“The grain corridor needs reliable, long-term protection”, said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday 1 November. No cargo movement is expected on Wednesday in the humanitarian corridor dedicated to the transport of Ukrainian grain in the Black Sea, announced the Joint Coordination Center (JCC) for the International Agreement on Ukrainian Grain Exports. “Russia must clearly understand that it will receive a harsh global response to any measure that disrupts our food exports”, he launched in his daily address broadcast on social networks. Follow our live.
Olena Zelenska calls for “saving people” with technology. Ukraine’s first lady was widely applauded on Tuesday at the opening night of the Web Summit in Lisbon. “I believe that technology should be used to create, to save and help people, not to destroy”said the wife of the Ukrainian president in front of an audience of entrepreneurs, investors and other digital specialists. She had previously projected images of damage from Russian missile and drone attacks.
Conferences for Ukraine planned in France. During a telephone conversation on Tuesday, Emmanuel Macron and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky mentioned a “international conference intended to support the civil resilience of the country throughout the winter period”, that France plans to organize on December 13 in Paris, bringing together donors and various other actors. “Preparatory work with Ukraine’s other partners will be launched soon for this purpose”specifies the Elysée, announcing in addition “a bilateral conference aimed at mobilizing French companies”the day before, December 12.
Relaunch of discussions on the agreement on Ukrainian grain exports. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will meet in the coming days with his Russian counterparts Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian Volodomyr Zelensky to relaunch the agreement on Ukrainian grain exports, the Turkish Foreign Minister announced on Tuesday. “Our president will speak with Putin and Zelensky in the coming days.”Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu told the press. “We think we will overcome this”he added, assuring that the agreement on cereals “benefits everyone”.