{"id":42571,"date":"2022-03-18T09:57:06","date_gmt":"2022-03-18T00:57:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2022\/mar\/18\/russia-ukraine-war-what-we-know-on-day-23-of-the-invasion"},"modified":"2022-03-18T22:06:29","modified_gmt":"2022-03-18T13:06:29","slug":"russia-ukraine-war-what-we-know-on-day-23-of-the-invasion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=42571","title":{"rendered":"Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 23 of the invasion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Food supply fears as Biden plans to warn Chinese president against providing military support for Russia<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/series\/ukraine-live\/latest\">Russia-Ukraine war: latest updates<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>A World Food Programme (WFP) official said on Friday that food supply chains in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/ukraine\">Ukraine<\/a> were collapsing<\/strong>, with a portion of infrastructure destroyed and many grocery stores and warehouses now empty.<\/p>\n<p>The US president, <strong>Joe Biden, is set to speak with his Chinese counterpart <\/strong>at 1pm GMT on Friday, where he is expected to tell <strong>Xi Jinping <\/strong>he will face \u201ccosts\u201d if Beijing rescues fellow authoritarian ally Russia from intense western sanctions aimed at punishing Moscow\u2019s invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2022\/mar\/18\/russian-missiles-hit-aircraft-plant-near-lviv-airport-in-western-ukraine\">Russian missile attack near Lviv airport<\/a> has raised fears of Vladimir Putin\u2019s war spreading to western Ukraine,<\/strong> as Russia claimed to be \u201ctightening the noose\u201d around the south-eastern port city of Mariupol.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Ukrainian air force says the aircraft repair plant in Lviv was struck by cruise missiles fired from the direction of the Black Sea. <\/strong>It also confirmed that two other Russian missiles were reportedly shot down by Ukrainian anti-aircraft defences before reaching their target.<\/p>\n<p><strong>One person was killed and four others wounded after parts of a Russian missile fell on a residential building in the northern part of the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv<\/strong>, on Friday morning, emergencies services said.<\/p>\n<p>Britain\u2019s media regulator, <strong>Ofcom, has revoked Russian-backed television channel RT\u2019s licence to broadcast in the UK<\/strong> with immediate effect.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2022\/mar\/18\/russia-ukraine-war-what-we-know-on-day-23-of-the-invasion\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Food supply fears as Biden plans to warn Chinese president against providing military support for RussiaRussia-Ukraine war: latest updatesA World Food Programme (WFP) official said on Friday that food supply chains in Ukraine were collapsing, with a 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