Ukraine tells critics of counter-offensive to ‘shut up’; Moscow talks focus on reviving grain deal

Russia sees no sign it will receive the guarantees it requires before resuming a deal allowing Ukraine to ship its grain through the Black Sea, but can return to it “tomorrow” if Western promises to Moscow are fulfilled, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday.

Lavrov reiterated Russia’s assertion that Western economic sanctions were hampering Russian grain and…