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War in Ukraine: Russia strikes Odesa port for third night after grain deal
Issued on: 20/07/2023 – 14:18Modified: 20/07/2023 – 14:29 04:15 Β© France 24 AuthoritiesΒ inΒ UkraineΒ sayΒ theΒ portΒ cityΒ ofΒ OdessaΒ wasΒ hitΒ byΒ RussianΒ strikesΒ forΒ aΒ thirdΒ straightΒ night. Ukraine’sΒ presidentΒ VlodymirΒ ZelenskyΒ accusingΒ MoscowΒ ofΒ deliberatelyΒ targettingΒ grainΒ supplies. TheΒ latestΒ strikesΒ comesΒ justΒ daysΒ afterΒ RussiaΒ pulledΒ outΒ ofΒ theΒ BlackΒ SeaΒ GrainΒ deal,Β whichΒ haveΒ causedΒ wheatΒ pricesΒ inΒ EuropeΒ toΒ spike. FRANCE 24’s International Affairs Commentator…
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At least 2 dead as Russia aims βretaliatoryβ strikes at southern Ukraine cities for a third night
Issued on: 20/07/2023 – 16:52Modified: 20/07/2023 – 16:57 02:02 RussiaΒ poundedΒ UkraineβsΒ southernΒ citiesΒ ThursdayΒ withΒ dronesΒ andΒ missilesΒ forΒ aΒ thirdΒ consecutiveΒ night,Β targetingΒ someΒ ofΒ theΒ countryβsΒ criticalΒ grainΒ exportΒ infrastructureΒ andΒ helpingΒ toΒ driveΒ upΒ foodΒ pricesΒ inΒ countriesΒ facingΒ hunger. AtΒ leastΒ twoΒ peopleΒ inΒ theΒ besiegedΒ portΒ cityΒ ofΒ OdesaΒ wereΒ killedΒ inΒ theΒ strikes,Β whichΒ cameΒ daysΒ afterΒ PresidentΒ VladimirΒ PutinΒ pulledΒ RussiaΒ outΒ ofΒ aΒ wartimeΒ dealΒ thatΒ allowedΒ UkraineΒ toΒ sendΒ grainΒ toΒ someΒ needyΒ countries.Β FRANCE 24’s correspondent in Ukraine Gulliver Cragg reports from Zaporizhzhia.…
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Ukraine sees third night of Russian attacks on Black Sea port cities
Issued on: 20/07/2023 – 07:35Modified: 20/07/2023 – 10:30 03:24 gulliver cragg Β© France 24 Wednesday evening marked the third consecutive…
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π΄ Live: Several injured in Russian attacks on Mykolaiv and Odesa
At least 18 people were injured in a new Russian attack on the Ukrainian port city ofΒ Mykolaiv and two were…
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π΄ Live: Putin will not attend BRICS summit by ‘mutual agreement’, says South Africa
Russian President Vladimir Putin will not attend the summit of the BRICS group of nations in South Africa in August…
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π΄ Live: Crimea bridge partially open to traffic, Russian official
The bridge connecting Crimea to southern Russia that was damaged in an attack Monday has partially opened to traffic, according…
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Ukraineβs farmers on edge as Russia halts grain deal – France 24
Issued on: 17/07/2023 – 12:29Modified: 17/07/2023 – 13:28 02:16 Russia said on Monday that it had halted participation in a…
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π΄ Live: Black Sea grain deal in peril, Ukraine says territory retaken around Bakhmut
The deal that allowed Ukraine to export grain from its Black Sea ports is set toΒ expire at midnight Monday if…
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Bulgarian resorts blame Black Sea tourism slump on dam disaster
Bulgaria’s Black Sea resorts are blaming a slump in visitor numbers on pollution fears trigged by the ecological disaster caused…
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π΄ Live: At least one killed, three injured in Russia’s pre-dawn attack on Kyiv, officials
Russia launched a pre-dawn attack on Ukraine’s capital Tuesday as its air defenses worked to stop drones in what has…
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