埼玉英語会 英検１級・準１級　コミュのRussia trying to destroy all life in Donbas - Zelensky

Russia is doing everything it can to destroy "any life" in the Donbas region
in the east, Ukraine's president has said.

In his nightly address, Volodomyr Zelensky accused Russia of constant strikes at
infrastructure and residential areas that "show that Russia wants to make this area
uninhabited".

He also spoke about the rocket attacks on Kyiv during the UN Secretary General
Antonio Guterres's visit this week.

"Unfortunately, the brutal humiliation of the United Nations by Russia was left
without a powerful response," he said.

Separately, he also told Polish media that the chances of peace talks collapsing are
"high" because of Russia's "playbook on murdering people".

However he said he was still ready to speak to Russian President Vladimir Putin
because "a single man decides everything" in Russia.


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Ukraine accuses Russia of stealing grain


Ukraine's deputy agriculture minister has accused Russia of stealing
several hundred thousand tonnes of grain from territory its forces occupy.

Taras Vysotskyi, speaking on Ukrainian national TV,
said he feared Russia might steal most of the 1.5m tonnes of grain in areas now under its control.

Russia has not commented on the allegation, but its military has inflicted huge
economic losses.

Russia’s widespread shelling and its blockade of Ukrainian Black Sea ports have
disrupted grain production, raising international concern about soaring food prices.
Ukraine is one of the world’s top exporters of grain and vegetable oils.
It has been nicknamed Europe’s “bread basket”.

Vysotskyi has assured Ukrainians however that they will not suffer food shortages
because of the disruption.

A cargo ship carrying over 71,000 tonnes of Ukrainian corn left the Romanian port
of Constanta on Thursday - the first since Russia invaded Ukraine on 24 February.

Constanta is handling Ukrainian exports in a Romanian gesture of solidarity,
as the Russian navy is blockading Odesa, Ukraine’s main export hub.

Grain is a hugely sensitive issue in Ukraine, where many families have bitter
memories of the 1930s famine (“Holodomor”), caused by Soviet deportations of
richer peasants (“kulaks”) and seizure of farms.

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