She went on to say that she 'did not believe' comments made by Vladimir Putin that Western sanctions were not making a difference to Russia. Speaking to Sky News from Kyiv, Ms Osmolovska said the UK's help amid the war was 'appreciated' by the Ukrainian population. While both Russia and Ukraine have focused much of their resources in recent weeks on the fight for control of the eastern industrial Donbas region, the fate of Ukraine's remaining Black Sea coastline in Odesa and Mykolaiv is crucial to ensure the country's economic future.Д«oris Johnson's second surprise visit to Kyiv was 'warmly welcomed' by Ukraine, former Ukrainian diplomat Iuliia Osmolovska has said. Many of the neighbourhoods in the port city of Mykolaiv are now deserted, either destroyed in shelling or abandoned by residents who have fled to safety in Europe or elsewhere in the country. Russian forces reached the outskirts of Mykolaiv in early March but were then driven back to the eastern and southern edges of the region, where fighting is ongoing. In March, a missile blasted a hole through the building of the Mykolaiv regional state administration and killed 37. The Ukrainian leader's office did not specify when the visit took place. In a statement, Mr Zelenskyy's office said: 'The president inspected the building of the Mykolaiv regional state administration which was destroyed as a result of a missile strike by Russian forces.' Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made a visit to the war-torn southern city of Mykolaiv, his office confirmed today.

Home to the headquarters of Russia's Baltic sea fleet, the enclave was captured from Nazi Germany by the Red Army in AprilВ 1945 and ceded to the Soviet Union after the Second World War. Sandwiched between EU and NATO members Poland and Lithuania, Kaliningrad receives supplies from Russia via rail and gas pipelines through Lithuania. Its immediate start was confirmed by the cargo arm of Lithuania's state railways service in a letter to clients following 'clarification' from the European Commission on the mechanism for applying the sanctions.ДЄ spokesman for the service confirmed the contents of the letter but declined to comment further. The sanctions list notably includes coal, metals, construction materials and advanced technology, and the region's governor Anton Alikhanov said the ban would cover around 50% of the items that Kaliningrad imports. Ban on the transit of goods through their territory to the RussianД®nclave of Kaliningrad that are subject to EU sanctions

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