Ukraine Russia Conflict: G7 to discuss food security and Moldova, today

Foreign ministers of the G7 nations are expected to meet on Friday in Germany to hold talks on food security concerns and the situation in Moldova due to the Russian war. The meeting will include leaders from top countries like Britain, Canada, Germany, Italy, France, Japan the United States and the European Union. 

The Ukrainian and Moldovan foreign ministers are likely to be part of the Friday talks, with the western nations reaffirming their support for the two countries.

Meanwhile, Russia on 24th February launched its invasion of Ukraine. And, according to the latest updates, Ukraine claimed it had damaged and set on fire a Russian navy logistics ship in the Black Sea. The Vsevolod Bobrov was near Snake Island, said Serhiy Bratchuk, a spokesman for the Odesa regional military administration in southern Ukraine. Ukraine’s deputy prime minister, Iryna Vereshchuk, said “very difficult negotiations” were ongoing to evacuate 38 seriously wounded fighters from the besieged Azovstal steel plant in the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol, in exchange for Russian prisoners of war. However, The UN’s human rights council has passed a resolution to investigate alleged abuses by Russian troops in parts of Ukraine formerly under their control, with a view to holding those responsible to account.