Amid tense talks Tuesday over the future of safe passage for grain ships departing Ukraine, after Russia backed out of a U.N.-brokered deal that has served as a key lifeline for agricultural exports to countries facing shortages, Moscow and Kyiv agreed to halt all grain ship departures Wednesday as they hash out a path forward.
Ukraine live briefing: Kyiv, Moscow agree to halt grain ships Wednesday
Russia suspended its participation in the deal over the weekend, after a drone attack in Crimea that Russia blamed on Ukraine. Kyiv has not claimed responsibility for the attack. Ships continued to depart Ukraine’s Black Sea ports on Tuesday, the United Nations said, despite Russian warnings that the safe passage of ships traveling along the humanitarian lane.
Water and electricity supplies to Kyiv were restored Tuesday, the capital’s mayor announced, after Russia unleashed a fresh wave of infrastructure attacks across Ukraine on Monday, that it described as retaliation for the weekend’s drone attacks. Russian President Vladimir Putin warned Monday that the infrastructure attacks were “not all we could have done.”
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The notes were an attempt to seek mercy from the invaders. But just as in other towns brutalized by Russian occupation, few were spared, write Post reporters Whitney Shefte, Whitney Leaming and Siobhán O’Grady.
Francesca Ebel and Missy Ryan contributed to this report.
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