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Images of the Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Vershinin leaving a UN building following talks on renewing the Ukraine grain export deal. Russia has agreed to renew the accord but only for another 60 days. IMAGES
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says he will urge Russia to fulfill a breakthrough agreement reached last week in Turkey to allow the release of millions of tons of Ukrainian grain. SOUNDBITE
British Prime Minister Theresa May avoids a major defeat after MPs reject a plan that would have given parliament a veto over the final Brexit deal -- but only after making concessions. IMAGES
Ukrainian troops are starting to run out of ammunition as a huge package of US war aid requested by President Joe Biden remains blocked by Republicans in Congress, says US national Security Adviser Jake Sullivan during a press briefing. SOUNDBITE
During a press conference with his Ukrainian counterpart in the city of Uzhhorod, western Ukraine, Hungarian foreign minister Peter Szijjarto says that Hungary is "ready for further collaboration" with Ukraine but that there "is still a long way to go". Relations between the two neighbouring countries have been strained over the past few years and were further aggravated when Orban in December vetoed 50 billion euros ($54 billion) in EU aid for Kyiv. IMAGES
France's new foreign minister Stephane Sejourne arrives in Kyiv on Saturday for his first official trip abroad, in a sign of support as the Russian invasion of Ukraine nears its second year. Stephane Sejourne and his Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba lay flowers at the "Wall of Memory" of those who died for Ukraine IMAGES