(Central News Agency, Kyiv, 23rd, comprehensive foreign report) On the 24th of this month, the 31st anniversary of Ukraine’s independence and the sixth month of the Russian-Ukrainian war, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that Russia may launch more major attacks in the next few days. attack. The U.S. embassy in Ukraine called on the expatriates to evacuate quickly.
Zelensky warns that if the Russian army launches an offensive, it will face a strong counterattack
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned Moscow that if the Russian army launched a new wave of offensives around Ukraine’s independence day on August 24, the Ukrainian army is bound to fight back strongly.
“Russia has been doing this[referring to launching attacks],” Zelensky said. “Can they increase the number of attacks? Of course, they may do it on the 23rd and 24th.”
Zelensky pointed out, “If the Russians attack us, there will be a counterattack, a strong counterattack. I want to tell them that our counterattack will be stronger and stronger with time.”
The Russian army may intensify its offensive on Ukraine’s Independence Day, and the US embassy calls on the citizens to evacuate
The U.S. embassy in Kyiv warned that Russia plans to intensify attacks on Ukrainian civilian infrastructure and government institutions in recent days, calling on U.S. citizens to leave Ukraine “immediately” by all possible means.
“According to State Department sources, Russia is stepping up preparations to launch attacks on Ukrainian civilian infrastructure and government institutions in the coming days,” the U.S. embassy in Ukraine said in its latest security alert. The embassy urged U.S. citizens to leave Ukraine immediately if possible. country.
The Russian-Ukrainian war will end in half a year, and the EU’s support for Ukraine may be reduced
It will be half a year since Russia invaded Ukraine, and the war is heading for a chaotic and unstable stalemate. Not only is public opinion exhausted, but the fighters on both sides are even more deeply in the “hell” of exhaustion. Experts have analyzed that the EU will face more uncertainty in its future assistance efforts, but it will not give up Ukraine.
Political news network Politico analyzes the EU’s next attitude towards the protracted war between Russia and Ukraine, as well as the key developments that need attention. Politico pointed to senior EU officials admitting that a “crisis point” is likely to occur this fall or early winter, when member states begin to feel the severe economic pain of the war and need to work harder to support Ukraine.
The differences within Europe cannot be ignored either, with France, Germany and Justice on one side and Poland, the Baltics and the Nordic countries on the other. France and Germany remain concerned about whether the war will require the direct involvement of NATO, or the possibility of Russia resorting to non-traditional weapons.
Politico analyzed that there will be obvious differences in the debate between the two sides on the next sanctions against Russia. The hawkish member states are urging the three major powers of France, Germany and Italy to impose faster and tougher energy sanctions on Russia, such as an oil embargo. The agreement may also be increasingly difficult to achieve.
●Since Russia and Ukraine signed the grain export agreement, about 720,000 tons of grain have left Ukraine
The Ukrainian Agriculture Ministry said 33 cargo ships carrying a total of nearly 720,000 tons of grain have left Ukraine after an agreement brokered by the United Nations and Turkey to reopen Ukraine’s three major Black Sea ports.
On July 22, the authorities of Moscow and Kyiv, brokered by the United Nations and Turkey, signed an agreement to reopen Ukraine’s three major ports in the Black Sea.
According to statistics from the Joint Coordination Centre in Turkey, which monitors the implementation of the agreement, the three Black Sea ports in Ukraine have exported 721,449 tons of grain and grain so far.
●The export volume of Ukraine’s important agricultural products has halved since the start of the war between Russia and Ukraine
Since Russia invaded in February, Ukraine’s exports of important agricultural products have almost halved compared with the same period last year, according to the latest data from Ukraine’s Ministry of Agriculture.
According to data from Ukraine’s Ministry of Agriculture, between February 24 and August 15 this year, Ukraine’s agricultural exports fell to 10 million metric tons from about 19.5 million metric tons in the same period last year.
Ukraine’s 2022 cereal harvest is expected to fall from a record 86 million metric tons in 2021 to around 50 million metric tons.
●Polish President Duda arrives in Kyiv to discuss aid to Ukraine
The Polish president’s chief of staff, Pawel Szrot, said President Andrzej Duda had arrived in Kyiv to discuss further aid to Ukraine, including military aid.
Slaughter told reporters that Duda’s “trip included meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and talks on military assistance and the protection of Ukraine in economic, humanitarian and political terms”. (Translator: Chen Zhengjian / Verification: Yang Zhaoyan) 1110823