A decision to respond to the anger of European farmers. The States of the European Union and the European Parliament agreed on Wednesday March 20 to cap certain Ukrainian agricultural imports exempt from customs duties (eggs, poultry, sugar, oats, corn and honey). The agreement renews for one year, from June, the exemption from customs duties granted since 2022 to Ukraine in the context of the war, but with additional “safeguard mechanisms” targeting products “particularly sensitive”, including certain cereals but not wheat and barley as demanded by MEPs. Follow our live stream.
The Russian army claims the capture of Orlivka. The Russian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday thatRussian forces “liberated the town of Orlivka”, a village in Donbass, eastern Ukraine. The ministry specifies that it also “improved his positions” in the area around the village, northwest of the town of Avdiïvka, conquered by the Russian army in February.
Washington “will not let Ukraine fail.” “We are determined to provide Ukraine with all the resources it needs to resist Russian aggression,” American Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin assured Tuesday. This commitment comes despite the blocking of American aid in Congress due to the reluctance of Republican elected officials.
Vladimir Putin wants to “punish” Russian soldiers favorable to Ukraine. The Russian president ordered the Russian security services, the FSB, to “to punish” THE Russian pro-kyiv fighters carrying out attacks in regions of Russia bordering Ukraine, calling them“garbage” and of “traitors”, Tuesday March 19.