According to Moscow, it was forced to withdraw from the maritime agreement after blaming Kiev for the bombing that damaged its ships. of the Russian Navy in port with qarm Saturday.
Ukraine has neither confirmed nor denied responsibility for the attacks, but claims that Russian navy ships are a legitimate military target.
Twelve ships laden with grain left Ukrainian ports on Monday, despite Russia abandoning a UN-backed deal to ensure the flow of exports from the conflict zone.
The ships were carrying a total of 354,500 tons of grain, far more than usual in a single day, indicating that the backlog of shipments was loaded after the suspension of exports on Sunday.
International officials had feared that Moscow would again impose a blockade Ukrainian wheat After Russia announced on Saturday its withdrawal from the UN-backed program that ensures the safety of seagoing vessels Black Sea.
Turkish position
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France’s Agriculture Minister said on Monday that his country is looking to provide overland routes Poland Or Romania for the passage of food exports from Ukraine as an alternative to the Black Sea route.
In an interview with Radio "RMC"Marco Vesno said, "We can’t wait to know if, in case it is not possible to cross the Black Sea, it is possible to transit by land routes, especially by studying the land routes through Romania and Poland.".
He added: "We will continue to work for a system that does not subject us to will and good faith, or in this case to bad faith, (Russian President) Vladimir Putin".
Ukraine and Russia are among the world’s largest food exporters, and for three months the UN-backed deal ensured market access for Ukrainian exports, preventing what officials around the world have described it could amount to a global famine.
And it brought the news of Moscow’s withdrawal from the deal grain prices The global market rose more than five percent on Monday morning.
The United States accused Russia of using food as a weapon, the Ukrainian president said Volodymyr Zelensky Fly "The world is starving".
Russia denied the allegations but said that with its navy damaged, it was no longer able to ensure the safety of navigation.
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A spokesperson Kremlin Dmitry Peskov told reporters in response to a question about the possibility of continuing to implement the agreement without Russia “in the circumstances in which you are speaking. Russia Given the impossibility of guaranteeing the safety of navigation in these areas, it is difficult to implement this agreement. Things are going in a different, more dangerous way.
According to Moscow, it was forced to withdraw from the maritime agreement after blaming Kiev for the bombing that damaged its ships. of the Russian Navy in port with qarm Saturday.
Ukraine has neither confirmed nor denied responsibility for the attacks, but claims that Russian navy ships are a legitimate military target.
Twelve ships laden with grain left Ukrainian ports on Monday, despite Russia abandoning a UN-backed deal to ensure the flow of exports from the conflict zone.
The ships were carrying a total of 354,500 tons of grain, far more than usual in a single day, indicating that the backlog of shipments was loaded after the suspension of exports on Sunday.
International officials had feared that Moscow would again impose a blockade Ukrainian wheat After Russia announced on Saturday its withdrawal from the UN-backed program that ensures the safety of seagoing vessels Black Sea.
Turkish position
wild road
France’s Agriculture Minister said on Monday that his country is looking to provide overland routes Poland Or Romania for the passage of food exports from Ukraine as an alternative to the Black Sea route.
Speaking on RMC radio, Mark Vesnu said: “We are looking to see if it is possible, in case it is not possible to go through the Black Sea, to go by land routes instead, especially by studying the land routes through Romania. And Poland. “.
“We will continue to work for a system that does not put us under will and good faith, or in this case, bad faith,” he added. Vladimir Putin “.
Ukraine and Russia are among the world’s largest food exporters, and for three months the UN-backed deal ensured market access for Ukrainian exports, preventing what officials around the world have described it could amount to a global famine.
And it brought the news of Moscow’s withdrawal from the deal grain prices The global market rose more than five percent on Monday morning.
The United States accused Russia of using food as a weapon, the Ukrainian president said Volodymyr Zelensky Moscow “blackmails the world with hunger”.
Russia denied the allegations, but said that with its navy damaged, it was no longer able to ensure the safety of navigation.
