President Zelensky meets US officials
Russia has said it is ready to provide a humanitarian corridor for vessels carrying food to leave Ukraine, the Interfax news agency reported, citing comments by foreign minister Andrei Rudenko on Wednesday.
It comes amid fears of global food shortages as Putin’s troops’ blockade Black Sea ports in Ukraine’s south.
Earlier, billionaire George Soros warned that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine may have been the beginning of a third world war,
The 91-year-old financier told an audience at Davos that Mr Putin now believes the invasion of Ukraine was a mistake and the Russian president – who has been dogged with rumours of ill-health – was preparing to negotiate a ceasefire.
In an overnight address Volodymur Zelensky, Ukraine’s president, accused Russia of covering up its alleged failures in the war with “lies” on not fighting at full strength.
He claimed Russia had lost almost 30,000 Russian soldiers in the war and more than 200 aircraft from its fleet had been downed.
