donetsk, the administrative center of the Luhansk region, was still going on. Sergei Gaidai, head of the Luhansk Regional Military Administration, said Russian troops were trying to take full control of the area, but so far without success, with the two sides still exchanging fire in Severo Donetsk.
According to the Russian Satellite News Agency, the spokesman of the Russian Ministry of Defense Konashenkov announced on the 3rd that the Russian missile and artillery units destroyed more than 650 Ukrainian targets in one day. The Russian air defense system shot down three Ukrainian drones and intercepted three “Hurricane” multiple rocket artillery shells in the Donetsk region and Kharkiv region in one day.
The Russian Ministry of Defense said on the 3rd that the Russian army struck the Ukrainian army command post in Kharkov and destroyed the Ukrainian army’s ammunition and fuel depots in the Donetsk region, as well as unmanned weapons in the Nikolayev region. Man-machine control center. The Russian Ministry of Defense also released a video of the use of the Msta-S self-propelled artillery once morest the armored equipment and positions of the Ukrainian army.
In an interview with Al Jazeera on the 2nd, Medvedev, vice chairman of the Russian Federation Security Council, said that if Ukraine decides to use weapons provided by the United States to attack Russian territory, Russia will make decisions at the decision-making center of the Ukrainian authorities, including the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense and the General Staff. strike.
Putin says new sanctions on Russia will only worsen world food market
Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview with Russian TV media on the 3rd that Russia has not blocked Ukraine’s grain exports. The unfavorable situation in the world food market did not happen overnight. As early as February 2020, in the process of responding to the new crown epidemic, the world economy has already declined. The wrong fiscal and financial policies of the United States have exacerbated the deterioration of the world food market. The short-sighted policies of European countries, especially the European Union, in the energy sector have led to insufficient investment in the energy sector, which has contributed to price increases. The European gas policy towards Russia led to an increase in the price of natural gas, and the price of fertilizers, because some fertilizers were produced at the expense of natural gas consumption. These factors have led to a sharp drop in the quantity of fertilizers on the world market and a surge in prices.
Putin said that following Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine, the United States and Europe began to impose sanctions on Russia, which further aggravated the deterioration of the situation in the world’s food and fertilizer fields. He also warned that imposing new sanctions on Russia will only worsen the situation.
Putin met with the rotating chairman of the African Union and Senegalese President Macky Sall in Sochi on the 3rd. Maki Sall pointed out that Africa is a victim of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict. Western sanctions once morest Russia have prevented African countries from obtaining food and fertilizers, posing a serious threat to Africa’s food security. He called for the lifting of sanctions once morest Russia in the international supply of food and fertilizers.
Zelensky asks U.S. cities to sever ties with Russian sister cities
According to the “New York Times” report, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky participated in a meeting of American mayors in Nevada, USA by video on the 3rd. According to the report, following U.S. Vice President Harris delivered a speech, Zelensky criticized Chicago, Illinois, Jacksonville, Florida, Portland, Oregon, San Jose, California and other places for continuing to maintain sister city relations with Russia. He said those ties should be severed.
According to the “Hindu” report on the 3rd, Ukraine expects India to actively participate in Ukraine’s post-war construction, and hopes that India will provide medicine, technology and financial assistance.
According to the British “Guardian” report, Ukraine’s central bank raised the benchmark lending rate from 10% to 25% on the 2nd, which is the first time since the Russian-Ukrainian conflict.
Ukraine’s central bank estimated that inflation in Ukraine had reached double digits before the conflict began, and climbed further from 16.4% in April to around 17% in May. The rate hike will protect household income and savings in hryvnia, Ukraine’s currency, and prevent Ukraine from depleting foreign reserves needed to protect the exchange rate.
US general calls for supply of Soviet-made fighter jets to Ukraine
According to the US media Politico reported by the Russian Satellite News Agency on the 4th, the commander of the California National Guard, David Baldwin, called on the United States and other Western countries to reconsider the transfer of Soviet-made fighter jets to Ukraine.
The proposal, which had been actively discussed before, was rejected by the U.S. government because it did not want to increase the risk of direct confrontation with Russia, the report said.
According to today’s Russian news agency, the Swiss Federal Council said in a statement on the 3rd that the Swiss government allows European countries to re-export military equipment and accessories purchased from Switzerland to Ukraine, which it believes does not violate Switzerland’s neutrality.
