Russia Ukraine War News Live Updates: Zelenskyy says defending Lysychansk, Sievierodonetsk ‘most difficult’ as Russia intensifies assaults

International concern has targeted on attempting to revive Ukrainian exports of meals, now shut by a de facto Russian blockade. Ukraine is without doubt one of the world’s main sources of grain and meals oils, resulting in fears of worldwide shortages. Russia blames the meals disaster on Western sanctions curbing its personal exports.

Demonstrators supporting Ukraine collect outdoors the United Nations. (AP)

The warfare has additionally disrupted vitality markets, together with Russian shipments of oil and gasoline to Europe, nonetheless the continent’s fundamental supply of vitality and Moscow’s major earnings supply. Moscow blames EU sanctions for a decline in gasoline volumes, saying they prevented it from restoring pipeline pumping tools.

On Monday, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen stated Washington is in talks with Canada and different allies to additional prohibit Moscow’s vitality income by imposing a value cap on Russian oil.

Moscow, in the meantime, threatened to retaliate towards EU member Lithuania for banning transport of coal, metals, building supplies and superior know-how to Kaliningrad, a Russian outpost on the Baltic Sea surrounded by EU territory.

Russia’s international ministry summoned Lithuania’s prime diplomat and demanded Vilnius reverse the “openly hostile” transfer or Russia “reserves the right to take actions to protect its national interests.” Lithuania stated EU sanctions obliged it to implement the ban.

Kaliningrad’s governor stated Russia’s international ministry would summon the EU ambassador to Moscow on Tuesday over the ban.