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Ukraine says it hit Russian naval tugboat with missiles

Ukrainian missiles on Friday hit a Russian naval tugboat transporting soldiers, weapons, and ammunition to the Russian-occupied Zmiinyi island south of the Odesa region, the local Ukrainian governor said.

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Ukrainians Lidiia and Oleksandr among hundreds granted three-year protection visas and now looking to the future

She's scared for her family and still in shock after her escape, but Lidiia is among the now fast-growing number of Ukrainians officially granted three years of protection and support in Australia.

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Tourniquets, body armor, ambulances: A lifeline from Minnesota to Ukraine

Ukrainian surgeon Dr. Oleksandr Stanko calls it "the Minnesota miracle."

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'Danger! mines' - Odesa's popular beaches now off limits

Tourists once flocked to the Ukrainian resort of Odesa to lie on its Black Sea beaches, but the white sands are now covered in mines because of the war with Russia and police officers patrol the boardwalks.

Reuters

The Black Sea blockade: mapping the impact of war in Ukraine on the world’s food supply – interactive

From vast grain stores stuck in Odesa to famine risk in Yemen, a visual guide to the far-reaching effects of Russia’s block on exports

The Guardian - UK

Turkey, Russia discuss efforts to restart Ukrainian grain exports

In meeting with Russian counterpart, Turkey’s foreign minister says UN proposal to restart Ukraine exports ‘reasonable’.

Al Jazeera

Trudy Rubin: Putin’s new war crime: Starving world’s poor by blocking Ukraine’s grain exports

You may think you’ve seen every horror in Russia’s kit of war crimes against Ukraine (short of weapons of mass destruction).

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Three trucks, nine lions, police with guns: how the Odesa big cat rescue unfolded

Lionel de Lange has been rescuing wildlife from unsafe conditions in Ukraine for years. But doing it in fear of Russian missiles presented altogether new challenges

The Guardian - AU

Russia says it shoots down Ukrainian military plane with weapons

Russia's defence ministry said on Saturday its forces shot down a Ukrainian military transport plane carrying weapons and munitions near the Black Sea port of Odesa.

Reuters

‘We need the truth’: the campaign to ‘de-Russify’ Odesa

Peter Obukhov has drawn up a list of historical figures who have given their names to streets in the Ukrainian city, a Russian-speaking port

The Guardian - UK

Transnistria: Moldova's breakaway region in the shadow of war in Ukraine

With the war in Ukraine now in its 100th day, we focus on the situation in Transnistria, a small breakaway region of Moldova on Ukraine’s south-western border. Western countries suspect the region of acting as a rear base for the Russian military. The separatist enclave, which has claimed its independence…

France 24

Ukraine agonizes over Russian culture and language in its social fabric

A third of Ukrainians have called Russian their mother tongue. Russian statues and cultural markers abound. Are these influences inherently toxic? The war is prompting emotional conversations.

WEKU

Russia and the west compete to secure safe passage for Ukraine’s grain

Analysis: both sides agree grain must reach world markets soon but each wants to decide how

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine war: despite Russia's success in Donbas, this is only the end of the beginning

When considering the current position of the war in Ukraine, it’s worth remembering that the assumption of Russian commanders when they began their “special military operation”, was that the whole thing would be complete within two weeks. So much for assumptions. What they face now is a protracted attritional battle…

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The Guardian - UK

Farmers in Odesa sound alarm over blockade: ‘It’s a question of survival’

Russia has blockaded and occupied all of Ukraine’s seaports, meaning about 22m tonnes of produce is stuck

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukraine Get Missiles, Howitzers as Zelenskiy Expects Good News on Arms

Ukraine has started receiving Harpoon anti-ship missiles from Denmark and self-propelled howitzers from the United States, arms that will bolster forces fighting Russia's invasion, Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov said on Saturday. "The coastal defense of our country will not only be strengthened by Harpoon missiles - they will be…

The Independent UK

West working to break Russian blockade and ‘avert global food crisis’, says PM

Boris Johnson updated Ukrainian Volodymyr Zelensky on the plan during a phone call on Saturday.

Al Jazeera

How has war changed life for everyday Ukrainians?

From work and studies, to friendships and news consumption, Ukrainians tell Al Jazeera about their experiences.

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Evening Standard

Putin’s Odesa blockade will send food prices spiralling, UK warns

Vladimir Putin’s blockade of Odesa and other Ukrainian ports will send basic food prices spiralling even higher, British defence chiefs warned on Wednesday.

Daily Mirror

British Navy warships could be sent to protect freighters carrying Ukrainian grain

The UK could send warships, along with NATO allies, to the Black Sea port of Odesa to help ensure a safe passage for vital grain exports around the world and avoid a global famine

Reuters

Corridor for food exports out of Odesa would need Russian consent, Western official says

Any corridor designed to secure safe passage for food exports out of the Ukrainian port city of Odesa could only occur with Russian consent, a Western official said on Monday, adding it would not be possible without Moscow's permission.

Evening Standard

UK in talks with allies on ‘coalition-of-willing’ to create safe corridor from Odesa to save millions from starvation

Britain is involved in talks with allies about creating a coalition-of-the-willing to open up ports in Ukraine for grain exports to stop millions of people starving around the world.

Reuters

Ukraine calls for help to secure safe passage for food exports - BBC

The international community should help secure safe passage for food export vessels in a corridor out of the port city of Odesa to help Ukraine and avoid world hunger, the BBC quoted Ukrainian First Deputy Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko as saying on Monday.

The Guardian - UK

UK backs Lithuania’s plan to lift Russian blockade of Ukraine grain

Britain supports in principle the call for a naval coalition ‘of the willing’ to restart exports through Black Sea

Reuters

Boris Johnson discussed Russia's blockade of Odesa with Ukraine's Zelenskiy

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Sunday discussed with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy Russia's blockade of Ukraine's shipping port Odesa, a Downing Street spokesperson said.

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