United Nations, US: A senior UN official condemned Russia on Friday for its “appalling assaults” on Ukraine which saw some 158 missiles and drones launched, which Kyiv blamed for the deaths of at least 30 people.
Schools, a maternity hospital, shopping arcades and blocks of flats were among the buildings hit in the nationwide barrage that also wounded over a hundred, said Ukrainian officials.
“Regrettably, today’s appalling assaults were only the latest in a series of escalating attacks by the Russian Federation,” said UN assistant secretary-general Mohamed Khiari.
“The (UN) Secretary-General unequivocally condemns, in the strongest possible terms, today’s appalling attacks on cities and towns across Ukraine. Attacks against civilians and civilian infrastructure violate international humanitarian law, are unacceptable and must stop immediately.”
The attacks — which also saw a Russian missile passing through Polish airspace — triggered international condemnation and fresh promises of military support to Ukraine, which has been fighting off invading Russian troops since late February 2022.
“We mourn this tragic loss of life,” said the US representative to the UN Security Council, calling it the largest aerial assault by Russia against Ukraine since the start of the war.
“Russia launched 158 combined drones and missiles against Ukraine — including 36 Shahad UAVs and 122 missiles... (Russian President Vladimir) Putin’s objective remains unchanged, he seeks to obliterate Ukraine and subjugate its people.”
Russian strikes on Ukraine ‘appalling assaults’: senior UN official
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Russian strikes on Ukraine ‘appalling assaults’: senior UN official
- The attacks triggered international condemnation and fresh promises of military support to Ukraine
Russian and Egyptian commodities exchanges plan closer cooperation
- Russia has been pushing to establish the exchange as part of a broader plan to create new financial instruments
- “In general, all of this can be viewed both as bilateral Russia–Egypt relations,” said Artemyev
MOSCOW: Russia’s and Egypt’s leading commodity exchanges plan to cooperate more closely, with a view to setting up a potential new grain exchange within the wider BRICS group, the head of Russia’s SPIMEX exchange said late on Thursday.
Russia, the world’s largest wheat exporter, has been pushing to establish the exchange as part of a broader plan to create new financial instruments, detach its trade from the US dollar and help Moscow to combat Western sanctions.
“In general, all of this can be viewed both as bilateral Russia–Egypt relations and as the creation of a BRICS exchange,” Igor Artemyev, head of Russia’s SPIMEX exchange, told reporters after the signing of a memorandum of understanding with Egypt’s EMX.
Under the memorandum, the parties plan to simplify exchange-trading procedures and explore possibilities for mutual exchange access for brokers and companies of both countries.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that BRICS countries, which are among the world’s largest producers of grains, legumes and oilseeds, could establish such an exchange, potentially expanding it to trade other major commodities.
The plan to create the exchange was approved by leaders of BRICS countries, which include Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa and Egypt, among others.
