Russian missiles struck a military center in western Ukraine near Poland as bombing of major cities intensified and Moscow warned that convoys of military aid from the West are “legitimate targets.” The Russian military continues to target sites ringed around Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, and fierce fighting has been reported. Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said Ukraine has all basic food products for coming months and banned or restricted exports of essential foods. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said talks with Moscow show signs of becoming more substantive, and one of his top advisers said that “continuous” discussions with Russia are under way by video. Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke with his French and German counterparts after they spoke earlier with Zelenskiy.
Eight missiles hit the International Peacekeeping and Security Centre in the Lviv region of western Ukraine, near the Polish border, the city’s mayor Andriy Sadovy said on Telegram. See the regional administration’s statement. It comes after Russia threatened to target foreign military aid coming into Ukraine. Ukraine has all basic food products for coming months and the government has banned or restricted the export of essential foods such as wheat, buckwheat, meat, eggs, oil and sugar, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said. Ukraine has gas reserves of about 9.5 billion cubic meters, he said, with gas imports continuing to flow from Hungary, Slovakia and Poland. The government recently submitted a draft law to reduce an excise tax on fuel and the VAT rate from 20% to 7% to stabilize prices and prevent shortages. The Cabinet is also considering a reduction in VAT to 0% if the logistical expenses of fuel suppliers continue to grow. The government is in talks with global companies on gasoline and diesel fuel supplies. Currently, four nuclear power plants, all hydro power plants and thermal power plants are running in Ukraine. The Ukrainian government has also agreed on additional coal supplies by rail from Poland. NN: A Nobel effort BUT all is for nothing… Giving the Ukrainians hand held pop guns may look good on CNN,,,,, BUT they are severely limited weapons as to fire power, range and altitude. They need rockets and rocket launchers and cruise missle,s…… Air support and NATO fire powered which was promised to them when they gave up their Nukes. They will not even give them obsolete Migs’s.. Watch what they do not what they say. NATO and the US is throwing Ukraine to the Russian wolves