The city of Lemberg (Lviv) in western Ukraine is today the scene of a tripartite summit on the Ukraine war: President Volodymyr Zelenskyj invited UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Turkish head of state Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The Black Sea Grain Initiative will be a main topic at the three-way meeting, with Turkey playing a crucial role. At the end of July, the UN and Turkey mediated that Ukraine could export grain through its Black Sea ports despite the Russian attack. The UN fears food shortages and starvation in poor parts of the world if Ukraine fails as a major grain supplier.
According to the Turkish account, Selenskyj’s meeting with Guterres and Erdogan should also be about diplomatic ways out of the war. Among other things, an “end to the war between Ukraine and Russia will be discussed through diplomatic channels,” according to a statement by the Turkish Presidential Office.
UN acts cautiously
The UN is acting more cautiously: “There are a number of issues that are being addressed: the conflict in general, the need for a political solution,” said UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric when asked whether negotiations for a permanent ceasefire were also being discussed. Guterres repeatedly emphasizes that he is a friend of the quiet diplomacy that negotiates ways out of a conflict behind closed doors.
However, Dujarric emphasized that there was “no doubt” that the dangerous situation around the Ukrainian nuclear power plant Zaporizhia and an international expert mission to the power plant would also be addressed.
After a series of heavy explosions at Russian military installations on the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called on Ukrainians in occupied territories to exercise caution. “Please do not go near the military facilities of the Russian army and all those places where they store ammunition and equipment, where they have their headquarters,” Zelenskyj said on Wednesday night.
“Very different” triggers
The triggers are “very different”, the Russians could also be to blame. Nevertheless, the following applies: “The fewer opportunities the occupiers have to do evil and kill Ukrainians, the sooner we can end the war by liberating our country.”
Maneuvers with China
China has participation in one Military maneuvers in Russia announced. Chinese soldiers would be sent to Russia for exercises scheduled jointly with Russia, India, Belarus and Tajikistan, the Defense Ministry announced in Beijing on Wednesday. Participation not related to the current one international and regional situationaccording to Beijing.
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