IAEA chief not to attend Ukraine peace summit

IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi will not participate directly in the first Peace Summit, which starts on Saturday in Burgenstock, Switzerland, because he does not want to mix political aspects with the technical work of the UN's nuclear watchdog. — Ukrinform.

Top UN court rules Russia-Ukraine genocide case can go forward

The United Nations' International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled that it will hear a part of Ukraine's lawsuit against Russia over false allegations of genocide that Moscow used to justify its full-scale invasion, Reuters reported on Feb. 2.

No countries U.S. pitching to UNSC to agree if given no veto right

Ukraine’sformer permanent representative to the UN Volodymyr Yelchenko suggests that the new countries named by the U.S. as potential permanent members of the UN Security Council will not agree to this if they are not provided with a right of veto. — Ukrinform.

UN Secretary-General plans to discuss resumption of grain initiative with Zelensky, Erdogan, Lavrov

UN Secretary-General António Guterres plans to discuss Ukrainian grain exports and the resumption of the Black Sea Grain Initiative at meetings with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. — Ukrinform.

Russian Trade Said To Be Surging, Approaching Prewar Levels, Despite Sweeping Sanctions

Trade at Russia’s three largest ports has been surging and is approaching prewar levels despite sweeping sanctions by the Group of Seven (G7) leading economies, according to a new report.

UN conducts secret negotiations with Russia on lifting all major sanctions in exchange for grain deal

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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres proposed to Putin to extend the "grain deal" in exchange for connecting "Rosselkhozbank to the international payment system SWIFT - Reuters @liveukraine_media