Updates on the Russia-Ukraine crisis | May 1, 2022

 

Here are the most recent developments in the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

Ukraine claims Russia is seizing large amounts of grain in territories it controls.

"There are confirmed facts that hundreds of thousands of tonnes of grain were taken out of the Zaporizhzhia, Kherson, Donetsk, and Luhansk regions," Ukraine's Deputy Agriculture Minister Taras Vysotsky told a television channel.

According to the Kremlin's state media, Russia will leave the International Space Station due to sanctions imposed on it following the invasion of Ukraine. Roscosmos General Director Dmitry Rogozin stated that the partners will be notified of Russia's departure from the ISS with a one-year notice.

French President Emmanuel Macron said in a phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that France would increase military and humanitarian aid to Ukraine.

The dialogue between Russia and the United States on strategic stability has formally "frozen," according to a Russian foreign ministry official quoted by TASS on Saturday.