{"id":158308,"date":"2022-05-26T09:33:56","date_gmt":"2022-05-26T09:33:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=158308"},"modified":"2022-05-26T09:33:56","modified_gmt":"2022-05-26T09:33:56","slug":"russia-ukraine-war-news-humiliated-vladimir-putin-refuses-to-discuss-doomed-war-with-injured-soldiers-at-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/russia-ukraine-war-news-humiliated-vladimir-putin-refuses-to-discuss-doomed-war-with-injured-soldiers-at-hospital\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia-Ukraine war news &#8211; Humiliated Vladimir Putin REFUSES to discuss doomed war with injured soldiers at hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin has told one of his soldiers wounded in Ukraine that he will \u201cdefinitely\u201d return to the front line once has recovered.<\/p>\n<p>In his first meeting with troops who have\u00a0fought in Ukraine, the tyrant went to a military hospital in Moscow, where bodyguards wearing white coats lurked in the corridors.<\/p>\n<p>After an official told him one of the wounded soldiers was eager to meet him, he asked the man if he really intended to keep serving.<\/p>\n<p>When the injured man, dressed in pyjamas, replied: \u201cOf course I do,\u201d Putin, deadpan then said: \u201cYou definitely will.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The soldiers in the hospital were reportedly recovering from shrapnel and gunshot wounds but did not display any obvious injuries typical of troops injured in war zones.<\/p>\n<p>In what could be said to be an awkward meeting, Putin did not ask them about their experiences on the battlefield or comment on the ongoing hostilities.<\/p>\n<p>Despite this, speaking at a government meeting later on Wednesday, Putin hailed Russian troops and said: \u201cThose people have risked their lives and health for the sake of the people and children of the Donbas and for the sake of Russia. They all are heroes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Read our Ukraine war blog below for the latest rolling news and updates&#8230;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Milica Cosic<\/span><span><time dateTime=\"2022-05-26T10:00:15.000Z\" title=\"5\/26\/2022\">just now<\/time><\/span><br \/>\n<h3>Alleged Russian war crimes from Ukraine&#x27;s prosecutor general<\/h3>\n<p>Ukraine fears that at least 240 children have been killed and 436 injured during the Russian invasion.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine&#x27;s prosecutor general also accused Russian forces of carrying out 13,983 crimes of aggression and war crimes.<\/p>\n<p>The figure for child deaths stood at 259 on Wednesday but is now feared to be higher than the estimate by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><span>Milica Cosic<\/span><span><time dateTime=\"2022-05-26T09:30:13.000Z\" title=\"5\/26\/2022\">a minute ago<\/time><\/span><br \/>\n<h3>Slovakia PM warns &#x27;Russia will go further&#x27; if it wins war in Ukraine<\/h3>\n<p>Slovakia&#x27;s prime minister has warned his country could be next if Russia successfully invades Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Sky News in Davos, Eduard Heger said: &quot;First of all it&#x27;s important that they are our neighbours and we are fully with them, that they will win and they keep their democracy and their sovereignty.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Second they&#x27;re our neighbours and it&#x27;s very important that our neighbours are stable and prosperous.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;And thirdly we are next in the round. If they fail we know that Russia will go further so this is really very vital and we have to understand, especially in the European Union.&quot;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><span>Milica Cosic<\/span><span><time dateTime=\"2022-05-26T09:00:12.000Z\" title=\"5\/26\/2022\">31 minutes ago<\/time><\/span><br \/>\n<h3>Ukraine says Russia shells more than 40 towns in Donbas<\/h3>\n<p>Russian forces shelled more than 40 towns in Ukraine&#x27;s eastern Donbas region, forcing Ukrainians to bury civilians killed in mass graves, as Tass news agency reported some 8,000 Ukrainian prisoners of war in the provinces of Luhansk and Donetsk.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;The occupiers shelled more than 40 towns in Donetsk and Luhansk region, destroying or damaging 47 civilian sites, including 38 homes and a school. As a result of this shelling five civilians died and 12 were wounded,&quot; the Joint Task Force of Ukraine&#x27;s armed forces said on Facebook.<\/p>\n<p>It said 10 Russian attacks were repelled, four tanks and four drones destroyed, and 62 &quot;enemy soldiers&quot; killed.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy&#x27;s office also said this morning that 11 high-rise buildings were destroyed in Sievierodonetsk, and eight in Lysychansk.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Milica Cosic<\/span><span><time dateTime=\"2022-05-26T08:30:10.000Z\" title=\"5\/26\/2022\">Today, 08:30<\/time><\/span><br \/>\n<h3>Donbas separatist leader calls for Russia&#x27;s military operation to be accelerated<\/h3>\n<p>The leader of Russian-backed separatists in the breakaway Donetsk region has today called for the military operation in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine to be accelerated, the RIA Novosti news agency reported.<\/p>\n<p>Denis Pushilin, head of the Donetsk People&#x27;s Republic (DPR), said Kyiv had blocked water supplies to key cities in the north of the region and called for military action to be stepped up.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><span>Joseph Gamp<\/span><span><time dateTime=\"2022-05-26T08:00:08.000Z\" title=\"5\/26\/2022\">Today, 08:00<\/time><\/span><br \/>\n<h3>Help those fleeing conflict with The Sun\u2019s Ukraine Fund<\/h3>\n<p>Many of you want to help the five million caught in the chaos \u2014 and now you can, by donating to The Sun\u2019s Ukraine Fund.<\/p>\n<p>Give as little as \u00a33 or as much as you can afford and every penny will be donated to the Red Cross on the ground helping women, children, the old, the infirm and the wounded.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Donate\u00a0here\u00a0to help The Sun\u2019s fund<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Or text to 70141<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>from UK mobiles<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a33 \u2014 text SUN\u00a33<br \/>\u00a35 \u2014 text SUN\u00a35<br \/>\u00a310 \u2014 text SUN\u00a310<\/p>\n<p>Texts cost your chosen donation amount (e.g. \u00a35) +1 standard message (we receive 100%). For full T&amp;Cs visit\u00a0redcross.org.uk\/mobile<\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/MR-UKRAINE-FUND-LOGO-WHITE-SPACE.jpg\"><\/li>\n<li><span>Milica Cosic<\/span><span><time dateTime=\"2022-05-26T07:30:06.000Z\" title=\"5\/26\/2022\">Today, 07:30<\/time><\/span><br \/>\n<h3>Russia takes steps to bolster army &amp; tighten grip on Ukraine<\/h3>\n<p>Russian President Vladimir Putin issued an order today to fast track Russian citizenship for residents of parts of southern Ukraine largely held by his forces, while lawmakers in Moscow passed a bill to strengthen the stretched Russian army.<\/p>\n<p>Putins decree applying to the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions could allow Russia to strengthen its hold on territory that lies between eastern Ukraine, where Moscow-backed separatists occupy some areas, and the Crimean Peninsula, which Russia seized in 2014.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><span>Joseph Gamp<\/span><span><time dateTime=\"2022-05-26T07:00:04.000Z\" title=\"5\/26\/2022\">Today, 07:00<\/time><\/span><br \/>\n<h3>Russia says it has completed demining of Azov Sea port of Mariupol<\/h3>\n<p>Ukraine\u2019s defence ministry has said that Russian forces have completed removing mines in the Azov Sea port of Mariupol.<\/p>\n<p>Mines have been removed from the territory of the port and nearby waters, the ministry added in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Russia said it had established full control of Mariupol last week after.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><span>Milica Cosic<\/span><span><time dateTime=\"2022-05-26T06:30:03.000Z\" title=\"5\/26\/2022\">Today, 06:30<\/time><\/span><br \/>\n<h3>Warning Putin&#x27;s attack &#x27;is the beginning&#x27; as forces could be killing 100&#x27;s a day<\/h3>\n<p>FOR THE first time since the invasion, the Ukrainian army is under more pressure than before.<\/p>\n<p>It has been reported that Volodymyr Zelensky&#x27;s troops could be fighting a losing battle in Luhansk, the northern part of Donbas region.<\/p>\n<p>The Ukrainian General Staff says the Russians appear to be concentrating their forces for another push.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine&#x27;s Zelensky has said the Russians could be killing up to 100 Ukrainian soldiers a day in Donbas.<\/p>\n<p>And in the city, civilians with somewhere to go have left.<\/p>\n<p>Lida, she was being evacuated to the relative safety of western Ukraine on a special train told BBC News: &quot;They bombed everything, we barely escaped. Glass is smashed, everything is scattered around. And I am not able to walk at all. Disabled. That&#x27;s how it is.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Nine storey buildings, the upper floors are destroyed. All ruined.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Putin&#x27;s a scoundrel. We used to live peacefully. There was a Soviet Union and so be it. They divided Ukraine and Russia. So that&#x27;s why the problems began.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Mitri, who said President Zelensky&#x27;s predecessor Petro Poroshenko would have reached a ceasefire agreement by now also shrugged when asked him if he would accept a deal that allowed Russia to control all of Donbas.<\/p>\n<p>He added: &quot;I don&#x27;t know. What could it change for me? The main thing is to stay alive. <\/p>\n<p>&quot;This is just the beginning, everything is still to come. If we survive, we&#x27;ll see how it goes.&quot;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><span>Milica Cosic<\/span><span><time dateTime=\"2022-05-26T06:05:01.000Z\" title=\"5\/26\/2022\">Today, 06:05<\/time><\/span>\n<p>Good morning, Milica Cosic with you today. I&#x27;ll be bringing you the latest news and updates on the Russia-Ukraine war.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Joseph Gamp<\/span><span><time dateTime=\"2022-05-26T06:00:01.000Z\" title=\"5\/26\/2022\">Today, 06:00<\/time><\/span><br \/>\n<h3>Everything YOU need to know about Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine<\/h3>\n<p>Here are the key questions answered regarding Russia\u2019s brutal invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Why is\u00a0Russia invading Ukraine?<\/li>\n<li>Will the\u00a0UK go to war?<\/li>\n<li>How can I join the\u00a0Ukraine foreign legion?<\/li>\n<li>What can I do to\u00a0help Ukraine?<\/li>\n<li>Who is Ukraine\u2019s president\u00a0Volodymyr Zelensky?<\/li>\n<li>How much\u00a0gas does the UK get from Russia?<\/li>\n<li>Is\u00a0Russia a part of Nato?<\/li>\n<li>Does\u00a0Russia have nuclear weapons?<\/li>\n<li>Why is\u00a0Ukraine not in Nato?<\/li>\n<li>How\u00a0big is the Russian army?<\/li>\n<li>What is\u00a0Article 5\u00a0of the Nato treaty?<\/li>\n<li>What is the\u00a0Minsk agreement?<\/li>\n<li>Which countries were in the\u00a0Soviet Union?<\/li>\n<li>What does the\u00a0Z mean on Russian tanks? Meaning behind symbols explained<\/li>\n<li>When will the\u00a0Russia-Ukraine war end?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Putin tries soften war\u2019s economic impact on Russia by raising minimum wage by 10%<\/h3>\n<p>Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday ordered the government to raise retirement pensions and the minimum wage by 10%, while stating that not all economic problems were associated with the conflict in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at a televised meeting of Russia\u2019s State Council, Putin said that inflation would not exceed 15% this year.<\/p>\n<h3>Incredible PoV video shows Ukrainian kamikaze drone smashing into Russian tank<\/h3>\n<p>THIS is the remarkable moment a Russian tank erupted into a fireball after a Ukrainian kamikaze drone smashed into it while the crew reportedly tucked into a picnic.<\/p>\n<p>As\u00a0the war\u00a0rages into its fourth month, streets in\u00a0Ukraine\u00a0have become a graveyard for\u00a0Russian\u00a0machinery \u2013 with burnt-out tanks and vehicles littering the landscape.<\/p>\n<p>Fresh footage obtained from the Special Operations Forces of Ukraine today shows defenders blasting a Russian tank as fighters are said to have been sitting on top boozing.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesman for the force said: \u201cSSO operators in Ukraine have developed skills in owning another type of modern weapon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn example of this is another destruction of an enemy tank along with the enemy\u2019s manpower.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAccording to our soldiers, the Russian occupiers were quietly drinking alcohol at one of the positions, sitting on the armour of their tank.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever, the usual Russian occupation was abruptly interrupted by an unexpected attack from the air.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The force said they used a \u201cmodern kamikaze drone equipped with a powerful explosive\u201d to target the tank.<\/p>\n<p>It suffered \u201cirreparable damage\u201d after the deadly device \u201cflew straight into the tank\u201d \u2013 with the attack filmed by a camera on the \u201ckiller drone\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The SSO \u2013 which was founded in January 2016 and is headquartered in Kyiv \u2013 did not specify where in Ukraine the strike took place.<\/p>\n<p>View the video\u00a0here.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/NINTCHDBPICT000735466008.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/a0116522-8488-472f-9f3a-99a69abd1a14.jpg\"><\/p>\n<h3>Putin is a \u2018madman\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>Alexei Navalny the jailed Russian opposition leader has condemned President Vladimir Putin in a live court hearing.<\/p>\n<p>The opposition leader called him a \u201cmadman\u201d who started a \u201cstupid war\u201d in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Navalny said: \u201cThis war was built on lies. One madman has got his claws into Ukraine and I do not know what he wants to do with it \u2013 this crazy thief.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Navalny was previously sentenced by a court to nine years in a strict regime colony for fraud and contempt of court.<\/p>\n<h3>\u2018Most aggressive phase\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>Putin is \u2018entering most aggressive phase\u2019 and is trying to \u2018DESTROY everything\u2019 in the Donbas region creating an \u2018extremely difficult\u2019 situation for Ukrainian forces.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Motuzyanyk said Russian forces had not given up attempts to cross the river.<\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian Defence Ministry spokesman Oleksandr Motuzyanyk has said: \u201cNow we are observing the most active phase of the full-scale aggression which Russia unfolded against our country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe situation on the [eastern] front is extremely difficult, because the fate of this country is perhaps being decided [there] right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>\u2018We must avoid a bad peace for Ukraine\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas, has said Ukraine\u00a0has to be able to negotiate with Russia from a position of strength.<\/p>\n<p>She said in a speech in Stockholm: \u201cWe must avoid a bad peace, a badly negotiated peace for\u00a0Ukraine\u00a0would mean a bad peace for us all.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is much more dangerous giving in to Putin, than provoking him. All these seemingly small concessions to the aggressor lead to big wars. We have done this mistake already three times: Georgia, Crimea and Donbas.\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Joseph Gamp<\/span><span><time dateTime=\"2022-05-25T22:00:32.000Z\" title=\"5\/25\/2022\">25th May 2022, 22:00<\/time><\/span><br \/>\n<h3>\u2018Severodonetsk being destroyed round-the-clock\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>According to the local governor, Severodonetsk has been hit by several attacks by Russian forces.<\/p>\n<p>Serhiy Haidai told Ukrainian TV \u201cThe city is being destroyed round-the-clock.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are dropping bombs from planes\u2026 using Grad and Smerch [multiple launch rocket systems], and artillery.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cRussian troops have approached close enough to shell it with mortars\u201d and says \u201cthe situation in the city is very difficult,\u201d and indicated that the next few days were critical.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><span>Joseph Gamp<\/span><span><time dateTime=\"2022-05-25T21:28:30.000Z\" title=\"5\/25\/2022\">25th May 2022, 21:28<\/time><\/span><br \/>\n<h3>Ukraine says it &#x27;badly&#x27; needs rocket system<\/h3>\n<p>Ukraine&#x27;s foreign minister said Wednesday his country &quot;badly&quot; needed multiple launch rocket systems to match Russian firepower as he pressed Western allies for heavy weapons at the World Economic Forum in the Swiss Alps.<\/p>\n<p>Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said he had come to Davos at a &quot;very difficult moment on the frontline&quot; as fighting rages in the eastern Donbas region.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;The battle for Donbas is very much like the battles of the Second World War,&quot; Kuleba told journalists following talks with a slew of government officials and business leaders.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Some villages and towns, they do not exist anymore,&quot; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;They were all turned into rubble by Russian artillery fire, by Russian multiple launch rocket systems. It&#x27;s devastating.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Russia overwhelms Ukraine in a number of heavy weapons, but the biggest imbalance is with MLRS, mobile batteries of long-range rockets, he added.<\/p>\n<p>Washington and European countries have poured billions of dollars&#x27; worth of arms into Ukraine to help the country&#x27;s outgunned forces beat back the better-armed Russian invaders.<\/p>\n<p>But Kuleba said that the MLRS &quot;is really the weapon that we badly need.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><span>Joseph Gamp<\/span><span><time dateTime=\"2022-05-25T21:00:28.000Z\" title=\"5\/25\/2022\">25th May 2022, 21:00<\/time><\/span><br \/>\n<h3>Champion boxer dies defending Ukraine<\/h3>\n<p>A former amateur champion boxer has died aged 30 defending Ukraine against Russia.<\/p>\n<p>Oleg Prudky was working for the Cherkasy Police special forces in the continued effort to fight the invaders.<\/p>\n<p>Their\u00a0city base was attacked\u00a0on Sunday as he and three colleagues died.<\/p>\n<p>Prudky was a two-time amateur champ in his homeland and was called up to Ukrainian Otamans team for the semi-pro World Series of Boxing competition \u2013 a team\u00a0Vasyl Lomachenko\u00a0and\u00a0Oleksandr Usyk\u00a0previously represented.<\/p>\n<p>The Ukrainian Boxing Federation said: \u201cWe are sad to announce that the master of sports of international boxing class, champion of Ukraine Oleg Prudky, died in battles with the Russian occupiers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Boxing Federation of Ukraine expresses its condolences to the boxer\u2019s family! Eternal memory to you Olezh.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/NINTCHDBPICT000735564076.jpg\"><\/li>\n<li><span>Joseph Gamp<\/span><span><time dateTime=\"2022-05-25T20:30:27.000Z\" title=\"5\/25\/2022\">25th May 2022, 20:30<\/time><\/span><br \/>\n<h3>Protesters speak out against Ukraine war on Cannes red carpet<\/h3>\n<p>Protesters speaking out against the Russian invasion of Ukraine have taken to the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival in the third such incident this week.<\/p>\n<p>A group which contained Ukrainian filmmakers behind the 2022 film Butterfly Vision held up a banner which read &quot;Russians kill Ukrainians. Do you find it offensive or disturbing to talk about this genocide?&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>The participants also covered their faces with transparent squares with the crossed eye image which is used in social media when content is deemed sensitive or disturbing.<\/p>\n<p>During a photocall for the film, producers Darya Bassel and Yelizaveta Smith wore t-shirts with an image of an explosion on the front with the same message as the banner on the back.<\/p>\n<p>The film&#x27;s Ukrainian director Maksym Nakonechnyi also wore a t-shirt that reads &quot;Free Tayra&quot; in reference to Ukrainian medic Julia Paevska, known as Tayra, who has reportedly been taken captive by Russian forces.<\/p>\n<p>The film Butterfly Vision follows a female Ukrainian soldier who returns home from the front line after being held captive for months by Russian captors.<\/p>\n<p>She later discovers that she is pregnant after being raped by her warden.<\/p>\n<p>The protest was staged on Wednesday ahead of the film&#x27;s screening at the annual festival in the south of France.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><span>Joseph Gamp<\/span><span><time dateTime=\"2022-05-25T20:00:25.000Z\" title=\"5\/25\/2022\">25th May 2022, 20:00<\/time><\/span><br \/>\n<h3>Products to rocket in price as blockade is stopping access to Ukrainian ports<\/h3>\n<p>Staple food products are set to increase in price as Russian navy blockades are preventing commercial shipping to Ukrainian ports, the Ministry of Defence has said.<\/p>\n<p>Since the start of the war, prices have already jumped up for some vital food supplies as a result of a Ukrainian grains not being able to be exported.<\/p>\n<p>Calls have been made for the international community to help, with Ukraine\u2019s ambassador to the UK stating that the international community has a responsibility to reopen Ukraine\u2019s grain exports.<\/p>\n<p>So far, the UK and allies have said there are \u201cno current plans\u201d for Royal Navy warships to help break Russia\u2019s blockade.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement on Wednesday, the Ministry of Defence said: \u201cThere has been no significant merchant shipping activity in or out of Odessa since the start of the war. Russia\u2019s subsequent naval blockade of key Black Sea ports has deterred the commercial shipping industry from operating in the area.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUkraine\u2019s overland export mechanisms are highly unlikely to substitute for the shortfall in shipping capacity caused by the Russian blockade. As a result, significant supplies of Ukrainian grain remain in storage unable to be exported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFighting has already placed indirect pressure on global grain prices. While the threat of Russia\u2019s naval blockade continues to deter access by commercial shipping to Ukrainian ports, the resulting supply shortfalls will further increase the price of many staple products.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><span>Joseph Gamp<\/span><span><time dateTime=\"2022-05-25T19:27:23.000Z\" title=\"5\/25\/2022\">25th May 2022, 19:27<\/time><\/span><br \/>\n<h3>US slams Russia&#x27;s citizenship plan in Ukraine<\/h3>\n<p>The United States on Wednesday denounced a Russian plan to fast-track citizenship in areas of Ukraine as a new effort to subdue people under its control.<\/p>\n<p>State Department spokesman Ned Price voiced concern that the plan was part of &quot;Russia&#x27;s attempt to subjugate the people of Ukraine &#8212; to impose their will by force.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>&quot;That is something that we would forcefully reject,&quot; Price told reporters.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Joseph Gamp<\/span><span><time dateTime=\"2022-05-25T19:00:21.000Z\" title=\"5\/25\/2022\">25th May 2022, 19:00<\/time><\/span><br \/>\n<h3>Putin&#x27;s Ukraine food blockade risks global starvation<\/h3>\n<p>Vladimir Putin risks starving people around the world if he continues to blockade Ukrainian food exports, the UK Government has warned.<\/p>\n<p>Defence minister Jeremy Quin told MPs there is a &quot;significant risk to starvation on a global basis&quot; due to Russia&#x27;s actions, and the UK is trying to assist efforts to free vital food supplies.<\/p>\n<p>Liam Fox, Conservative former defence secretary, accused the Russian president of echoing the tactics of Joseph Stalin by using famine as a &quot;weapon of war&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>Britain has said it has &quot;no current plans&quot; for Royal Navy warships to help break the Black Sea blockade but several MPs pressed the Government to coordinate action.<\/p>\n<p>Conservative former minister Andrew Murrison told a Commons debate: &quot;The blockade of Odesa is of extreme seriousness.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Unless those silos are emptied in the next few weeks, there&#x27;ll be nowhere for the harvest to go and tens of thousands of people in some of the most vulnerable countries throughout the world will starve &#8211; with all the geopolitical consequences that will bring.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;That means, does it not, that we need to lift that blockade in Odesa as a matter of urgency. What are we doing to provide, for example, Harpoon missiles to ensure that the ships that are currently blockading Odesa are dealt with and we can clean up the Black Sea so that mines are not posing a threat?&quot;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><span>Joseph Gamp<\/span><span><time dateTime=\"2022-05-25T18:30:19.000Z\" title=\"5\/25\/2022\">25th May 2022, 18:30<\/time><\/span><br \/>\n<h3>Putin tries soften war&#x27;s economic impact on Russia by raising minimum wage by 10%<\/h3>\n<p>Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday ordered the government to raise retirement pensions and the minimum wage by 10%, while stating that not all economic problems were associated with the conflict in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at a televised meeting of Russia&#x27;s State Council, Putin said that inflation would not exceed 15% this year.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><span>Joseph Gamp<\/span><span><time dateTime=\"2022-05-25T18:00:18.000Z\" title=\"5\/25\/2022\">25th May 2022, 18:00<\/time><\/span><br \/>\n<h3>Russia passport plan &#x27;flagrant violation&#x27; of Ukraine sovereignty, say Kyiv<\/h3>\n<p>Moscow&#x27;s plan to make it easier for Ukrainians living in Russian-controlled regions of Ukraine to receive Russian citizenship violates international law, Kyiv said Wednesday, accusing the Kremlin of &quot;criminal&quot; behaviour.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;The illegal issuing of passports&#8230; is a flagrant violation of Ukraine&#x27;s sovereignty and territorial integrity, as well as norms and principles of international humanitarian law,&quot; the Ukrainian foreign ministry said in a statement.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><span>Joseph Gamp<\/span><span><time dateTime=\"2022-05-25T17:30:16.000Z\" title=\"5\/25\/2022\">25th May 2022, 17:30<\/time><\/span><br \/>\n<h3>Defence minister claims Russia &#x27;cannot win&#x27; war amid UK military support for Ukraine<\/h3>\n<p>Defence minister Jeremy Quin reiterated that Russia &quot;cannot win&quot; and restated the military support given to Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>He told MPs: &quot;So far, we&#x27;ve delivered in excess of 6,500 anti-tank missiles, many of which have been used successfully to repel columns of tanks, as well as eight air defence systems &#8211; 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