Defence`s Feeds

Ankara has received Moscow's detailed explanation regarding reasons for non-renewal of the Black Sea Grain Initiative, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Friday.

The United Nations warns that any risk of the Ukrainian conflict spilling over as a result of a military incident in the Black Sea must be avoided at all costs to prevent potentially catastrophic consequences, UN Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs Rosemary DiCarlo said on Friday.

The issue of transit of ships in the Black Sea will be discussed during a possible future meeting between Presidents of Russia and Turkiye, Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Vershinin said on Friday.

The Russian armed forces struck targets in Ukraine, where terrorist attacks with the use of UAVs were being prepared against Russia, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Friday.

Poland is considering establishing control over the western part of Ukraine through the deployment of its troops there, Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) Director Sergei Naryshkin said on Friday.

Ukraine's government has purchased Sense Bank, which is linked to sanctioned Russian oligarchs Mikhail Fridman and Pyotr Aven, for 1 hryvnia (2 U.S. cents) after the central bank (NBU) ruled to remove the institution from the Ukrainian financial sector.

A court in Moscow has sent Igor Girkin (aka Strelkov), the former leader of Moscow-backed separatists in Ukraine who has criticized President Vladimir Putin and senior military officials for an ineffective war campaign, to pretrial detention on an extremism charge.

A fourth day of Russian missile strikes on Ukrainian Black Sea port installations on July 21 set grain storage facilities in the Odesa region on fire and destroyed a huge amount of food stored for export, causing damage and injuries, regional officials and the military said, as fighting continued along the whole eastern front.

Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky has fired the country's ambassador to the UK, Vadym Prystaiko, for criticizing the president's response to a dispute over British military aid.

The Ukrainian Defense Ministry said on Thursday that it will consider all ships traveling to Russia and Russia-controlled areas in Ukraine through the Black Sea as potential carriers of military cargo.

A senior UN official has expressed worry over the expiration of the Black Sea grain deal, saying this combined with Russia's attacks on Ukraine's port regions could jeopardize global food security.

The Pentagon's inspector general has revealed that some of the Western-supplied weapons and equipment supplied to Ukrainian forces ended up in the hands of arms traffickers, criminals, and volunteer fighters.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has slammed the West for stoking the "flames of war" by supporting Ukraine in its war against Russia.

Iran once again dismisses the "baseless" claim that it supplied Russia with weapons to be used in the war in Ukraine.

Pakistani Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari emphasized the importance of a peaceful resolution of the Russia-Ukraine conflict through dialogue and engagement.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani has rejected the claims of exporting Iran's drones to Russia, terming the accusation as "unfounded".

During the summer, Finland has sent water purification materials, water containers, pumps and intensive chlorination units to Ukraine to strengthen the country's water supply. In addition, new shipments of water production materials and wastewater purification equipment are under preparation. Finland will continue to support Ukraine.

Germany provides support for Ukraine by supplying equipment and weapons, these come from supplies of the Federal Arms Forces and from deliveries from industry financed from the Federal Government's funds for security capacity building. An overview.

Russian attacks on Ukrainian Black Sea ports could have "far-reaching impacts on global food security, in particular, in developing countries," the United Nations political affairs chief Rosemary DiCarlo told the Security Council on Friday.

The U.N. humanitarian chief warned Friday that millions of people are at risk of hunger and death as a consequence of Russia's withdrawal from the Black Sea grain deal.