LIVE. Zelensky calls on government to be economical: “Museums and television series are important, but we have other priorities”

The UN Security Council is meeting today to discuss the “humanitarian consequences” of Russia’s withdrawal from the agreement that allowed the safe export of Ukrainian grain to the Black Sea last year. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has urged his government to keep tight control on wartime spending. Olexander Tkachenko, the Ukrainian Minister of Culture and champion of a series of high-profile and costly projects, subsequently tendered his resignation. Whether that has also been accepted is not yet clear. Follow all the news about the war in Ukraine in our live blog.

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