Vladimir Putin also thanked President Erdogan for his efforts which made it possible to find an agreement in Istanbul between Moscow and Ukraine on grain deliveries from Ukrainian ports.
On his side, the NGO Amnesty International persisted in accusing the Ukrainian army of endangering the lives of civilians in the war with Russia. Director of Amnesty’s Ukrainian office, Oksana Pokalchuk, announced her resignation because she disagreed with this report: “unintentionally, the organization created documents that appeared to support the Russian narrative. While everything is done to protect civilians, this report has become a tool of Russian propaganda” she wrote on Facebook.
A new Russian strike on Mykolaiv in southern Ukraine left 22 injured, local authorities said.
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