Ukraine lacks defences against Russian strikes: Putin offers grain to Africa

Kyiv, Ukraine (AFP) July 27, 2023

Kyiv lacks the means to defend itself against strikes on its grain infrastructure carried out by Russia, which is blocking "virtually all" Ukrainian ports, an army spokeswoman told AFP. "We need missile and air defence. Reinforced, powerful, modern and capable of counteracting the types of missiles that the enemy uses against us," Ukrainian army spokeswoman Nataliya Gumenyuk said in an inter