2023-08-18 16:31:26
Ukraine and Romania concluded an agreement on Friday, August 18 to speed up the delivery of goods, made more difficult since Russia’s withdrawal in July of the agreement which allowed the export of Ukrainian cereals. Both countries want “restore destroyed transport infrastructure” in recent weeks by Moscow on the Danube and in the Black Sea, declared the Ukrainian Prime Minister, Denys Chmygal, on a visit to Bucharest, the Romanian capital. New border checkpoints must also open to ease the “road, rail, sea and river traffic”. Follow our live.
Russian justice has ordered the dissolution of the Sakharov Center association. It was one of the last pillars of the defense of human rights in Russia. The Moscow City Court said on Friday that the association had illegally organized conferences and exhibitions on Russian soil outside its “activity area” regional provided for in its statutes. In the spring, the Sakharov Center had already been forced to leave its historic premises in Moscow.
Lithuania has closed two of the six border crossings along the border with Belarus. Those “from Sumsko and Tvereciaus were closed at midnight”, said Friday Lina Laurinaityte-Grigiene, spokesperson for the border guards, adding that barriers topped with barbed wire would be erected during the day. This decision was taken to deal in particular with the risk posed by the Russian mercenary group Wagner and is also motivated by the fight once morest smuggling and to limit the number of movements between the two countries.
A Ukrainian commando crossed the Dnieper River, according to Moscow. “Some groups of saboteurs were able to hide in the vicinity of the locality” of Kozachi Laheri, controlled by Moscow on the left bank of the Dnieper, in southern Ukraine, Russian local official Vladimir Saldo told the Tass news agency on Friday. He ensures that the area is now “completely cleaned” of Ukrainian soldiers.
A Ukrainian drone destroyed in Moscow. “The drone carcass fell in the area of the Exhibition Center, and did not cause any significant damage to the building”, announced the mayor of the capital, Sergei Sobyanin. According to the elected official, no casualties have been identified at this stage. The attack was carried out by kyiv and targeted “places located in Moscow and the region”, according to the Russian Defense Ministry.
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