Grain deal
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Vladimir Putin will travel to Turkey to meet the president as the NATO member tries to persuade Russia to return to the Black Sea grain deal. The deal ensured the safe export of Ukrainian grain during the war via the Black Sea before Russia unilaterally withdrew in July. A date for the Russian leader and…
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Ukraine, Poland and Lithuania have agreed on a plan to speed up Ukrainian grain exports, according to officials. Grain inspections will be moved from the Ukraine-Poland border to a Lithuanian port on the Baltic Sea, Ukraine’s farm ministry said in a statement on its website. It said the move will “speed up transit through Poland”…
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Two people were hospitalized following a 3½-hour Russian drone barrage on a port in Ukraine’s Odesa region on Sunday, officials said. The attack on the Reni seaport comes a day before Russian President Vladimir Putin is due to meet with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan to discuss the resumption of food shipments from Ukraine…
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Two more ships have passed through a “temporary” Black Sea shipping corridor established after Russia withdrew from a UN- backed grain export deal in July, Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said. The president did not identify the vessels involved or say when they had completed their passage but it comes after officials on Friday said two vessels…
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The UN warned on Friday that Russia’s withdrawal from the Black Sea grain deal, coupled with its bombardment of crucial ports, will compound the crisis. “We have now witnessed a further blow to global food security, as Russia, for the fourth consecutive day, struck Ukraine’s Black Sea ports in Odesa, Chornomorsk and Mykolaiv with missiles…
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The UK is hopeful that Türkiye will be able to bring Russia back to the table to resume the Black Sea grain deal, according to Foreign Secretary James Cleverly, echoing global concerns after Moscow pulled out of an agreement that gave the world access to critical supplies of Ukrainian grain. “I really hope that the…
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China on Monday backed a “fully implemented” Black Sea Grain Initiative. “China hopes that the Black Sea Grain Initiative will continue to be balanced and fully implemented,” said Mao Ning, spokeswoman of China’s Foreign Ministry. Mao said China has also put forward its initiatives for international food security cooperation, Beijing-based daily Global Times reported. “The…
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United Nations on Friday called for the removal of all obstacles to guarantee the uninterrupted continuation of the Black Sea grain deal. Speaking at a Security Council meeting on Ukraine, Rosemary DiCarlo, UN Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, recalled the Black Sea Initiative has enabled the safe transportation of over 32 million metric tons…
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