Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov blamed the West for the impasse over the future of the Black Sea Grain Agreement, adding that Moscow sees “virtually no benefit” from the deal for its grain and fertilizer exports.

Basic information about the war in Ukraine, day 427, TEXT:

07:40 Two Tu-160 strategic missile bombers completed a planned flight lasting more than 14 hours over the neutral waters of the Barents Sea and Norway, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported.

“During the flight, the crews of the long-haul aircraft carried out night and day refueling in the air. The fighter jets were escorted by the crews of the MiG-31 aircraft of the Air Force and the air defense of the Northern Fleet,” the ministry said in a Telegram message. (Reuters).

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A brief summary of recent events:

• During a multi-topic press conference at the UN, Lavrov said that there would be a timely response to the letter sent to Russian President Putin by UN chief Guterres regarding the grain agreement. Nobody needs the Third World War, Lavrov said, “but it seems that someone is ready to go to the end.”
• Asked about Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Hershovich and former Marine Paul Whelan, who are being held in Russia, and whether a prisoner exchange could happen, Lavrov said there was a special non-public channel to discuss a prisoner exchange with the United States.
• Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva criticized Russia’s invasion of Ukraine during a visit to Spain, but said no one was talking about peace in what he called a “crazy war”.
• The Kremlin dismissed as lies reports that Putin had doppelgangers and that he spent most of his time under protection in a bunker.
• Ukraine is working with the FBI and US companies to gather evidence of war crimes against Russia, such as geolocation and cellphone information, senior officials said on Tuesday.
• The head of the European Union in charge of agriculture expressed optimism that Ukraine’s neighboring countries will soon agree to an agreement that will allow Ukrainian grain to enter their countries for export to other countries.
• Putin signed a decree establishing temporary control over Russian assets of two foreign energy companies, signaling that Moscow could take similar measures against other companies if necessary in response to Western sanctions.
• Zelenskyi said Russian forces struck a museum in the eastern city of Kupyansk on Tuesday, killing two women and burying others under rubble.
• Ukraine is preparing “priority measures” after the liberation of Crimea, Tamila Tasheva, the permanent representative of the President of Ukraine in Crimea, said on Tuesday.
• Russian human rights organizations filed complaints with the Constitutional Court demanding the repeal of the law, which prohibits people from speaking out against the invasion.
• Due to the actions of the United States, Russia may withdraw from the moratorium on the deployment of medium- and short-range missiles, TASS reported on Tuesday.
• Ukraine began using American-acquired satellite bombs with JDAM-ER technology in March, but only now have the “first images” of these smart bombs in action emerged.
• What a Russian soldier said to his wife after the Ugledar disaster: “A lot burned in the tanks.” “The people of Donbas (not separatists) are behaving like thugs.”
• KFC restaurants were replaced by a Russian copy. The first Rostic’s restaurant opened in Moscow on Tuesday.
• Two German companies that jointly develop the Leopard 2, one of the world’s most advanced battle tanks, are embroiled in a legal dispute over intellectual property rights.
• Sweden’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Tuesday that it is expelling five Russian diplomats for activities incompatible with their diplomatic status.
• The head of Russia’s powerful Orthodox Church, Kirill, called Russians who do not serve their country “internal enemies” on Tuesday and said patriotism is the “greatest virtue.”
• Hungary wants the ban on the import of Ukrainian wheat to remain in force until the end of 2023, the minister of agriculture said in Budapest.
• Russia has declared “persona non grata” the consul of the Republic of Moldova in Moscow and banned several Moldovan officials from entering the country, including the minister of internal affairs from Chisinau.
• Anatoly Razinkin, Russia’s first deputy prosecutor general, said on Tuesday that Russian prosecutors had uncovered a huge number of illegal conscriptions into Russia’s armed forces since last year’s partial mobilization decree.
• A new world war is likely, but it is not inevitable, Vice President of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday, stressing that the “quiet division” of Ukraine is “better” than a world war.

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• Tuesday’s military events were broadcast LIVE on HotNews.ro