Ukrainian troops move towards the front line with an army's Main Battle Tank in the eastern Ukrainian region of Donbas on Tuesday — AFP MOSCOW, June 07 (BBC): An official installed by Russia in Ukraine's southern region of Kherson has signalled that Moscow could attempt to stage a vote on annexation to Russia.
"It will most likely be a referendum," said Kirill Stremousov, the deputy head of the administration put in place by the Kremlin.
He gave no date for any potential vote. It seems unlikely that a credible vote could be held in a region in the middle of a war, and Ukrainian forces have launched a counter-offensive in Kherson.
The regional capital Kherson was the first major Ukrainian city to fall during the invasion - and Moscow has attempted to bring the Russian rouble into circulation there.
Turkey working on Ukraine
grain export plan
As we've been reporting, Russia's UN ambassador walked out of a Security Council meeting on Monday after his country was blamed for causing a global food crisis by the EU.
European Council President Charles Michel said Russia was using food supplies as a "stealth missile" against the developing world, forcing people into poverty.
The war has left food stuck at Ukrainian ports.
Now, Turkey says it is working closely with Russia and Ukraine to agree a UN-driven plan that would restart grain exports from Ukrainian ports via a safe shipping corridor, Defence Minister Hulusi Akar said.
Akar said the four sides were working out how mines floating off the southern port of Odesa and elsewhere along Ukraine's coast would be cleared and who would safeguard the corridor.
"We are making efforts to conclude this as soon as possible," he told reporters in embargoed remarks after a cabinet meeting late on Monday.
Russian female footballer
speaking out against war
Since the invasion in February, footballer Nadya Karpova has been posting anti-war messages on her Instagram account - where she has 143,000 followers.
She's one of just three professional players from Russia to voice their opposition - and is the only female star to have done so.
Karpova plays for Spanish club Espanyol - and says she feels a "special responsibility" to raise her voice.
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