Ukraine-Russia war updates: EU allows ban on grain imports to expire

This blog is now closed. Thank you for joining us. These were the updates on the Russia-Ukraine war on Friday, September 15.

This blog is now closed. Thank you for joining us. These were the updates on the Russia-Ukraine war on Friday, September 15.

• The European Commission says it will not continue a ban on imports of Ukrainian grains into Ukraine’s five EU neighbours due to expire on Friday, as several countries including Poland and Hungary announce their own bans.
• The Kremlin has said no agreements on military issues or other areas were signed between Russia and North Korea during Kim Jong Un’s visit to Vladivostok earlier this week.
• Ukraine says its forces liberated the eastern village of Andriivka in the Donetsk region, claiming Russian troops sustained heavy losses.
• Kyiv says its drones attacked two Russian patrol ships operating in the Black Sea and destroyed a sophisticated Triumf surface-to-air missile defence system in Russian-occupied Crimea.
• Meanwhile, Moscow says its forces destroyed two Ukrainian naval drones in the southwest part of the Black Sea, Russian state news agency TASS reports.