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In Istanbul, Turkey, people gather in support of Ukraine on the occasion of the second anniversary of the Russian invasion. IMAGES
Images of police checkpoints in the Turkish capital after reports of a "terrorist attack" near Turkey's parliament in Ankara on Sunday, which left two police officers injured, according to the interior ministry. The ministry said two attackers arrived in a commercial vehicle around 9:30 am (0630 GMT) "in front of the entrance gate of the General Directorate of Security of our Ministry of the Interior, and carried out a bomb attack." IMAGES
The first grain ship to sail from Ukraine since Russia reimposed its Black Sea blockade in July crosses the Bosphorus Strait in Istanbul. Ukrainian officials said the Palau-flagged Resilient Africa vessel was carrying 3,000 tonnes of wheat when it left Ukraine's Chornomorsk port on Tuesday. It was destined for Israel, according to marine traffic websites, representing the first successful Black Sea voyage since Russia pulled out of a UN-backed deal to export Ukrainian grain. IMAGES
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan calls for Russia not to be "marginalised" in talks aimed at reviving a key deal to export Ukrainian grain through the Black Sea. "No process that marginalises Russia on the Black Sea grain initiative will be viable," Erdogan tells reporters after the close of the G20 summit in New Delhi. He also announced a forthcoming meeting on the issue between representatives from Russia, Ukraine and the United Nations, without specifying a precise date or location. SOUNDBITE
Ukrainian representative Anton Korynevych brands Russia a "terrorist state", blaming the blowing up a major dam at Nova Kakhovka on Moscow. Ukraine is facing off against Russia in a case before the International Court of Justice relating to Moscow's occupation of eastern Ukraine and the Crimea. SOUNDBITE
Turkey's President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, announces the extension of the Black Sea grain deal that allowed the export of Ukrainian grain to resume following Russia's invasion. "This agreement" he says, "is of vital importance in terms of global food supply". Ukraine's infrastructure minister, Oleksandr Kubrakov, tweeted that the deal has been extended for 120 days. COMPLETES EN_33BK8BL SOUNDBITE
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