Yuliia Dysa

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.

Fedorov, who only took charge of the wartime ministry in January, was dismissed in a surprise and poorly explained government reshuffle in mid-July.

Ukraine wants a prototype for a European anti-ballistic system codenamed Freyja to be ready within the first half of next year, a senior official said, as Kyiv pushes its allies to help deliver a weapon capable of downing ​Russian missiles.

Shipowners halted vessel arrivals at Ukraine's Black Sea ports due to ‌intensified Russian strikes, Kyiv said, as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy warned Moscow might escalate attacks in order to block the country's main corridor for grain exports.

Mykhailo Drapatyi was named as commander-in-chief of Ukraine's military.

Ukraine's state oil and gas company Naftogaz ​will appoint chief commercial officer Sergiy Fedorenko ‌as CEO, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday, to replace Sergii Koretskyi who became prime minister in a ​surprise government reshuffle.