The grain agreement provides a safe corridor to export Ukrainian grain through the Black Sea to developing nations, and its proponents say it helps reduce food prices in African nations.īut Putin has held up renewing the deal on the grounds the West should remove obstacles to the export of Russian food and fertilizer in return. With the Black Sea grain deal set to end on Monday if Russia and Ukraine fail to agree an extension, Putin once again said his requirements had not been fulfilled. "We are discussing everything that is important for the normal and safe life of people," Mr Zelenskyy said, thanking Mr Yoon for "powerful" support.Īn African peace plan to end the war and a grain deal crucial for some of the world's poorest people were discussed by Vladimir Putin and the president of South Africa today. It will cooperate with Kyiv in projects such as infrastructure construction too, which can be backed by concessionary loans from South Korea, he said. He did not give more details, but said South Korea will also provide Ukraine with $150 million (£114m) in humanitarian aid this year, following about $100 (£76m) million in 2022. However, in a joint press conference, Mr Yoon said South Korea plans to provide "a larger scale of military supplies" to Ukraine this year, following last year's provision of non-lethal supplies such as body armour and helmets. South Korea is a US ally and the world's ninth biggest arms exporter, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) think tank.īut it is also wary of Russia's influence over North Korea and has so far resisted Western pressure to help arm Ukraine directly. We reported earlier that Mr Yoon is in Kyiv visiting President Volodymyr Zelenskyy after attending a NATO summit in Lithuania and Poland earlier in the week. Yoon Suk Yeol pledged a bigger batch of military supplies and $150m (£114m) in humanitarian aid. On his surprise visit to the Ukrainian capital, South Korean President "This is one of those stories that looks like a military administration story, but there's a lot of politics behind it." "So it may not be coincidental that he comes from Chula and he's close to the general who is one of the key players in Kremlin politics. "But this guy has been removed for criticising the ministry of defence in the same way that Popov was removed.
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"Chula is full of rumours that the governor of Chula is playing a part in Kremlin politics," he says. He tells us that Major General Seliverstov's former command is based in Chula - south of Moscow. Professor Clarke says he thinks the "rumours will turn out to be true" and says there is likely political significance behind his sacking. It comes after Major General Ivan Popov was sacked earlier this week. Russian military bloggers are claiming Major General Vladimir Seliverstov has been dismissed from his job as head of the 106th Airborne Division (see 16.10 post). Military and defence analyst Professor Michael Clarke has given us his take on reports a second Russian general has been sacked.
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