Posts tagged food insecurity
WORLD BRIEFING: March 19, 2024

The UN warns that the situation in Gaza is catastrophic, with northern Gaza facing imminent famine and the rest of the Strip at risk as well. Vladimir Putin said he is open to French President Emmanuel Macron's plan to propose a ceasefire during this summer's Paris Olympics

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WAR IN UKRAINE: July 21, 2023

In the 4th attack in as many days, Russian missiles struck agricultural warehouses in Odesa overnight, destroying tons of crops, a Ukrainian military official said, adding they were carried out with Kalibr missiles fired from the Black Sea and destroyed 100 tons of peas and 20 tons of barley. Two people were injured

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WAR IN UKRAINE: February 27, 2023

At least two people were killed after Russia launched drone attacks targeting Kyiv and parts of Ukraine surrounding the capital, Ukrainian authorities said Monday. Ukraine’s commander of joint forces operation has been dismissed from his post, President Volodymyr Zelensky announced in a decree Sunday.

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WAR IN UKRAINE: February 15, 2023

While the provision of electricity across Ukraine is normalizing, among ordinary people anxieties are high that the Russians may launch another major offensive around the time of the one year anniversary of the war on February 24. 

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WAR IN UKRAINE: December 18, 2022

Heavy fighting has continued around the town of Bakhmut in the eastern Donbas region on Saturday. Ukraine is criticizing FIFA for refusing to show a video message from President Volodymyr Zelensky in Qatar’s Lusail Stadium ahead of the World Cup final on Sunday.

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WAR IN UKRAINE: November 1, 2022

A massive Russian missile attack Monday hit Kyiv and other major cities, impacting power and water supplies. An official said resettlement of some Kyiv residents might be possible this winter

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WAR IN UKRAINE: October 31, 2022

The Black Sea Grain Initiative which unlocked Ukraine shipments of foodstuffs to global markets is officially suspended, with Turkey announcing the stoppage of vessels from Ukrainian ports. 

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WAR IN UKRAINE: October 27, 2022

The IMF chief says that Ukraine’s external financing needs in 2023 will be around $3 billion to $4 billion a month in a best-case scenario but could reach $5 billion as Russia targets the country’s critical infrastructure.

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WAR IN UKRAINE: August 29, 2022

IAEA inspectors are expected to arrive at the Zaporyzhzhia nuclear power plant shortly, but reportedly without mission members from the U.S. or UK. Miami residents are being urged to give up their guns so that they can be sent to Ukraine 

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WAR IN UKRAINE: August 13, 2022

Blasts at a Russian-operated airfield in Crimea this week have "significantly degraded" its navy's Black Sea fleet. Several expert sources say the strike was performed by Ukrainian special forces 

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WAR IN UKRAINE: August 4, 2022

Shocking revelations emerge about the treatment of Ukrainian staff at the Canadian Embassy in Kyiv in the run up to Russia’s invasion. Ukrainian forces blow up a strategic railway bridge leading out of occupied Crimea. 

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WAR IN UKRAINE: August 2, 2022

The first of several hundred vessels needed to clear a backlog of Ukrainian agriculture products departed Odesa yesterday bound for Lebanon via Turkey. It was a rare glimmer of hope in a war that has forced the Ukrainian economy into a free fall 

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WAR IN UKRAINE: July 24, 2022

Just hours after signing an agreement with Ukraine to unblock grain from Black Sea ports, Russia fires on the port city of Odesa. The aggression is widely condemned by the UN and Ukraine.

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WAR IN UKRAINE: July 23, 2022

An agreement has been signed in Istanbul that could free up the movement of Ukraine grain to world markets. However much depends on the compliance of Russia and many other factors. Meanwhile, Ukrainian parliamentarians give themselves a salary hike as other - such a teachers - struggle on abysmal salaries. 

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WAR IN UKRAINE: June 9, 2022

A deal between Russia and Turkey to get Ukrainian grain moving through the Black Sea is in the works, but with many question marks being legitimately raised by Ukraine. Meanwhile, fighting between Ukrainian and Russian forces in eastern Ukraine remains intense.

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