Yuliia Dysa

Ukraine said Elon Musk's SpaceX had limited Starlink services on Wednesday, hampering Ukrainian drones for attack missions and air defences, as relations between Kyiv and Washington have ​taken a sharp turn for the worse.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy accused the US of ​being unwilling to help Ukraine after a Russian bomb attack on Thursday killed at least 35 people in the east, sending the two-day death toll ‌from Russian strikes to over 70.

Ukraine's parliament will make another attempt next week to vote on a bill introducing a tax on parcels sent from ​abroad, a senior lawmaker told Reuters, a critical condition for ‌securing International Monetary Fund backing.

Ukraine has urged the U.N.'s aviation agency to ask its members ‌to fully ban operations in Russian airspace, a day after President Volodymyr Zelenskiy warned it was "becoming completely unsafe".

Both Russia and Ukraine, major ​players in the world agriculture market, have accused each other of intensified attacks on vessels used for ⁠exports.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy ​said he discussed a drone deal ‌and food security with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Monday.

President Volodymyr ‌Zelenskiy said the shortage was mainly caused by war in the Middle East.

Alternative grain export routes from Ukraine will reach required capacity ​at the end of August at the earliest, its agriculture minister said, warning they would cover only half of volumes handled by ‌Black Sea ports disrupted by Russian attacks.

It's the ​latest move in an ongoing shakeup that included replacing the ‌defence minister in July, which caused public anger.

Only 11% of Kyiv's facilities for sheltering its 3 million residents are proper bomb shelters.