Vladimir Putin is ready to reopen the grain deal only in the event of “removal of restrictions on the export of Russian agricultural products.”

• Vladimir Putin is ready to renew the grain deal “Removal of Restrictions on the Export of Russian Agricultural Products”. Vladimir Putin said on Monday he was ready to reopen a grain deal allowing Ukrainian grain exports through the Black Sea, provided his demands were met. “We will do this once all agreements on the removal of export restrictions on Russian agricultural products are fully implemented.”Vladimir Putin said during a press conference with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Sochi, southern Russia.
• Russia said on Monday morning that it had destroyed four fast military missiles in the Black Sea. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the boats were carrying « Landing crews of the Armed Forces of Ukraine traveled in the direction » From Cape Darkhankhout, located west of the annexed Crimean Peninsula.
• Between Sunday and Monday night, Moscow announced that it had shot down a Ukrainian drone off the coast of Crimea and a second over Russia’s Kursk region.Ukraine border.
• President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky announced on Sunday evening that his Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov will be replaced by Rustem Umerov.. Mr. Reznikov is embroiled in a corruption case. “The war has been going on for more than five hundred and fifty days. I believe the Ministry needs new approaches”The President of Ukraine explained.
• The Ukrainian army made significant progress on Russian defense lines in southern Ukraine, one of his senior generals told a British daily Guardian. “We are now between the first and second lines of defense.” The Russians announced that General Oleksandr Tarnovsky was in charge of the counteroffensive in the south.

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