Egypt is one of the world’s top wheat importers and last year bought about 80% of those imports from Russia and Ukraine, according to Reuters. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine disrupted shipments and sped up a rise in global commodity prices, delivering a financial shock to Egypt.
In a press conference with Egyptian counterpart Sameh Shoukry, Lavrov said:
We reaffirmed the commitment of Russian grain exporters to meet all their commitments.
We discussed specific parameters of cooperation in this area, agreed on further contacts between the relevant ministries, and we have a common understanding of the causes of the grain crisis.”
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It’s 1am in Kyiv. Here’s where things stand:
Nearly half a million Ukrainian children are going to school in the European Union. According to the EU Migration and Home Affairs, 492,647 Ukrainian kids have been integrated into in the national school systems of the European Union.
The International Atomic Energy Agency said that 10 Ukrainian nuclear reactors have been connected to the grid. According to the IAEA, one more nuclear energy reactor had been connected to the grid at the Rivne nuclear power plant in Ukraine’s Rivne oblast.
Ukraine will continue doing all it can to inflict as much damage on Russian forces as possible, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in his nightly video address on Sunday. “Even the occupiers admit we will win,” he said as he hailed the upcoming day of Ukrainian statehood, July 28, a new annual holiday that Zelenskiy announced last year in August.