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NEW YORK (AP) — The Clinton Global Initiative added gender equity as a pillar of the nonprofit’s work to sound the alarm about the increasing challenges women and girls currently face, Clinton Foundation Vice Chair Chelsea Clinton told The Associated Press in an interview Tuesday. “Whatever the issue -- it’s connected to women and it falls more heavily on women,” Chelsea Clinton said. “We are in this for the long haul for Ukraine, Ukrainians, and for democracy everywhere," Hillary Clinton said. “From the World Food Programme's perspective, the world on fire,” she told former President Bill Clinton. Andres said he was proud to be part of the Ukraine Action Network to help out through World Central Kitchen.

Persons: Chelsea Clinton, Cindy McCain, ” Chelsea Clinton, Hillary Clinton’s, “ we’ve, ”, “, we’ve, Hillary Clinton, Ukraine —, Orlando Bloom's, Don’t, Clinton, ” Zelenska, ” Cindy McCain, Bill Clinton, ” McCain, ” Chef Jose Andres, McCain, Andres, I’ve, “ WCK Organizations: Clinton Global Initiative, Clinton, Associated Press, United Nations Conference, Women, Network, Ukraine, Clinton Global, Ukraine Action Network, World, Kitchen Ukrainian, Lilly Endowment Inc, AP Locations: Beijing, Ukraine, Russia, “, Africa

☆ Two ships headed to Ukraine's Black Sea ports to load grain
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

KYIV, Sept 16 (Reuters) - Two cargo vessels were headed to Ukrainian ports on Saturday, the first to use a temporary corridor to sail into Black Sea ports and load grain for African and Asian markets, a senior Ukrainian government official told Reuters. Five vessels have so far left the port of Odesa, using the corridor which hugs the western Black Sea coast near Romania and Bulgaria. Deputy Prime Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov said that two bulk carriers "Resilient Africa" and "Aroyat" ships were already on their way in the Black Sea to the Ukrainian ports to load almost 20,000 tons of wheat for Africa and Asia. Shipping data showed both vessels on routes in the northern Black Sea. Moscow has launched frequent drone and missile attacks on the Ukrainian grain export infrastructure.

Persons: Oleksandr Kubrakov, Pavel Polityuk, Ros Russell Organizations: Reuters, Shipping, Thomson Locations: Ukrainian, Black, Ukraine, Russia, Odesa, Romania, Bulgaria, Africa, Asia, Moscow

☆ Two Ships Headed to Ukraine's Black Sea Ports to Load Grain
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-16 | by ( Sept. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

KYIV (Reuters) - Two cargo vessels were headed to Ukrainian ports on Saturday, the first to use a temporary corridor to sail into Black Sea ports and load grain for African and Asian markets, a senior Ukrainian government official told Reuters. Five vessels have so far left the port of Odesa, using the corridor which hugs the western Black Sea coast near Romania and Bulgaria. Deputy Prime Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov said that two bulk carriers "Resilient Africa" and "Aroyat" ships were already on their way in the Black Sea to the Ukrainian ports to load almost 20,000 tons of wheat for Africa and Asia. Shipping data showed both vessels on routes in the northern Black Sea. Moscow has launched frequent drone and missile attacks on the Ukrainian grain export infrastructure.

Persons: Oleksandr Kubrakov, Pavel Polityuk, Ros Russell Organizations: Reuters, Shipping Locations: Ukrainian, Black, Ukraine, Russia, Odesa, Romania, Bulgaria, Africa, Asia, Moscow

☆ Ukraine plans big rise in defence spending in 2024 draft budget
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-15 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty/Serhii Nuzhnenko via REUTERS Acquire Licensing RightsKYIV, Sept 15 (Reuters) - The government approved a draft 2024 budget on Friday that puts the deficit at 1.548 trillion hryvnias ($41.92 billion) and increases defence spending to 1.7 trillion hryvnias, over 21% of GDP. Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said the increase in defence spending was needed to fund Ukraine's war effort following Russia's full-scale invasion in February 2022. "This amount (defence spending) is 113 billion hryvnias more than this year. Debt repayment is planned to be 606.5 billion hryvnias, including 421.6 billion hryvnias to be spent on internal debt repayments and 184.9 billion hryvnias for external debt repayments. About 468.8 billion hryvnias is budgeted for social spending, with 30.8 billion hryvnias allocated for business support.

Persons: Nuzhnenko, Denys Shmyhal, Yuliia Dysa, Olena Harmash, Anna Pruchnicka, Timothy Organizations: Radio Free, Radio Liberty, REUTERS Acquire, Rights, Timothy Heritage, Thomson Locations: Ukraine, Donetsk region, Radio Free Europe

NEW YORK (AP) — A Ukrainian composer has been commissioned to write an opera about mothers from that country going into Russia to rescue their forcibly detained children. The Metropolitan Opera and Lincoln Center Theater said Monday that 42-year-old Maxim Kolomiiets will compose the work to a libretto by George Brant, whose “Grounded” with composer Jeanine Tesori premieres at the Washington National Opera on Oct. 28 and travels to the Met in the autumn of 2024. Met general manager Peter Gelb hopes the company can present the new work by 2027 or '28. A piano-vocal score and libretto will be written in the next year or two and a workshop prepared. “It's my hope it will end up as a full-blown opera and hopefully on our stage,” Gelb said.

Persons: Maxim Kolomiiets, George Brant, Jeanine Tesori, Peter Gelb, Vladimir Putin, Maria Lvova, Gelb, Olena, Kolomiiets, Met dramaturg Paul Cremo, ” Gelb, Anna Netrebko, Keri, Lynn Wilson, “ Organizations: Metropolitan Opera, Lincoln Center, Washington National Opera, Met, Orchestra, Lynn Wilson . Works Locations: Ukrainian, Russia, Ukraine, The Hague, Russian, New York

Major General Kyrylo Budanov, chief of the Military Intelligence of Ukraine, speaks during an interview with Reuters, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine July 6, 2023. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko Acquire Licensing RightsKYIV, Sept 9 (Reuters) - Ukraine's counteroffensive against Russian forces will continue through the onset of cold and wet weather later this year, even though it would become harder to fight, Kyiv's intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov said on Saturday. The counteroffensive will continue," Budanov said. Vadym Skibytskyi, an official from Ukraine's military spy agency, said earlier on Saturday that Russia currently had 420,000 servicemen inside Ukraine. Russia, which launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, has said that the Ukrainian counteroffensive has failed.

Persons: Kyrylo Budanov, Valentyn, Budanov, Victor Pinchuk, Tom Balmforth, Mike Harrison Organizations: Military Intelligence, Reuters, REUTERS, Rights, Russian, Victor, Victor Pinchuk Foundation, Kyiv, Ukraine, Thomson Locations: Ukraine, Kyiv, Russia, Zaporizhzhia, Robotyne

☆ Four killed, scores wounded in Russian air strikes on Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( Olena Harmash | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

[1/4] A local man tries to extinguish burning buildings at a site of a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk region, Ukraine September 8, 2023. In the latest wave of aerial attacks since Russia's invasion last year, two women and a 46-year-old man were killed in the village of Odradakamianka in the southern region of Kherson, regional governor Oleksandr Prokudin said. Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko initially said a police officer had been killed but officials later said the victim was a private security guard. Klymenko said 54 people were also wounded in the attack, which officials said damaged administrative buildings, 17 high-rise blocks, four private houses and a religious building. Kiper reported damage to a non-residential building in the Odesa region that was hit by falling debris from a drone, but no casualties.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelenskiy's, Oleksandr Prokudin, Zelenskiy, Ihor Klymenko, Klymenko, Serhiy Lysak, Anna Pruchnicka, Pavel Polityuk, Timothy Organizations: Press, State Emergency Service of, REUTERS Acquire, Police, Russia, Southern, Timothy Heritage, Thomson Locations: Russian, Ukraine, Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk, State Emergency Service of Ukraine, Handout, Kryvyi Rih KYIV, Odradakamianka, Kherson, Kryvyi, Russia, Odesa, Ukrainian, Moscow, Mykolaiv, Kiper, Zaporizhzhia, Sumy

☆ Who is Rustem Umerov, Ukraine's new defence minister?
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERS /File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsKYIV, Sept 6 (Reuters) - Ukraine's parliament voted to approve the appointment of Rustem Umerov as defence minister on Wednesday after President Volodymyr Zelenskiy proposed him to replace Oleksii Reznikov. Here are some facts about Umerov:* Umerov, 41, is a Crimean Tatar, a Turkic people from the Black Sea Ukrainian peninsula that was annexed by Russia in 2014. Since 2020, Umerov has been a member of a Ukrainian government task force working on the strategy to end the occupation of Crimea. * In September 2022, Umerov, then a lawmaker from the pro-European Holos party, became head of the State Property Fund, an agency selling state assets to private investors. * When proposing Umerov, Zelenskiy said new approaches and other forms of interaction with the military and society were needed as Russia's invasion entered its 19th month.

Persons: Rustem Umerov, Rustem, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Umerov, Olena, Zelenskiy, Anna Pruchnicka, Tom Balmforth, Timothy Organizations: Ukrainian Presidential Press Service, REUTERS, Rights, Oleksii, State Property Fund, Ukraine's Azov, United Arab Emirates, ASTEM, Timothy Heritage, Thomson Locations: Ukrainian, Ukraine, Kyiv, Crimean, Russia, Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Soviet Crimea, Crimea, Umerov, European, Mariupol, Zelenskiy, Saudi Arabia

[1/5] Police officers and rescuers inspect the site of a Russian military strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kostiantynivka, Donetsk region, Ukraine September 6, 2023. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy condemned the attack, saying a market, shops and a pharmacy had been struck in the industrial city close to the battlefield. "This Russian evil must be defeated as soon as possible," Zelenskiy said on the Telegram messaging app. He later told a press conference in Kyiv that he believed it had been a deliberate attack on "a peaceful city". "As of 18:00 (1500 GMT) 17 people were killed and 32 were injured as a result of Russian shelling," he said.

Persons: Zelenskiy, Antony Blinken, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Utter, Blinken, Ihor Klymenko, Blinken's, Anna Pruchnicka, Timothy Organizations: Police, Press, Interior Ministry of, REUTERS Acquire, U.S, Ukraine, Russia's, Timothy Heritage, Thomson Locations: Russian, Ukraine, Kostiantynivka, Donetsk region, Interior Ministry of Ukraine, Handout, Kyiv, Ukrainian, Bakhmut, Odesa, Russia, Moscow, Washington

☆ Zelenskyy's wife opened up about how Russia's war on Ukraine is stressing their marriage: 'This may be a bit selfish, but I need my husband'
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-05 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Ukrainian First Lady Olena Zelenska has opened about the stress Russia's war has put on her family and marriage. "This may be a bit selfish, but I need my husband, not a historical figure, by my side," Zelenska told the BBC. Zelenska said the war has forced her family to live apart from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. "This may be a bit selfish, but I need my husband, not a historical figure, by my side," Zelenska told the BBC in a report published on Tuesday. Still, Zelenska said, she believes in her comedian-turned-president of Ukraine husband and supports him.

Persons: Olena Zelenska, Zelenska, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Vladimir Putin, Ukraine's, Zelenskyy, Zelenskyy — Organizations: BBC, Service, Eastern European, Russian Locations: Ukrainian, Wall, Silicon, Ukraine, Zelenskyy, Russia

Moscow has conducted long-range air strikes on targets in Ukraine since the start of its invasion last year. The Romanian Defence Ministry said Romania was not hit. "The ministry of defence categorically denies information from the public space regarding a so-called overnight situation during which Russian drones would have fallen in Romania's national territory," it said. "We heard the drones, the booms and the air defence systems across the river," she told Reuters by telephone. Ukraine has reported suspected Russian weapons flying over or crashing into neighbours, including NATO members, several times during the war.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, Tayyip Erdogan, Oleg Nikolenko, Nikolenko, Daniela Tanase, Oksana Savchuk, Erdogan, Putin, Andriy Yermak, Yermak, Pavel Polityuk, Olena Harmash, Tom Balmforth, Luiza Ilie, Timothy Heritage, Peter Graff Organizations: Russia, NATO, Reuters, Facebook, Romanian Defence Ministry, Thomson Locations: Ukraine, Russian, Romania, Bucharest, KYIV, BUCHAREST, Moscow, Ukraine's, Izmail, Romanian, Plauru, Russia, Poland, Ukrainian, Russia's Black, Sochi, Turkey, Kyiv

☆ Who is Rustem Umerov, Ukraine's likely new defence minister?
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Rustem Umerov, head of the country's main privatisation fund, attends a meeting in the president's office, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Kyiv, Ukraine November 16, 2022. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERS Acquire Licensing RightsKYIV, Sept 4 (Reuters) - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has proposed Rustem Umerov, head of Ukraine's main privatisation agency, to serve as the country's wartime defence minister. Here are some facts about Umerov, who would replace Oleksii Reznikov as defence minister:* Umerov, 41, is a Crimean Tatar, a Turkic people from the Black Sea Ukrainian peninsula that was annexed by Russia in 2014. Since 2020, Umerov has been a member of a Ukrainian government task force working on the strategy to end the occupation of Crimea. * In September 2022, Umerov, then a lawmaker from the pro-European Holos party, became head of the State Property Fund, an agency selling state assets to private investors.

Persons: Rustem Umerov, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Umerov, Umerov's, Oleksii, Olena, Anna Pruchnicka, Tom Balmforth, Timothy Organizations: Presidential Press Service, REUTERS Acquire, Rights, State Property Fund, Azov, United Arab Emirates, ASTEM, Timothy Heritage, Thomson Locations: Ukraine, Kyiv, Crimean, Russia, Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Soviet Crimea, Ukrainian, Crimea, Umerov, European, Mariupol, Zelenskiy, Saudi Arabia

☆ Factbox: Who is Rustem Umerov, Ukraine's likely new defence minister?
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/3] Ukrainian business tycoon and one of Ukraine's most prominent billionaires Ihor Kolomoisky speaks with Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and Prosecutor General's Office officers at an unknown location, in this picture released on September 2, 2023. Security Service of Ukraine/Handout via REUTERS Acquire Licensing RightsKYIV, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Ukraine's main security agency accused tycoon Ihor Kolomoisky of fraud and money laundering on Saturday, naming one of the country's most prominent businessmen a suspect in a criminal investigation. "It was established that during 2013-2020, Ihor Kolomoisky legalized more than half a billion hryvnias ($14 million) by withdrawing them abroad and using the infrastructure of banks under (his) control," the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) said in a statement. CRACKDOWN ON CORRUPTIONDuring the war, Zelenskiy has been keen to stress Ukraine's crackdown on corruption as Kyiv has applied to join the European Union. U.S. authorities have also alleged Kolomoisky and a business partner laundered stolen funds through the United States.

Persons: Ihor Kolomoisky, Ihor, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Kolomoisky, Zelenskiy, Yaroslav Zheleznyak, Iryna Gerashchenko, laundered, Olena, Tomasz Janowski, Frances Kerry Organizations: Service of Ukraine, General's, Security Service, REUTERS Acquire, Rights, Kolomoisky, Security Service of Ukraine, European Union, Thomson Locations: Ukraine, Handout, Kyiv, Soviet Union, United States

☆ Ukraine's Zelenskiy says troops 'moving forward', rebuffs critics
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-02 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy meets with Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou at the Maximos Mansion in Athens, Greece, August 21, 2023. Theodore Manolopoulos/Greek Presidency Press Office/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsKYIV, Sept 2 (Reuters) - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday that Kyiv's troops were "moving forward" in their counteroffensive against Russian forces, rebuffing Western officials who say that Ukraine is gaining ground too slowly. The White House said there had been "notable success" by Ukraine in the area, although Maliar warned that Kyiv's troops had reached even more heavily fortified positions on the other side after breaking through. It reported 45 combat clashes on the frontlines in the past 24 hours and said fighting raged in the east where Ukrainian troops had repelled multiple Russian attacks. Russia has already described the Ukrainian counteroffensive as a failure.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Katerina Sakellaropoulou, Theodore Manolopoulos, Zelenskiy, Hanna Maliar, Maliar, Olena, Tom Balmforth, Ros Russell Organizations: Press, REUTERS, Rights, Russian, Thomson Locations: Athens, Greece, Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukrainian, Melitopol, Russian, Zaporizhzhia, Russia

☆ Ukraine names powerful businessman Kolomoisky suspect in fraud probe - SBU
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-02 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/3] Ukrainian business tycoon and one of Ukraine's most prominent billionaires Ihor Kolomoisky speaks with Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and Prosecutor General's Office officers at an unknown location, in this picture released on September 2, 2023. Security Service of Ukraine/Handout via REUTERS Acquire Licensing RightsKYIV, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Ukrainian state security officials named powerful businessman Ihor Kolomoisky as a suspect in a fraud and money laundering case, the SBU security service said on Saturday. The security service published pictures of a group of detectives at the door of his home, with Kolomoisky receiving and signing documents. The United States sanctioned Kolomoisky in 2021 "due to his involvement in significant corruption". U.S. authorities have also alleged Kolomoiskiy and a business partner laundered stolen funds through the United States.

Persons: Ihor Kolomoisky, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Kolomoisky, laundered, Kolomoiskiy, Olena, Tomasz Janowski Organizations: Service of Ukraine, General's, Security Service, REUTERS Acquire, Rights, Russia's, United, Thomson Locations: Ukraine, Handout, United States

[1/2] Russian service members walk near a burnt car following recent shelling in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in Donetsk, Russian-controlled Ukraine, September 1, 2023. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko Acquire Licensing RightsKYIV, Sept 1 (Reuters) - Ukraine said on Friday its troops had broken through Russia's first line of defences in several places, though they have then encountered even more heavily-fortified Russian positions. Deputy Defence Minister Hanna Maliar said Kyiv's troops, in a much-vaunted counteroffensive against Russian forces, were advancing in the Zaporizhzhia region. Washington also said on Friday that Kyiv had made notable progress on the southern front in the last 72 hours. "They have achieved some success against that second line of Russian defenses," Kirby said, adding it was up to Ukraine on how to capitalize on that success.

Persons: Alexander Ermochenko, Hanna Maliar, Maliar, John Kirby, Kirby, they've, Mykhailo Podolyak, Tom Balmforth, Trevor Hunnicitt, Susan Heavey, Peter Graff Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Deputy, Russian, White, National Security, Kyiv, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Donetsk, Russian, Zaporizhzhia, Washington, United States, Robotyne, Kyiv, Moscow

☆ Russia-Ukraine War U.S. Officials Say It Appears Likely Putin Ordered Prigozhin Killed
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-25 | by ( Victoria Kim | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +5 min

Mr. Putin himself is under an arrest warrant by the International Criminal Court for the abduction and deportation of Ukrainian children, as is his commissioner for children’s rights, Maria Lvova-Belova. Seven of the people targeted by the new sanctions are Russian officials, and the other four, including Ms. Kadyrova, have ties to the camps. “Children are literally being ripped from their homes in the year 2023 by a country sitting in this very chamber,” Ms. Thomas-Greenfield said. Some are pressured into accepting Russian citizenship, and others have been adopted by Russian families, Ms. Thomas-Greenfield said. “You will hear Russian officials say that their transfers of children are part of humanitarian evacuations,” Ms. Thomas-Greenfield said on Thursday.

Persons: Ramzan Kadyrov, Aymani Nesievna, Kadyrova, reeducation, Vladimir V, Putin, Mr, Maria Lvova, Biden, ”, “ It’s, Linda Thomas, Greenfield, Ms, Thomas, ARTEK, AKF, Galina Anatolevna Pyatykh, Irina Anatolyevna Ageeva, Irina Aleksandrovna Cherkasova, Mansur Mussaevich Soltaev, Magomedovich Khuchiev, Konstantin Albertovich Fedorenko, Alievich, Olena Oleksandrivna Shapurova, Vladimir Vladislavovich Kovalenko, Vladimir Dmitrievich Nechaev, “ Organizations: State Department, Kremlin, International, Court, Ukraine, Security, U.S ., Federal, Educational Institute International Children Center, Akhmat Kadyrov Foundation, The State Department, Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs, Youth Army Locations: Russia, Russian, United States, Ukraine, Chechen, Chechen Republic ., U.S, Crimea, Chechen Republic of Russia, Belgorod, Russia’s Kaluga, Russia’s Rostov, Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia, Sevastopol, Crimean

Mr. Putin himself is under an arrest warrant by the International Criminal Court for the abduction and deportation of Ukrainian children, as is his commissioner for children’s rights, Maria Lvova-Belova. The two entities placed under sanctions are a Russian-owned camp and an organization that has overseen Ukrainian children who were sent to a camp in the Chechen Republic. “Children are literally being ripped from their homes in the year 2023 by a country sitting in this very chamber,” Ms. Thomas-Greenfield said. Some are pressured into accepting Russian citizenship, and others have been adopted by Russian families, Ms. Thomas-Greenfield said. “You will hear Russian officials say that their transfers of children are part of humanitarian evacuations,” Ms. Thomas-Greenfield said on Thursday.

KYIV/STOCKHOLM, Aug 19 (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy arrived in Sweden on Saturday to meet with Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, the royal family and other officials as Kyiv's counteroffensive against Russian forces grinds into its third month. The visit will start at Harpsund, the country retreat of Swedish prime ministers, about 120 kilometres from Sweden's capital Stockholm. As Zelenskiy reached Sweden, he said people had been killed and wounded in a Russian missile strike on the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv. Zelenskiy said he would thank Sweden for supporting Ukraine since the Russian invasion. Zelenskiy and Prime Minister Kristersson will hold a joint press conference at Harpsund in the afternoon.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Ulf Kristersson, grinds, Zelenskiy, Pal Jonson, Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf, Queen Silvia, Olena Zelenska, Kristersson, Dan Peleschuk, Supantha Mukherjee, Simon Johnson, Frances Kerry, Toby Chopra, David Holmes Organizations: Russian, Swedish, Harpsund, Thomson Locations: STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Harpsund, Swedish, Sweden's, Stockholm, Zelenskiy, Russian, Ukrainian, Chernihiv, Ukraine, Stenhammar

☆ With eyes on Taiwan, new China ban shows the U.S. may be learning lessons from mistakes with Russia
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-11 | by ( Karen Gilchrist | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Analysts said the U.S. was making such moves with an eye on rising tensions over Taiwan, given that the potential fallout from a conflict between China and Taiwan would be "unimaginable." Yurchenko, who spoke to CNBC ahead of the Wednesday announcement, dubbed the scale of the risks regarding Taiwan as "unimaginable." Beijing, meanwhile, has called for "reunification" with Taiwan, last year describing its status in a white paper as an "unalterable" part of China. watch nowElina Ribakova, senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, said that China was watching the West's approach to Russia closely. Western sanctions against Moscow keep coming, almost 1½ years after Russian forces crossed Ukraine's borders.

Persons: Drew Angerer, Joe Biden, Olena, it's, Olena Yurchenko, Yurchenko, Kyle Bass, Xi Jinping, Biden, Ukraine's Yurchenko, they've, Elina Ribakova, Ribakova, Daniel Ferrie, I'm Organizations: Getty, Wednesday, Foreign Ministry, Economic Security, of, of Ukraine, CNBC, Peterson Institute for International Economics, Moscow, Ukraine, European, European Union, Hayman Capital Locations: China, disassociation, Beijing, U.S, Russia, Taiwan, United States, Washington, of Ukraine, India, Taiwan Strait, Ukraine, Ukraine's, Moscow

☆ Kyiv says Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant switched to reserve power line
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A Russian service member stands guard at a checkpoint near the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant before the arrival of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) expert mission in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict outside Enerhodar in the Zaporizhzhia region, Russian-controlled Ukraine, June 15, 2023. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko/File... Read moreKYIV, Aug 10 (Reuters) - Ukraine's Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant again lost connection to its last remaining main external power line overnight and was switched to a reserve line, state-owned power generating company Energoatom said on Thursday. Energoatom said Europe's largest nuclear power plant was on the verge of a blackout as the reserve line had less than half the power capacity of the main power line. The Zaporizhzhia plant with its six reactors has been controlled by the Russian military since the early days of Moscow's invasion in February 2022. 6 to a 'hot shutdown' state is being considered."

Persons: Alexander Ermochenko, Read, Energoatom, Olena Harmash, Angus MacSwan Organizations: International Atomic Energy Agency, REUTERS, Zaporizhzhia NPP, Thomson Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Zaporizhzhia, Russian, KYIV

☆ Ukraine announces 'humanitarian corridor' for ships stuck in Black Sea ports
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A grain ship carrying Ukrainian grain is seen in the Black Sea, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near Ukrainian port of Odesa, Ukraine November 2, 2022. At least initially, the corridor appears to apply to vessels such as container ships that have been stuck in Ukrainian ports since the Feb. 2022 invasion, and were not covered by the deal that opened the ports for grain shipments last year. "Today a new temporary humanitarian corridor has started to work," Oleh Chalyk, a spokesperson for Ukraine's navy, told Reuters by telephone. It said a risk remained from mines in the Black Sea and the military threat from Russia. Last month, Moscow quit the year-old Black Sea grain deal that had allowed Ukraine to safely export agricultural products, saying that a parallel deal to help ease Russia's own grain and fertiliser exports was not being implemented.

Persons: Serhii, Chalyk, Moscow, Olena, Tom Balmforth, Peter Graff Organizations: REUTERS, Reuters, International Maritime Organization, United Nations, Thomson Locations: Ukraine, Ukrainian, Odesa, Russia, Chornomorsk

☆ How U.S. microchips are fueling Russia's military — despite sanctions
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-07 | by ( Karen Gilchrist | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

Murky supply chainsNot all advanced technologies are subject to Western sanctions on Russia. So, a Russian military, as well as its civilian economy, have become dependent," Sam Bendett, advisor at the Center for Naval Analyses, said. Meanwhile, sanctions on Russia are largely limited to Ukraine's Western allies, meaning that many countries continue to trade with Russia. And this is what the Russian industry as well as the Russian military and its intelligence services are taking advantage of," Bendett said. Sanctions clampdownThe burgeoning trade flows have prompted calls from Western allies to either get more countries on board with sanctions, or slap secondary sanctions on certain entities operating within those countries in a bid to stifle Russia's military strength.

Persons: Elina Ribakova, KSE, Sam Bendett, spokespeople, Bendett, Sellers Organizations: CNBC, Semiconductors, Peterson Institute for International Economics, KSE Institute, Kyiv School, Economics, United Arab, Moscow, Royal United Services Institute, U.S ., Center for Naval, Russian, Economic Security, of, CNBC Exports, Union, Russian Federation, European Union, Peterson Institute for International Locations: Russia, Moscow, China, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Ukraine, Russia's, U.S, Japan, Germany, Russian, microchips, Hong Kong, of Ukraine, Caucasus, Central Asia, Georgia, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan

☆ Russian missiles kill nine, destroy hotel in eastern Donetsk, Ukraine says
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-07 | by ( Vladyslav Smilianets | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

POKROVSK, Ukraine, Aug 7 (Reuters) - Russian missiles struck the eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk twice on Monday night, killing nine people, wounding scores and destroying apartments and a popular hotel, officials said. [1/8]A view shows a building destroyed during a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, Ukraine August 7, 2023. It was one of the few still operating in the eastern Donetsk region, close to the frontline. Then the second blast hit her building. Another resident, 75-year-old Lidia, said she was on the phone when the second blast hit.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Zelenskiy, Alexei Kulemzin, Administration Pavlo Kyrylenko, Lidia, Vladyslav Smilianets, Olena Harmash, Nick Macfie, Cynthia Osterman Organizations: Donetsk Regional, Administration, REUTERS Residents, Thomson Locations: POKROVSK, Ukraine, Russian, Ukrainian, Pokrovsk, Bakhmut, Donetsk, Donetsk region, Handout

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