It is the 13th day of the war in Ukraine and the Russian Ministry of Defense announced today that Russia has opened “Humanitarian corridors” so that people can move away from Kyiv and 4 other Ukrainian cities, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv (Kharkiv) and Mariupol. The Ministry of Defense added that the Russian forces in Ukraine stopped firing from 09:00 Greek time, the Russian news agency Interfax reported.
At the same time, Ukrainian officials announced that Ukraine today began evacuating civilians from the city of Sumy in northeastern Ukraine and from the city of Irpin, near the capital Kyiv. The evacuation of civilians began after Russian and Ukrainian officials agreed to set up “humanitarian corridors” to allow civilians to leave some cities besieged by Russian forces.
Earlier, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Irina Verestsuk said that civilians to begin evacuating besieged Ukrainian city of Sumy today under agreement with Russia to set up ‘humanitarian corridor’. “It was agreed that the first convoy will start around 10 am (local time and Greek time) from the city of Sumi. “This convoy will be followed by the local population with their own cars”, she noted in her statements that were broadcast by the television networks.
Civilians have been trapped by clashes raging since Russian forces invaded Ukraine on February 24, according to Reuters and the Athens-based News Agency.
All alternatives to sanctions are “on the table”
All alternatives for sanctions Russia’s agenda is on the table, but if the European Union imposes sanctions on energy, all EU member states must be able to lift the weight, Dutch Foreign Minister Vopke Hukstra said in Vilnius today.
“No measure is out of bounds for the Netherlands, including energy”Huxtra told reporters.
“It is extremely important that we take into account the position of all our European allies, some of whom are more dependent on oil and gas than the Netherlands. “Others should be able to lift weights as well.”
Nickel: Crazy course for its price, it even exceeded $ 100,000 per ton
Meanwhile, the price of nickel continues its crazy course today: it set a new record and broke – for a short time – the barrier of 100,000 dollars per ton in the international commodity markets, as investors do not rule out the possibility that Russia may not soon be able to to export its production.
Around 09:00 (Greek time) the price of nickel recorded an increase of more than 70%, to 82,195 dollars per ton. It reached its all-time high of $ 101,365 a tonne shortly after 8 p.m. He had already set a record the previous day.
Markets have been gripped by fever in the face of its unpredictable financial impact war in Ukrainewhich triggers ignition of raw material prices and shocks.
Although all metals have risen in price since the beginning of this week, nickel, used mainly in the production of electric car batteries, with Russia being one of its largest exporters, is rising at a truly dizzying pace.
“Russia is the third largest producer of nickel in the world and the largest producer of primary nickel products, such as refined nickel, which is essential for electric car batteries.”reminds Benjamin Louve, analyst of OFI AM.
“For the time being, the main (Russian) companies that produce metals have escaped sanctions, but many of the companies in this sector are run by oligarchs close to Vladimir Putin,” he continued. “The impact of sanctions on them” could be significant, as 37% of Russian exports go to the Netherlands and 16% to Germany, “he added.
Source: News Beast
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