Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said the situation in the Donbas region is 'very difficult' while George Soros issued a stark warning about the war.
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The Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights said the death toll in Ukraine is likely higher, because the armed conflict can delay fatality reports. "If Russia does not lift its blockade ... Ukrainian grain will be getting rotten. If this problem is not resolved, Ukrainian farmers will not plant another crop and the whole agricultural cycle in Ukraine will be interrupted and that will mean a multi-year food crisis."
"It never worked and in the end it brought us all to the biggest war in Europe since World War II. If it failed once, it will fail twice," he said.Ukraine's 'polite' reply to Henry Kissinger: We will not give an inch of land to PutinBrooks Kraft | Corbis Historical | Getty Images