grain deal

Ukraine is shipping more grain through the Black Sea despite threat from Russia

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Ukraine is shipping more grain through the Black Sea despite threat from Russia

Grain thunders into rail cars and trucks zip around a storage facility in central Ukraine, a place that growing numbers of companies turned to as they struggled to export their food to people facing hunger around the world. Now, more of the grain is getting unloaded from overcrammed silos and heading to ports on the … Read more

Russia raises doubts about grain deal renewal as deadline looms

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Russia raises doubts about grain deal renewal as deadline looms

Russia said on Thursday that a landmark deal to ensure the safe export of grain from Ukraine’s Black Sea ports was only being “half-implemented”, raising doubts about whether it would allow an extension of the deal that is due to expire next week. The Black Sea Grain Initiative, brokered by the United Nations and Turkey … Read more