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Turkey's foreign minister said today that a plan to alleviate the global food crisis by restarting Ukraine's grain exports along a maritime corridor was "reasonable" and required more talks with Moscow and Kyiv to ensure the safety of ships, Reuters reported.

Meeting of A. Zapounidis with D. Dohtsis, Consul General of Greece in Odessa

Moldova will take "specific measures" if there are signs of increased Russian military activity in the nearby Mykolaiv-Odesa region of Ukraine, the Minister of Defence, Anatol Nosatii, said on Wednesday.

Here are the highlights of events related to the war in Ukraine over the past 24 hours:

Victory parade: Putin did not declare war on Ukraine, but justified the military operation as inevitable

Addressing the soldiers, Putin pointed out that they are fighting "for our people in Donbas, for the security of our homeland."

The evacuation of civilians from Mariupol continues.
The leaders of the group of seven most developed countries in the world promised at an online meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that they would further isolate Russia economically.

The frigate "Admiral Makarov" - one of the newest in the Russian Black Sea Fleet - was hit by Ukrainians near the notorious Snake Island, Ukrainian media reported.

So far, neither army has confirmed or denied the news.

It was reported by the Odessa edition of "Dumskaya" yesterday and spread instantly in the Ukrainian media.

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine announced this morning that the Russian forces carried out missile strikes on targets in many regions of Ukraine, with the goal of destroying the transport infrastructure.

Here are the highlights of events related to the war in Ukraine over the past 24 hours:

The attacks on the Mariupol Metallurgical Plant have resumed, a Ukrainian official was quoted as saying by BTA.

Civilians were evacuated yesterday, but hundreds remain trapped in the besieged Azovstal.

"The Moldovan government has done nothing to provoke possible attacks by Russia." This was explained in an interview for the Bulgarian National Radio by Alexander Lambov from the "Bulgarian Spirit" Foundation in Moldova: