China News Agency, Beijing, August 7th. Comprehensive news: The Russian Ministry of Defense reported on the 6th local time that the Russian army hit a number of military targets such as foreign mercenary camps in Ukraine that day.
The Ukrainian side said that it successfully repelled the Russian military operation that day, and said it detained two people suspected of being Russian intelligence agencies.
On the other hand, grain ships departing from Ukrainian ports will undergo joint inspections after arriving in Istanbul, Turkey's largest city.
Russia claims to have hit multiple Ukrainian targets
The Russian Ministry of Defense reported on the 6th that the Russian army had targeted a foreign mercenary camp in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine.
The Russian army destroyed several Ukrainian rocket launchers and the US-made "Haimas" rocket launcher system in the Kharkiv region. In addition, it also destroyed a Ukrainian oil depot with 50,000 tons of diesel oil near Zaporozhye.
The Ukrainian military reported on the 6th that the Russian army launched an offensive in six areas in eastern Donetsk, but they were all repelled by the Ukrainian army.
On the same day, the Ukrainian State Security Service posted on social media that it had detained two men, suspected of being members of the Russian intelligence agency, who provided information on the Russian missile attack on the shipbuilding infrastructure in the southern port city of Ukraine.
According to the TASS news agency, Dmitry Polyansky, the first deputy permanent representative of Russia to the United Nations, said on the 5th that Ukraine is not ready to conduct serious negotiations on the mediation of the situation. Negotiations will only take place under the conditions of withdrawal of troops from Crimea."
Media says the West is worried about deepening cooperation between Russia and Turkey
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met in Sochi, according to a statement issued on the Kremlin's website on the 5th.
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Novak told the media on the same day that the two sides agreed to start using rubles to settle part of Russia's natural gas supplies to Turkey.
Novak also said that the energy sector is a key area in Russia-Turkey relations, and the presidents of the two countries said the Akkuyu nuclear power plant will be launched in 2023.
The British "Financial Times" quoted a source as saying on the 6th that just as the West tightens sanctions against Russia, Turkey, a member of NATO, is continuing to promote cooperation with Russia.
The report pointed out that after the talks between Putin and Erdogan, six anonymous Western government officials said they were concerned about the statement of the leaders of Russia and Turkey on expanding economic, trade and energy cooperation.
According to the report, the European Union is paying "increasingly close" attention to cooperation between Turkey and Russia.
Turkish Defense Ministry: Four bulk carriers carrying agricultural products leave Ukrainian ports
According to Singapore's "Lianhe Zaobao" reported on the 7th, Ukraine's Infrastructure Minister Kubrakov said that a ship flying a foreign flag arrived at the Ukrainian port on the 6th local time.
According to the report, under the supervision of the Joint Coordination Center for Food Exports from the Black Sea, Ukraine is working to resume grain exports.
According to the news released by the Turkish Ministry of Defense, on the 7th local time, four bulk carriers carrying agricultural products left the Ukrainian port for Istanbul.
According to reports, the bulk carrier was loaded with agricultural products such as sunflower oil and corn.
One departed from the port of Odessa, and the other three departed from the port of Chernomorsk.
Ukraine's Ministry of Infrastructure also confirmed the news, saying that four bulk carriers were carrying nearly 170,000 tons of agricultural products.
The Turkish Defense Ministry noted that the ships will be anchored in northern Istanbul and will be inspected by a joint coordination center established by Russia, Ukraine, Turkey and the United Nations.
According to Reuters, Ukraine's first deputy agriculture minister Taras Vysotsky said on the 5th that under a landmark agreement brokered by Turkey and the United Nations, Ukraine will be able to start from September this year. Export of wheat harvested this year.
This export volume will allow Ukraine to obtain sufficient funds so that the planting plan does not have to be reduced.
Japanese media say anti-Russian sanctions hit Japan's sushi industry
Sanctions on Russia have sparked a crisis in Japan's sushi industry, according to Yahoo News Japan.
Prices of salmon and its roe, the most common sushi ingredients, have risen sharply, sources said.
The raw salmon used in the Japanese restaurant came from Norway and was imported on a direct flight over Russian airspace before the special operation, the report said.
This route saves a lot of time and money.
But Russia has imposed restrictions on foreign airlines flying over Russian airspace since the end of February in response to Western sanctions.
The average price per kilogram of imported salmon and salmon from June 2017 to 2021 was 1,595 yen (about $11), compared with the average price in June 2022, according to statistics from the Central Wholesale Fish Market in Tokyo cited by the report. It's already 2,040 yen (over $15), about 30% higher.
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