The tense cold war-era standoff unfolded when US president John F Kennedy found the Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev to have deployed nuclear missiles on Cuba – a defining moment widely considered to be the closest the US and the Soviet Union have come to a nuclear war. In an interview for a Russian state television documentary, Lavrov said there were “similarities” between the ongoing war in Ukraine and the 1962 confrontation, primarily because Russia is now under threat from western weapons in Ukraine. Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov on Sunday expressed “hope” that the U S president, Joe Biden, will recall the 1962 Cuban missile crisis when dealing with the war in Ukraine, Reuters reports. Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov drew parallels between the Ukraine war and the 1962 Cuban missile crisis, stating that Russia is now under threat from western weapons in Ukraine. Ukrainian first lady Olena Zelenska made a video appearance at a demonstration in Prague, which saw tens of thousands of Czechs voicing their support for Ukraine. Wheat futures are expected to leap on Monday as Moscow’s decision threatens Ukrainian exports, analysts said.
Russia’s move to suspend its participation in the Black Sea corridor agreement resulted in a total of 218 vessels being “effectively blocked”, Ukraine’s infrastructure ministry said. Turkey’s defence minister is in talks with his Russian and Ukrainian counterparts to try and revive the deal, the ministry said. UN secretary general António Guterres delayed his travel to the Arab League summit in Algiers by a day to focus on the issue. The European Union urged Moscow to reverse its decision. The US and Nato accused Russia of weaponising food. Russia’s withdrawal from the UN-brokered Black Sea grain initiative drew international condemnation.
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