- European leaders pledge their support to Ukraine on the 90th anniversary of the start of the Holodomor famine.
- Russia “will pay” for a Soviet-era famine that left millions of Ukrainians dead during the winter of 1932-33 and “answer for today’s crimes”, said the head of Ukraine’s presidential administration Andriy Yermak.
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NATO’s Stoltenberg welcomes Turkey’s support to extend grain deal
The NATO secretary general Jens Stoltenberg welcomed the Support of Turkey, together with the UN, to extend the Black Sea Grain deal.
Stoltenberg said at the Grain from Ukraine Summit that he saw the grain ships on the Istanbul Strait when he met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
“They are getting food, grain, and fertilizers out of Ukrainian ports for the vulnerable people who urgently need it,” he added, hailing the efforts of NATO allies and the EU to get supplies moving out of Ukraine over land.
Stoltenberg also talked about the “horrendous” Holodomor tragedy which killed millions of Ukrainians 90 years ago.
“Today, Russia is using hunger as a weapon of war against Ukraine. And to create division and further instability among the srest of the world,” Stoltenberg said