The Kremlin confirms: Putin pokes the Russian Navy's ÖB
The Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy Nikolay Yevmenov is forced to leave his post, reports Russian state media according to AFP.
He is being replaced by Aleksandr Mojseyev, former commander of Russia's Northern Fleet, in what the news agency calls Vladimir Putin's biggest shakeup in the military leadership in months.
Yevmenov is poked after several notable losses for the Russian side. Among other things, it has been forced to move large parts of the Black Sea Fleet from the Sevastopol naval base on the Crimean peninsula after Ukraine successfully attacked several ships with robots and sea drones.
According to Sky News, it was an attack on the patrol ship Sergej Kotov, which sank at the beginning of March, that "became the last straw" for the Russian president.
Already last weekend there were reports that Yevmenov had been fired.
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The Russian invasion|The response of the outside world
EU agrees on "emergency brake" on several Ukrainian products
The EU has reached a preliminary agreement to extend the trade facilitation for Ukraine for another year, writes the Belgian EU presidency on X.
This means that Ukraine will avoid tariffs on several goods to the EU.
At the same time, new import restrictions are introduced for agricultural products such as poultry, eggs, sugar, oats, corn, groats and honey, writes TT.
The list of products that receive the so-called "emergency brake" is longer than what was initially proposed. Reuters writes that months of farmer protests have preceded the EU decision.
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Russian invasionSwedish reactions
"Sweden must think outside the box and increase support"
The West has the capacity to decide the war in Ukraine's favor, but is doing far too little to help. This is written, among others, by several high-ranking military personnel and ambassadors on SvD's debate page.
The writers believe that the Swedish government should "think outside the box" and urgently find ways to greatly increase military aid.
"Otherwise we will be forced to face a much bigger conflict".
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The Russian invasion. The outside world's response
Prague leads Europe's hunt for grenades - delivery on the way
The Czech Republic will send at least 300,000 artillery shells to Ukraine through an initiative where European countries buy the ammunition from other parts of the world. The Guardian reports.
The grenades come from warehouses in, among other places, South Korea, which does not want to deliver directly to Ukraine but does not say no to selling to third parties. It is hoped that 800,000 grenades will be purchased and delivered to the Ukrainian army.
According to Reuters, Canada has decided to give the Czech-led effort the equivalent of around SEK 300 million.
Sources tell the British newspaper that a first delivery could take place in June at the latest.
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