"If it hasn't already done so, Ukraine will use cluster bombs in the coming hours and days." These are the words of Jake Sullivan, US national security adviser, during an interview with CNN. The confirmation, in short, that the forces of Kiev have received the American cluster bombs and are ready to use them.
On the Russia front, President Vladimir Putin instead affirmed that the Ukrainian counter-offensive "is unsuccessful", evaluating the course of the Russian special military operation in Ukraine "positively", where the Moscow army "is acting heroically". Furthermore, according to the Kremlin leader, "all the enemy's attempts to break through our defenses, and this is a task that includes the use of strategic reserves, have not been successful during the entire offensive". “Our troops are performing heroically. Unexpectedly for the enemy, in some areas they go on the offensive, take the most advantageous positions,” the Russian President said in an interview for the Rossiya-1 channel.
Meanwhile, today the last ship to be granted safe passage by the Black Sea grain deal left the port of Odessa. The deadline for extending the agreement is rapidly approaching: Ukraine and Russia have until tomorrow for the renewal of the agreement, on which Moscow's go-ahead is awaited. Putin has repeatedly threatened to end the deal, considered crucial to avert a global food crisis and fight hunger in developing countries.
(Unioneonline/ss)