First, on the evening of June 5, Russia damaged an ammonia pipeline in Kharkiv Oblast.
This was reported by the head of the Kharkiv Regional Civil-Military Administration, Oleh Synyehubov.
The Black Sea Grain Initiative has resumed its operations, but Russia has been blocking incoming fleets from accessing the Pivdennyi seaport, the deepest port in the region, for almost a month now. This is happening despite the efforts of the Joint Coordination Center (JCC) to resolve the issue.
Ukrainian agricultural companies receive licences for demining land for growing products. General Director of the Ukrainian Agrarian Confederation, Pavlo Koval, announced this on May 12 during a briefing at the Ukraine Media Center Odesa.
The specialist told about the tricks with the passage of ships under oil and selective inspection of Russians.
Moscow earns from idle ships with Ukrainian products in the Bosphorus. General Director of the Ukrainian Agrarian Confederation Pavlo Koval told about this at a briefing at the Ukraine Media Center Odesa.
The main goal of the Council of Europe summit will be to develop legislative and legal mechanisms to bring Russia to justice.
Leaders of 46 countries who gathered on Tuesday for a two-day summit of the Council of Europe intend to create a system that will make it possible to hold Russia accountable for war crimes and destruction in Ukraine. At the meeting in Reykjavik, the participants want to formulate the basic principles of two respective registers. This was reported by the Associated Press.
After 5 EU member states (Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria) had requested an extension of the ban on the import of Ukrainian grain until the end of 2023, the other 12 member states appealed to the European Commission with their appeal, in which they indicate their displeasure in this situation and require explanations.
The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, calls on neighbouring countries and the states of the European Union to refrain from any decisions regarding trade with Ukraine without consulting it.
Parliament gave its green light to suspending EU import duties on Ukrainian exports of agricultural products for another year to support the country’s economy.
Briefly:
From May 2, according to the decision of the European Commission, Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia undertake to cancel their unilateral measures regarding the import of agricultural products coming from Ukraine. At the same time, 4 agricultural crops - wheat, corn, rapeseed and sunflower - will not be exported to Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia until June 5, 2023.
Two-day negotiations between representatives of the Ukrainian government and Polish colleagues regarding the ban on the import of Ukrainian agricultural and food products into Poland, as well as their transit, introduced for the period from April 15 to June 30, ended in Warsaw. The result of the negotiations was an agreement on the resumption of transit through the territory of Poland from April 21.
The Union of the Dairy Enterprises of Ukraine is disappointed with the outcome of the negotiations. It does not change the situation with the ban on milk exports and thus puts the domestic dairy industry under attack.