Kiev accuses Russia of shelling Azovstal, fierce fighting in eastern Ukraine

“The Russian military shelling of the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol continued, shortly after some of the civilians trapped there were evacuated. At least one more evacuation is still needed for the civilians in the Azovstal factory, because there are still dozens of children in bunkers under the industrial facilities,” said the commander of the Ukrainian National Guard brigade Denys Shlega. told US News.

“In my estimation, there are still a few hundred civilians trapped at the steel mill along with nearly 500 wounded soldiers,” added Denys Shlega.

Currently, US News has not been able to verify the veracity of Shlega’s claims.

US warns of food shortage disaster

The director of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Samantha Power on May 1 expressed concern about the disaster of food shortages in some regions such as the Middle East and Sub-Saharan Africa, due to the impact of the war. in Ukraine.

“The Russia-Ukraine war is causing food shortages in the Middle East and Sub-Saharan Africa, where the share of Ukraine’s wheat and grain imports by many countries in those two regions is in the 80-90% range. Global food prices are now 34% higher than they were a year ago. This is a ‘catastrophic’ impact of the war,” Power said in an interview held on May 1, according to US News.

“The war has halted the production of sunflower oil in Ukraine, leading to people in many parts of the world being restricted from buying cooking oil. The horrors of war can be witnessed when millions of Ukrainians have to leave the country or people in the city of Mariupol go hungry.”

Fierce fighting in eastern Ukraine

“The attacks of the Russian army along the lines in the east were stopped by the armed forces of Ukraine. Russian soldiers tried to enter many areas of Donetsk Oblast, but were held back by Ukrainian defense units in many villages,” US News quoted a statement published by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. on Facebook on May 1, clearly stated.

According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the fighting between the Russian army and the Ukrainian defense forces in the city of Kharkiv on May 1 was still fierce.

Tuan Tran