The Group of Seven (G7) leading economic powers called on April 23 for the "extension, full implementation, and expansion" of a critical deal to export Ukrainian grain through the Black Sea, the group's agriculture ministers said.
Brazil's Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on April 22 he did not want to "please anyone" with his views about Russia's invasion of Ukraine, after provoking criticism in the West for suggesting Kyiv shared the blame for the war.
Russian-origin fertilizer that Latvia seized due to European Union sanctions is being sent to Kenya by the United Nations World Food Program, Latvia's Foreign Ministry said.
The Kremlin said on April 21 that it was monitoring reports of a possible ban on exports to Russia by Western countries and that any new sanctions would hit the global economy.
The United States has made no determination the Russian private military Wagner Group is a "foreign terrorist organization," despite its ongoing actions in Ukraine, White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on April 20 met with Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel and Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez in Havana, the latest in a series of visits to shore up support among Russia's closest allies in Latin America.
Hungary on April 20 called for "progressive" aid from the EU to help move Ukraine's grain through Central European countries whose farmers are having to compete with its cheaper imports.
Iran's navy claims to have forced a U.S. submarine to surface as it entered the Persian Gulf in the latest report of an apparent confrontation between Iranian and U.S. forces in the Gulf.
Denmark and the Netherlands will jointly donate 14 Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, the two countries said on April 20.
Pakistan has placed its first order for discounted Russian crude oil under a new deal struck between Islamabad and Moscow, the country's petroleum minister said, with one cargo to dock at Karachi port in May.
Russia's state-owned Promsvyazbank on April 19 said it was opening more branches in the four regions of Ukraine that Moscow claimed to have annexed last year, as Russia aims to provide civilians and soldiers with cheap credit and banking services.
Inspections of vessels carrying grain from Ukrainian ports have resumed at Turkey's Bosphorus Strait after two days of discussions between Kyiv and Moscow, a spokesperson in Istanbul said on April 19.
The United States and its NATO allies must remain alert for signs that Russian President Vladimir Putin could use a tactical nuclear weapon in a "managed" escalation of his war in Ukraine, a U.S. diplomat said.
Poland has reached an agreement on restarting transit of Ukrainian grains through its territory as of April 21, Polish Agriculture Minister Robert Telus said on April 18, adding transit would be monitored and sealed.
Moldova has told Russian politicians not to meddle in its internal affairs after barring a Russian delegation from entering the country ahead of a regional election.
The number of temporary protection-status permits issued to Ukrainians in the European Union dropped in most member states in February.
Russian opposition leader Vladimir Kara-Murza has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for treason and other offenses, including spreading "false information" over his criticism of Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.
Ukrainian forces are finding a growing number of components from China in Russian weapons used in Ukraine, a senior adviser in President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's office told Reuters.
Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Chinese Defense Minister Li Shangfu in Moscow on April 16 and both men hailed military cooperation between the two nations, which have declared a "no limits" partnership.
Unilateral action on trade by European Union member states is unacceptable, a European Commission spokesperson said on April 16, after Poland and Hungary announced bans on grain and other food imports from Ukraine to protect the local agricultural sector.
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