UKRAINE WRAP | Russia to allow humanitarian corridors in Ukraine, defence ministry says
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March 05 2022 - 22:00
Turkey and U.S. will coordinate response to Ukraine war, Ankara says
Turkey and the United States will remain in "close coordination" as they work for a diplomatic solution to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said after talks between the NATO allies' deputy foreign ministers on Saturday.
Ties between Turkey and the United States have been strained over a host of issues in recent years, not least Turkey's purchase of Russian S-400 air defence systems and policy differences in Syria and the eastern Mediterranean.
Washington imposed sanctions on Ankara in December 2020 over the S-400s.
-Reuters
March 05 2022 - 14:22
SA TV news producer evacuated from Ukraine after ambush by Russian death squad
A South African TV news producer and her four crew have been evacuated from Ukraine after two of them were shot by a suspected Russian “death squad”.
Dominique van Heerden, who works for Sky News, was in a car with her colleagues — including chief correspondent Stuart Ramsay — when they came under fire after unsuccessfully trying to visit the town of Bucha near Kyiv.
March 05 2022 - 11:00
Ukraine will import gas from Poland from March 6
Ukraine from March 6 will be able to import gas from Poland, including gas from Polish LNG terminals, Ukrainian state-run gas transit system operator said on Saturday.
The two transit operators agreed on the introduction of guaranteed capacity for gas imports and "this allows the physical import of gas from Poland, including from the LNG terminal, on a guaranteed basis", Ukrainian company said on social media.
It gave no additional details.
Ukraine, one of Europe's biggest gas consumers, has not imported gas from Russia since 2015 and buys it in Europe.
-Reuters
March 05 2022 - 09:00
Russia to allow humanitarian corridors in Ukraine, defence ministry says
Russian forces will stop firing at 1000 Moscow time to allow humanitarian corridors out of the Ukrainian cities of Mariupol and Volnovakha, Russia's defence ministry said, Interfax reported.
-Reuters