Russia-Ukraine War, LIVE: the Russian government's threat to Western media after the suspension of a news network

2022-07-27 17:07:37 By : Mr. Andy Zaoo

Wednesday, July 27, 2022Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) attends a meeting with Roscosmos State Space Corporation Director General Yuri Borisov.EFE photo.Russia warned on Wednesday that it will "hinder" the work of the Western media on its territory, in retaliation for the European court's decision to confirm the suspension of the broadcast of the Russian news network RT France."We are going to take similar pressure measures against Western media outlets working in our country. We are also not going to let them work in our country," Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov told reporters.Patriarch Kirill, head of the Russian Orthodox Church in Moscow.Photo: APThe Lithuanian Government has included Patriarch Cyril (or Kirill), the highest hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church, on the list of people who are prohibited from entering the country for his position in support of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and his comments on the war.The patriarch of Moscow and all Russia was declared "persona non grata" on June 23, Lithuanian Deputy Foreign Minister Mantas Adomenas reported on Wednesday, quoted by the "Delfi" news portal."These are national sanctions that can be applied without a European decision," the deputy minister said.The decision to veto the patriarch's entry is due to his stance in support of the invasion of Ukraine and his comments that the Lithuanian government says incite hatred against Ukrainians, Adomenas said.They load Ukrainian grain at one of the ports that have been reopened for export.Photo: REUTERSTurkey has inaugurated this Wednesday a coordination center in Istanbul to supervise the export of cereals from Ukraine under the joint control of Moscow, kyiv, Ankara and the United Nations, according to the pact signed last week.The center, established at the Defense University in Istanbul, "has delegations, made up of both civilians and military, from Russia, Ukraine, Turkey and the United Nations, of five people each," Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi explained. Akar, during the inauguration."There will be no soldiers in the field (of maritime operations). Merchant ships will be registered from the center and their movements will be monitored, under the coordination of the United Nations and the party countries," Akar said."If the need to clear (the sea) of mines is observed, it would be done in a coordinated manner. But for now the need for a mine clearance in the Black Sea is not foreseen," the minister added.The Senate of the city-state of Berlin decided this Wednesday to turn off the night lighting of some 200 monuments in the German capital to save electricity in the context of the war in Ukraine, according to local media reports.From the night of Wednesday to Thursday, the Berlin Cathedral, the Church of Santa Maria and the Old Palace, among other buildings, will be dark.The Victory Column, the Red Town Hall, the German Opera House in Berlin and the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church will be added to the list in the coming days, as will the statues in the Tiergarten park."In view of the war against Ukraine and the energy threats from Russia it is important that we act particularly carefully with our energy," Environment Senator Bettina Jarash was quoted as saying by regional network RBB.French President Emmanuel Macron during his recent tour of Africa.Photo: AFPFrench President Emmanuel Macron accused Russia on Wednesday, from Benin, of being "one of the last colonial imperial powers" after starting "a territorial war" in Ukraine."Russia launched an offensive against Ukraine, a territorial war, something that we thought had disappeared in Europe, a war from the beginning of the 20th century, even the 19th," Macron said during a joint press conference with his Benin counterpart Patrice Talon. ."I speak from a continent (Africa) that suffered from colonial imperialism," Macron added in Cotonou, Benin's largest city."Russia is one of the last colonial imperial powers" by deciding to "invade a neighboring country to defend its interests," explained the President of the French Republic.For Macron, who is touring Africa at the same time as the head of Russian diplomacy, Sergey Lavrov, "Russia has started a new type of hybrid world war."Ukrainian authorities visit sites where Russians committed war crimes.Photo: AFPThe Ukrainian Parliament appointed Andrii Kostine, a lawyer and deputy from President Volodimir Zelensky's party, as the new prosecutor general on Wednesday, with the aim of punishing all Russian war criminals.The Rada approved his candidacy with 299 votes, in the presence of Zelensky, more than a week after the surprise dismissal of his predecessor, Irina Venediktova.A deputy from the Servant of the People presidential party, Kostine, 49, originally from Odessa in southern Ukraine, previously chaired the law commission.In his speech to Parliament, Kostin set himself the goal of bringing Russian soldiers accused of war crimes in Ukraine to justice."We must stop the terror and genocide of the Ukrainian nation. Proper registration and documentation of the aggressor's crimes will contribute to this," he stressed."One of the priority tasks is to punish all Russian war criminals," Zelensky continued.For his part, presidential adviser Mikhailo Podoliak praised the new prosecutor general as a man of "impeccable reputation" and appreciated by Ukraine's Western allies.The influential Ukrainian outlet Ukrainska Pravda, on the other hand, criticized Kostine for the lack of progress in the judicial reform he was in charge of in Parliament.The Donetsk region, one of the hardest hit by Russian troops.Photo: REUTERSThe leader of pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine's Donetsk region on Wednesday called on Russia to conquer much of the country, including the capital kyiv, as well as other cities he sees as Russian."The time has come to liberate Russian cities, founded by Russians: kyiv, Chernigov, Poltava, Odessa, Dnipro, Kharkiv, Zaporizhia, Lutsk," Denis Pushilin wrote on Telegram, coinciding with the anniversary of the liberation by Soviet troops of the city ​​of Brest (Belarus), occupied by the Nazis during World War II.The cities cited by Pushilin are distributed throughout almost the entire Ukrainian geography.Russia launched its offensive in Ukraine on February 24 under the pretext of protecting the Russian-speaking population in the east of the country, threatened by an alleged genocide orchestrated by kyiv.Three US senators sent letters to the directors of Meta, Twitter and Telegram on Wednesday to ask that their platforms limit the content of Russian state media that report in Spanish because they assure that they spread "misinformation" and Russian propaganda in Latin America and the Caribbean.Democratic Sens. Robert Menendez, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Tim Kaine, along with Republican Bill Cassidy, said in their letters that Russia uses social media to "amplify and export its lies abroad" and that such efforts have increased following the Russian invasion of Ukraine five months ago.The German government authorized the sale of 100 armored howitzers - the so-called "Panzerhaubitze2000" - to Ukraine, according to information from the weekly "Der Spiegel", which refers to a spokesman for the company Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW), manufacturer of the vehicles .Ukraine had directed its purchase request for these armored vehicles in April, according to company sources, until authorization was finally received from the Ministry of Economy on July 13.The operation will bring KMW 1,700 million euros, which quadruples the volume of arms deliveries to Ukraine so far authorized - some 600 million euros, according to that publication.Gazprom confirmed the reduction of gas pumping to Germany by 20%.Photo: EFEThe Russian gas giant, Gazprom, closed the supply tap to Germany a little more on Wednesday through the Nord Stream gas pipeline as promised, alleging "technical" reasons, which nobody believed.Pumping fell to almost 20% of capacity, with excuses from Moscow that it will deliver all the gas it can.In numbers, some 17.3 gigawatt hours (GWh) arrived in Germany from Russia between 8 and 9 in the morning, compared to an average of almost 29 GWh per hour in recent days.The Italian group Eni also announced that it had been informed by Gazprom that gas deliveries would be limited to 27 million cubic meters on Wednesday, compared to 34 million "in recent days".Read more.The Russian gas giant, Gazprom, closed the supply tap to Germany a little more on Wednesday through the Nord Stream gas pipeline as promised, alleging "technical" reasons, which nobody believed.Pumping fell to almost 20% of capacity, with excuses from Moscow that it will deliver all the gas it can.In numbers, some 17.3 gigawatt hours (GWh) arrived in Germany from Russia between 8 and 9 in the morning, compared to an average of almost 29 GWh per hour in recent days.The Italian group Eni also announced that it had been informed by Gazprom that gas deliveries would be limited to 27 million cubic meters on Wednesday, compared to 34 million "in recent days".Read more.Andriy Kostin was appointed as the country's new Attorney General.REUTERS/Oleksandr KlymenkoThe Ukrainian Parliament approved on Wednesday the appointment of Andriy Kostin as the country's new prosecutor general after the dismissal of Irina Venediktova, who was removed from office under accusations of acts of treason in the framework of the Russian invasion.With 299 votes in favor (of the 450 total deputies), Parliament approved the official who was officially nominated today by President Volodimir Zelenski.During the day, the president sent a draft resolution with the nomination of Kostin, a member of the Servant of the People faction, the ruling party.The German government accused Russia on Wednesday of manipulating the flow of gas flowing to Europe through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline as part of a "power game."Government spokeswoman Christiane Hoffmann confirmed that the gas supply by the Russian state company Gazprom was reduced today to 20%, as announced, and added that with this it is breaching its contracts.At a regular press conference in Berlin, Hoffmann pointed out that from the German point of view the technical reasons put forward by Gazprom are "excuses" and there is nothing that really hinders the flow of gas.Photo of a collapsed bridge near Kharkov, Ukraine.PhotoEFE/ Sergey KozlovUkrainian troops attacked a strategic bridge, essential for supplying Moscow's troops occupying the south of the country, while Russia shelled several areas in Ukraine with shells and artillery.The Ukrainian army reached the Antonivskyi Bridge, which crosses the Dnieper River, on Tuesday night, Kirill Stremousov, deputy head of the Kremlin-appointed government for the Kherson region, said.The bridge was still standing but its deck had holes, preventing vehicles from passing through, he added.A rescuer walks through rubble in a residential area destroyed by a Russian military strike, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in the city of Toretsk.Reuters photo.At least one person was killed and several were injured in a Russian attack on a hotel in the city of Bakhmut, in the Donetsk region (east), Ukrainian authorities reported."The rescue operations are underway. But according to the first reports there have been deaths and injuries," regional governor Pavlo Kirylenko reported through his Facebook account.According to the Ukrainian portal Ukrinform, citing sources from the rescue teams, one fatality has been verified so far.The commercial port of Odessa and two others on the Black Sea resumed operations to proceed with the export of grain, as established in the agreement signed last week between Ukraine and Russia to unblock the grain and alleviate the food crisis around the world.These are the ports of Khornomorsk and Pivdenny, in addition to Odessa, reported sources from the Ukrainian Navy, collected by the Ukrinform portal.Gazprom began Wednesday to reduce the volume of gas supplied to Germany.AFP photo.The Russian state company Gazprom began this Wednesday to reduce the volume of gas supplied to Germany through the Nord Stream gas pipeline, according to data published by the network operator, in a decision that the firm attributes to "technical reasons" but that the powers Westerners are motivated by the war in Ukraine.The flow reduction began at 9 Russian time (3 in Argentina) and according to the company, the daily volume of supplies from the gas pipeline that goes through the Baltic Sea will increase to 33 million cubic meters per day, which means around 20% of its capacity, reported the Europa Press news agency.Russia promised this Wednesday to hinder the work of the Western media on its territory, in retaliation for the decision of the European justice to confirm the suspension of the broadcast of the Russian news network RT France."We are going to take similar pressure measures against Western media outlets working in our country. We are also not going to let them work in our country," Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov told reporters.The Federal Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Postal and Railway Networks (Bundesnetzagentur) insisted that the consummated cut in Russian gas supplies to Europe through the Nord Stream gas pipeline responds to a "war strategy" by Russia and not to technical problems.The explanations given by Moscow to reduce these shipments to 20% of their capacity "are not realistic," said the head of the Bundesnetzagentur, Klaus Müller, in statements to the Deutschlandfunk public radio.These are the indicative estimates of Russia's combat losses as of July 27, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.pic.twitter.com/wXB0hxgMGRAccording to Kharkov Mayor Ihor Terekhov, Russian troops attacked an industrial area of ​​the city with S-300 long-range missile systems around 4:25 a.m. on Wednesday.Rescuers are working on the spot.No casualties have yet been reported."Since February 24, border guards checked 536,000 people at checkpoints in the direction from Ukraine to Poland," the Polish Border Service reported.According to border guards, more than 3.1 million people crossed the border in the opposite direction from Poland to Ukraine during this time.The United States will accept wounded Ukrainian soldiers for treatment at a US military hospital in Germany.US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has approved treating injured Ukrainian troops at a Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany.The directive aims to speed up medical assistance in cases where no other nearby medical center exists or is available.The Ukrainian president again accused Russia of terrorism"It is clear to everyone" that the increase in the price of gas "is a deliberate price terrorism created by Russia against Europe. Using Gazprom, Moscow is doing everything to make this winter the hardest for European countries. It is necessary to respond to terror, respond with sanctions," Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelensky said in his usual late-night video message on Telegram.Zelensky also thanked Britain, which extended sanctions against Russia."This is an example that should be followed by all other countries in the Western world," he declared.EU Energy Commissioner Kadri Simson said European transmission system operators will meet this week to discuss increasing electricity imports from Ukraine.Simson added that this step will allow the European Union to partially compensate for the lack of gas due to the energy crisis unleashed by Russia.For Ukrainian refugees in the Netherlands, from September, a mark on the documents confirming the residence and work permit will be mandatory.“Starting September 1, Ukrainian refugees will need a sticker in their passport confirming that they are allowed to live and work in the Netherlands,” the post says.Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in an interview on RT.Photo capture.Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov stated that his country never opposed negotiations with Ukraine after the process to stop the war was paralyzed after the exchange of accusations from both parties.According to Lavrov, the United States, Great Britain and several European countries prohibited Ukraine from negotiating with Russia on the basis of the agreements reached in March, the TASS news agency reported.The foreign minister recalled at a press conference in Kampala, Uganda, that Moscow accepted the negotiation proposal at the start of the military operation five months ago and on March 29 the consultations reached "a very interesting stage," when kyiv presented a draft peace agreement and Russia backed it."I said in an interview a few days ago that Russia is not prejudiced against negotiations with Ukraine. Immediately, even a few hours passed, when the State Department spokesman (Ned Price) said that the United States believes that now is not the time for Ukraine to hold talks with Russia," he said.Buildings destroyed by the bombing - Photo EFEThe death toll after a Russian missile attack in Chuhuiv reached three people.Russian forces attacked the city of Chuhuiv in Kharkiv Oblast on July 25.Four people were rescued from the rubble, reported the State Emergency Service.Ukraine will receive about 1.6 billion euros (about 1.62 billion dollars) from the European Investment Bank (EIB), Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal announced."Yesterday, the European Investment Bank agreed to spend 1.6 billion euros for Ukraine, with 1 billion euros of this sum allocated immediately," Shmyhal told a cabinet meeting, according to the government's press service.Shmyhal indicated that the funds will be used for activities aimed at preparing Ukraine for the heating season, including the restoration of damaged electricity, water and heating facilities.Russia launched airstrikes on Ukraine's Black Sea regions of Odessa and Mykolaiv on Tuesday, hitting private buildings and port infrastructure with missiles launched from long-range bombers, the Ukrainian military said.In the Odessa region, several civilian buildings in coastal towns were hit and caught fire, the Southern Operational Command reported in a Facebook post.A Ukrainian air force spokesman said Russian Tu-22M3 long-range bombers and Su-30 and Su-35 fighters launched the attacks from the Black Sea.In the Mykolaiv region, port infrastructure came under attack despite agreements to allow the resumption of grain shipments from Ukrainian ports on the Black Sea.After a long silence, Kyiv's nightlife is roaring again.A rave drew crowds earlier this month.Photo Laura Boushnak for The New York Times.The rave had been planned for weeks, with the space secured and DJs, drinks, invitations and security lined up.But after a recent missile strike far from the front lines killed more than 25 people, including children, in central Ukraine, an attack that deeply disturbed the whole of Ukraine, the rave organizers came together to make a difficult decision of last resort. minute.Read more.Ukraine wants to have a new loan program of $15-20 billion with the IMF by the end of the year.Kyrylo Shevchenko, governor of Ukraine's central bank, told Reuters an application aimed at stabilizing the country's shrinking economy had been submitted to the International Monetary Fund.According to Kaliningrad regional governor Dmitry Lyskov, the train consisted of 60 freight cars with cement.On June 22, Lithuania lifted the ban on rail transport of sanctioned goods to and from Kaliningrad, after the EU allowed the transit of sanctioned goods destined for the Russian enclave through its territory by rail.The Russian armed forces will conduct the strategic exercise Vostok (East) 2022 from August 30 to September 5, the Russian Defense Ministry announced.Russia's Eastern Military District will participate in the exercises together with elements of the air force, long-range aviation, military transport aviation and military contingents from other countries, the ministry said in a statement.The exercises will be held at 13 training camps in the Eastern Military District with an emphasis on "ensuring military security," it added.John Kirby announced it after Moscow's decision - Photo EFEThe United States is already looking at options for the International Space Station to continue operating without Russia beginning in 2024, White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said."We are exploring options, of course, to mitigate any impact that may have on the International Space Station after 2024 if Russia abandons it," Kirby said during a press conference in response to a question from Efe.However, he stated that the Russian space agency, Roscosmos, has not officially notified NASA of its decision to leave the ISS in 2024 and build a future Russian orbital station (ROS).International Monetary Fund chief economist Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas told AFP in an interview that rising energy prices are keeping Russia afloat despite Western sanctions.And while the IMF has upgraded Russia's GDP estimate by 2.5 percentage points, its economy is expected to shrink by 6 percent."That's still a pretty sizeable recession in Russia in 2022," Gourinchas said.Sumy Oblast Governor Dmytro Zhyvytsky said Russian forces fired mortars at Esmansk, Krasnopil and Seredino-Budsk in the oblast.Russia also attacked with Grad multiple rocket launchers. One woman was injured.The First Couple of Ukraine.Look closer at their faces.Pain, courage... and determination to win.📸 by the great @annieleibovitz pic.twitter.com/KCq8D1Vc3JIt was an honor to present my friend President @ZelenskyyUa with the Winston Churchill Leadership Award today.Volodymyr's courage, defiance and dignity – all Churchillian qualities – have moved the hearts of millions and stirred a global wave of solidarity.pic.twitter.com/BGZDFenIzUAn award named Winston Churchill was presented by outgoing British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to President Volodymyr Zelensky to celebrate his and the Ukrainian people's courage in the face of the Russian invasion.It is the umpteenth contribution granted in London from a distance "to the friend Volodimir", by Johnson, recognized by Zelenski as the closest among the Western allies in these months.A lifelong admirer of the Victoria Prime Minister, Johnson addressed the awardee directly on video during the ceremony, openly comparing him to Churchill."You stayed in kyiv alongside the Ukrainian people" when "the Russians launched their attack in February, and their death squads were looking for you", exactly "as Winston Churchill stayed in London in 1940" under attack by Nazi Germany, said.Israel asked its citizens to refrain from traveling to the Ukrainian city of Uman on the occasion of a pilgrimage for the highest Jewish holidays, citing ongoing fighting in the country.The "explosive security situation, including the danger of air strikes or rocket fire against civilian communities, represents a real and immediate danger to life," Israel's Foreign Ministry said in a statement.The ministry called on the Israelis to leave Ukraine "immediately"."The Ukrainian government declared a state of emergency from February 2, which implies restrictions on freedom of movement and a curfew in several areas," the statement added.My good friend Lloyd J. Austin III @SecDef and I discussed the outcome of the last @Ramstein meeting.We reaffirmed that the commitments made by all parties will strengthen the capabilities of the #UAarmy & bring us closer to our common goal - 🇺🇦 victory!pic.twitter.com/kqsjtHHJ15The Ukrainian Defense Minister, Oleksii Reznikov, communicated with his American counterpart about the strengthening of the military forces of Volodimir Zelenski, in the framework of the Russian invasion."My good friend Lloyd J. Austin III (US Secretary of Defense) and I discussed the outcome of the last meeting. We reaffirm that the commitments made by all parties will strengthen the capabilities of the Ukrainian Navy and bring us closer to our common goal." : victory!" the official wrote.More than 100 families of Russian soldiers who went missing during the war in Ukraine to Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reported.The Kremlin called for "not politicizing" the situation around the Jewish agency in Moscow, whose closure was requested by the Russian Ministry of Justice.The ministry requested the closure of this para-governmental agency in charge of Jewish immigration last week, citing violations of the law, amid tensions over the conflict in Ukraine."The situation should not be politicized or projected onto Russian-Israeli relations as a whole," Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov told reporters."There are questions about Sokhnut (the Jewish agency) from the point of view of respecting Russian law," he added, asking to "treat the situation very carefully."Moscow's willingness to close down the agency was harshly denounced in Israel, which sees it as a reaction to the new Israeli government's stance against the Russian offensive in Ukraine.The United States on Tuesday lamented Russia's "surprising" announcement that it will stop participating in the International Space Station (ISS) after 2024."It is an unfortunate development given the key scientific work carried out on the ISS, the valuable professional collaboration our space agencies have had over the years, and especially in light of our renewed agreement on spaceflight cooperation," the spokesperson said. of the State Department, Ned Price.Russia has announced it is moving to acquire foreign shares in energy projects, saying it will buy French and Norwegian companies' stake in an Arctic oil field.The Russian government has approved a proposal by the Russian firm Zarubezhneft to acquire the shares of France's TotalEnergies and Norway's Equinor in the Kharyaga project in the Arctic.The move gives Zarubezhneft 90% of the shares in the project, with the remaining balance held by another Russian company.The Kharyaga project is operated under a product sharing agreement, with Zarubezhneft serving as operator.Financial terms and other details of the transaction were not disclosed.Ukrainian Energy Minister German Galushchenko at a press conference in Brussels - Photo ReuterThey did so in the face of the challenge posed by a possible cut off of gas supplies by Russia, in response to the sanctions imposed by the EU for having invaded the neighboring country."Whenever we talk about security of supply in Europe, Ukraine is part of that conversation, we are in constant contact and Ukraine is part of the EU energy platform, as well as its two regional groups," said the European Commissioner for Energy. , Kadri Simson, at a press conference with the Ukrainian minister of the branch, German Galushchenko.Galushchenko met with the Community Ministers of Energy at the end of an extraordinary Council of these, in which they agreed how to reduce the demand for Russian gas by 15%.The commissioner explained that the EU is going to reduce its gas consumption "whenever possible, to end our dependence on Russia"”."We are working very closely ahead of the coming winter to improve security of supply and be prepared for any disruption," she said.Had the 1st conversation in the history of 🇺🇦-🇺🇾 relations with President of Uruguay @LuisLacallePou.We're grateful for condemning RF's aggression & supporting 🇺🇦 in international organizations.Urged 🇺🇾, like other Latin American states, to impose sanctions on the aggressor.The president of Ukraine, Volodímir Zelenski, spoke on Tuesday with his Uruguayan counterpart, Luis Lacalle Pou, to whom he asked the South American country to impose sanctions on Russia."We appreciate the Russian Federation's condemnation of aggression and Ukraine's support in international organizations," the Ukrainian leader wrote on his Twitter account.This morning I had a telephone conversation with the President of Ukraine.We ratify the position of our country on the Russian invasion.We offered collaboration so that this illegitimate action can be ended once and for all.pic.twitter.com/nEXwcMJ5XWLikewise, he called for Uruguay and other Latin American nations to introduce "sanctions against the aggressor."Meanwhile, on the same social network, Lacalle Pou said that he spoke by phone with Zelenski, to whom he offered the collaboration of his country."Today I spoke by telephone with the President of Ukraine. We ratified our country's position on the Russian invasion. We offered collaboration so that this illegitimate action can be ended once and for all," the Uruguayan president wrote.The Bayraktar TB2 drone.AP PhotoThe Russian government intends to buy the Turkish-made Bayraktar TB2 combat drones, confirmed CnnTurk, which assures that the subject would have been discussed by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan with Vladimir Putin during the visit they both made to Tehran, the last week."Putin told me that he wants to work with Baykar", the Turkish company that produces the drones, Erdogan said during a meeting of his AKP party, sources from the ruling party assured the television network.​One of the most important directors of the company is Selcuk Bayraktar, son-in-law of the Turkish presidentFrench President Emmanuel Macron, who began a three-day tour of several African countries on Tuesday, lamented in Cameroon, his first stop, that Russia is using food and fuel as "weapons of war.""We have been attacked by some who say that European sanctions are the cause of the world food crisis. (...) This is totally false," said the French president in Yaoundé, during an event with compatriots living in the African country. ."It is simply because both food and energy have become Russian weapons of war," Macron stressed.Yuri Borisov, appointed head of the Roscosmos space agency earlier this month, made the announcement during a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.Missile attacks on Odessa were reproduced last morning, with no casualties reported, according to the Ukrinform portal.This media outlet also reports, citing Ukrainian military sources, of massive attacks on the Mykolaiv port infrastructure.The most important news of the day, to read with breakfast.The most important of each day, the necessary reading on the way home.Stones 1743. CABA, ArgentinaYou are already a Clarín subscriberOwner Graphic Art Editorial Argentino SA © 1996-2022 Clarín.com - Clarín Digital - All rights reserved.Read the paper edition