Ukraine’s president says resorting to ‘wonder weapon’ to protect its missile stocks shows Moscow making mistakes; UN chief says global food crisis could last years
If you’re just waking up or dropping in for an update on what’s been happening, these are some of the main developments in the past few hours.has warned that the food shortages stoked by the war in Ukraine could last years and cause mass hunger and famine across the world. Speaking at a food summit in New York,which is preventing shipments of Ukrainian grain to overseas markets.
The World Bank will make $30bn available to help stem a food security crisis threatened by Russia’s war inThe total will include $12bn in new projects and over $18bn funds from existing food and nutrition-related projects that have been approved but have not yet been disbursed, the bank said.
and that mistakes had been made at the highest level. He compared their use to propaganda efforts by Nazi Germany promoting a “wunderwaffe” or “wonder weapon”. Russia has claimed it is using a new generation of laser weapons to burn up drones.in order to allow further time to expel invasion forces. The decree needs to be approved by parliament.along with inflation and supply problems, was pushing the world towards recession.
closed down 3.57% on Wednesday while the broader S&P500 suffered its worst session since June 2020, plunging 4.04%A Russian tank commander has pleaded guilty to shooting dead a civilian on a bicycle, in Ukraine’s first trial for war crimes committed during the Russian invasion.Sweden and Finland have formally submitted their applications to join the Nato military alliance.
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