As Friday draws to a close in Kyiv and in Moscow, here are the key developments of the day:
At least 50 people, including five children, died in a missile strike on a train station in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk, according to Ukrainian officials . Gruesome , where officials said 98 people were injured, including 16 children. Thousands had crowded for trains after authorities urged civilians in eastern Ukraine to evacuate ahead of .
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russian forces hit the railway station with missile known as Tochka-U. The Russian Ministry of Defense denied involvement in the attack, calling reports of its responsibility "a provocation." The Kremlin backed its defense ministry's claim. The Pentagon said the Russians did fire a missile 鈥� an SS-21 short-range ballistic missile 鈥� that hit the train station.
Slovakia sent an S-300 mobile anti-aircraft system to Ukraine . In exchange, the United States as backfill. The Ukrainian military already has a supply of the S-300 systems, but has lost a number of them during the war.
The European Union formalized sweeping new sanctions against Russia, of coal, wood, fertilizer and various other products, as well as bans on Russian transportation and vessels. The United Kingdom also followed in U.S. footsteps by adding sanctions on and the daughter of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. The latest round of U.S. sanctions .
Global food prices have hit their highest levels ever recorded, driven up by the war. International prices for a food basket tracked by the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization , and were 34% higher than in March 2021. Russia and Ukraine are major exporters of wheat and maize; Ukraine is a leading exporter of sunflower oil.
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