Most important news at a glance:
– The training of the Ukrainian military who will operate the armored howitzers supplied by the Netherlands and Germany, according to Defense Minister Kajsa Ollongren almost finished†
† More than seven million people to have leave Ukraine since the start of the war. The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) reports this on the basis of the number of border crossings. At the most recent count, Wednesday, there were no fewer than 7,023,559.
† Ukraine denies Which Western sanctions against Moscow the cause of globally rising grain pricesas Russia claims. The real reason for this crisis is the Russian aggression, not the sanctions,” Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said on Wednesday.
† Ukraine and Russia have again according to Kiev soldiers’ bodies exchanged† Both countries transferred 50 bodies each. Of the Ukrainian dead, 37 hid for a long time in the Azovstal factory in the port city of Mariupol.
† Ukraine can count on $1.5 billion additional financial aid from the World Bank. The world’s largest development agency has pledged to do so, bringing their aid package to more than $4 billion.