“As of February, N948 billion in loans has been given to 4.4 million farmers cultivating 5.2 million hectares, creating 12.5 million direct jobs.”
Russian shelling of the Chaplyne train station in Ukraine’s central Dnipropetrovsk region killed at least 22 people on Wednesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
Since the start of the Russian invasion on February 24, there have been 13,560 civilian casualties, with 5,614 deaths, including 362 children and 7,946 people injured.
“The people of Ukraine and beyond need peace, and they need peace now. Peace in line with the UN Charter. Peace in line with international law,” said Mr Guterres.
Presidential advisor Siti Ruhaini confirmed that Mr Widodo had been told Messrs Putin and Xi would come.
The top NATO official also warned of the increased threat Russia posed to Norway, in view of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
More than 1,600 anti-tank weapons and hundreds of loitering aerial munitions will also be sent, according to defence secretary Ben Wallace.
On Friday, EU leaders would consider the growing economic toll of the Russian invasion, with high inflation and energy and food costs spiking.
UNICEF, in a statement released on Friday, stated that the figure was the highest number recorded since the Second World War.
Ukraine said the first weapons would probably not arrive until the end of June.
