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To world markets Ukrainian grain and other commodities are ready to be shipped and thus Russia agreed an agreement that allows it to rejoin a wartime on Wednesday. Meanwhile, since the Russian invasion eight months ago at around 14 million the U.N.’s refugee chief, put the number of Ukrainians driven from their homes. Filippo Grandi said, who heads the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees It is “the fastest, largest displacement witnessed in decades”. Moscow had received assurances that Ukraine would not use the humanitarian corridors to attack Russian forces, announcing that Russia would rejoin the grain pact, President Vladimir Putin said. If Kyiv breaks its word he warned that Russia reserves the right to withdraw again. To get the deal back on track Putin praised Turkey’s mediation efforts as well as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s “neutrality in the conflict as a whole”, at “ensuring the interest of the poorest countries” and his efforts.  “His unwavering sup...

If Russia keeps striking the country’s energy infrastructure and that means having no electricity, water or heat in the freezing cold cannot be ruled out, Ukraine’s capital, the mayor of Kyiv, is warning residents that this winter they must prepare for the worst.  “To avoid this we are doing everything. For the city to be without heat, without electricity, without water supply, in general, so we all die, our enemies are doing everything, let’s be frank.  Mayor Vitali Klitschko told state media “The future of each of us and the future of the country depends on how we prepared for different situations”.  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Sunday, in his nightly video address to the nation that about 4.5 million people were without electricity. “In the spring, we must get through this winter and be even stronger” he called on Ukrainians to endure the hardships.  Over the last month Russia has focused on striking Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, causing powe...

In the aftermath of Russia’s devastating strikes on energy infrastructure on Saturday in Kyiv and seven other regions of the country Ukraine’s state electricity operator announced blackouts. With missiles and drones the move comes as Russian forces continue to pound Ukrainian cities and villages, inflicting damage on power plants, water supplies and other civilian targets that is nearing its nine-month mark in a grinding war. For the first time acknowledged supplying Moscow before the invasion but the drones it has used in Ukraine came from Iran that Russia has denied With “a limited number” of drones  the Islamic Republic’s foreign minister on Saturday.  To stop the conflict however, Tehran didn’t know if its drones were used against Ukraine and stated Iran’s commitment, Hossein Amirabdollahian claimed. Scheduled blackouts will take place in the capital and the greater Kyiv region, as well as several regions around it Chernihiv, Cherkasy, Zhytomyr, Sumy, Poltava and Kharkiv, ...

Since the start of Russia’s invasion on Tuesday Germany’s president arrived in Kyiv for his first visit to Ukraine, for Ukrainian rebuilding when the war eventually ends as Western countries mulled a massive plan. “With drones, cruise missiles and rockets it was important to me in this phase of air attacks to send a signal of solidarity to Ukrainians”, President Frank-Walter Steinmeier said just after arriving.  The Kremlin’s forces have ruined homes, eight months of pummelling, public buildings and the power grid. At 350 billion euros ($345 billion) the World Bank estimates the damage to Ukraine so far. On his third try the German president made it to Ukraine whose position is largely ceremonial. In April, with his Polish and Baltic counterparts he was planning to visit the country, but said his presence “apparently wasn’t wanted in Kyiv”.  During his time as Germany’s foreign minister Steinmeier has been criticized in Ukraine for allegedly cosying up to Russia. Because of se...