UKRAINE: Mechanic-turned-soldier Artchk helps shore up defenses in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk against an expected Russian onslaught while adjacent farmer Vasyl Avramenko bemoans the loss of crops replaced by mines. Kramatorsk and its twin, Sloviansk, are being bombarded with artillery shells as Moscow continues its onslaught in the heavily industrialized Donbas region. Their defenders are outgunned, but Ukrainians …

INDONESIA: An Indonesian Foreign Ministry official urged the G20 to assist end the Ukraine conflict on Friday (Jul 8) at a summit that brought together some of the most vocal critics and Russia’s top ambassador. It’s been “business as usual” in the run-up to the Bali forum, with top Western and Japanese officials underlining that the war and its impact …

Indonesia – The food cost expansion in Indonesia is as yet kept up with at 3.4 percent notwithstanding the nation being impacted by the Ukraine-Russia war that had caused food costs, particularly of wheat, to spike, President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) expressed. A few nations are now encountering food shortage, along these lines causing food costs at the buyer level to …