Overview: Zelensky wants ‘meaningful talks’ with Moscow and missile strike on Mykolaiv
These are the main developments from Friday evening and the night from Friday to Saturday:
- The Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has in a video message said it is time for “meaningful talks and peace talks” with Moscow. But he also warned Russia of the consequences if no deal is reached. “It is time for justice and to restore Ukraine’s territorial integrity, otherwise Russia’s losses will be so great that it will take several generations to recover.”
- In a missile attack on the city Mykolaiv Dozens have been killed in southern Ukraine, Ukrainian parliamentarian tells the BBC† Dozens of people were also said to have been injured. According to the BBC, it concerns a Russian attack on a barracks of the Ukrainian army. The city’s mayor tells The Kyiv Independent that the attack was so close there was no time to sound the air raid siren†
- The US President Joe Biden has warned his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping of “implications and consequences” if China decides to support Russia with military equipment. According to Xi, China and the US should both work for world peace. He also told Biden that NATO should talk to Russia about the “factors” behind the war in Ukraine, Chinese state media reported.
- Caused by the war in Ukraine food price increases push potentially 40 million people over the line of extreme poverty. This is evident from an analysis by the American think tank Center For Global Development (CGDEV). Since the outbreak of the war, wheat prices have risen by almost a third, which, according to the think tank, will mainly affect direct wheat consumers, such as Egypt, Pakistan and Turkey.