{"id":1346,"date":"2023-10-01T07:54:09","date_gmt":"2023-10-01T11:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/us-aid-for-kyiv-at-risk-slovakian-election\/01\/10\/2023\/"},"modified":"2023-10-01T07:54:09","modified_gmt":"2023-10-01T11:54:09","slug":"us-aid-for-kyiv-at-risk-slovakian-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/us-aid-for-kyiv-at-risk-slovakian-election\/01\/10\/2023\/","title":{"rendered":"US Aid for Kyiv at Risk; Slovakian Election"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>(Bloomberg) &#8212; Three ships that recently arrived to load grain or iron ore at Ukrainian Black Sea ports have sailed and more are headed into the region in the biggest flurry of activity since Russia pulled out of a safe-transit agreement two months ago. Five cargo vessels are on their way toward sea ports in the temporary corridor established by Ukraine\u2019s navy, Reuters reported, citing the Marine Traffic database, while the bulk carriers Azara, Ying Hao 01 and Eneida have departed.<\/p>\n<p>Most Read from Bloomberg<\/p>\n<p>US lawmakers omitted further aid to Ukraine in a measure passed Saturday in a successful last-ditch effort to avoid a federal government shutdown, signaling that US support for funding Kyiv\u2019s fight against the Russian invasion is getting harder. In Slovakia, Robert Fico, a former prime minister who\u2019s called for an end to military funding for Ukraine and derided EU sanctions against Russia, won Saturday\u2019s election in a potential blow to Western unity.<\/p>\n<p>Russia\u2019s defense ministry said it shot down or intercepted Ukrainian drones near Smolensk, close the the Belarusian border, and in the southern Krasnodar region. Flights were disrupted for a time at Sochi airport, according to media reports. Ukraine\u2019s defense ministry said Saturday it has destroyed a total of 5,000 drones fired by Russia since the Kremlin\u2019s invasion 19 months ago.<\/p>\n<p>Latest Coverage<\/p>\n<ul class=\"caas-list caas-list-bullet\">\n<li>\n<p>Putin Says Waging War in Ukraine Defends Russian Sovereignty<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Russia-Sanctions Critic Headed for Victory in Slovak Election<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Ukraine Aid Falls by Wayside as Congress Passes Spending Bill<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Shapps Weighs UK Military Trainers in Ukraine, Telegraph Says<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Hungary Says Ukrainian Move on OTP Bank Doesn\u2019t Go Far Enough<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Markets<\/p>\n<p>Wheat prices have fallen to a three-year low amid booming harvests in Russia and other key producers.<\/p>\n<p>Oil posted its largest quarterly rally since the initial jolt from the war in Ukraine as lower Russian fuel exports threaten to further tighten a market wrestling with OPEC+ production cuts.<\/p>\n<p>Most Read from Bloomberg Businessweek<\/p>\n<p>\u00a92023 Bloomberg L.P.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/ukraine-recap-us-aid-kyiv-073851999.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Bloomberg) &mdash; Three ships that recently arrived to load grain or iron ore at Ukrainian Black Sea ports have sailed and more<br \/><button class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/us-aid-for-kyiv-at-risk-slovakian-election\/01\/10\/2023\/\">Read More &rsaquo;<\/a><\/button><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12350,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1346"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1346"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1346\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}