Paris expressed its "dismay" Saturday night after China's ambassador to France denied the sovereignty of the countries of the Soviet Union and questioned Crimea's membership of Ukraine. Moscow "will not forgive" the United States for refusing to issue visas to Russian journalists accompanying the head of Russian diplomacy, Sergei Lavrov, at the UN.
Medvedev threatens to end the agreement on grain exports from Black Sea ports if the G7 decides to drastically restrict its exports to Russia. At least five Russian missiles hit the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv and its environs on Saturday night.