Grain deal: Ukraine continues to export grain by sea despite russia’s demarche

Despite russia's announcement to withdraw from the "grain agreement," Ukraine continues to export national grain by sea.

Ukraine's Ministry of Infrastructure reports that the UN and Turkey agreed on the movement of ships through the humanitarian corridor on October 31.

Therefore, 12 ships with 354.5 thousand tons of agricultural products left the ports of Odesa, Chornomorsk, and Pivdennyi for the countries of Africa, Asia, and Europe.

By the way, among the ships is the IKARIA ANGEL bulker, transporting 40,000 tons of grain to Ethiopia within the UN World Food Program framework.

The ministry said that four more vessels were sent to Ukrainian ports. They were inspected by representatives of the coordination center, including the russians.

The ministry also noted that representatives of the UN and Turkey are negotiating with russia and are looking for a solution for the whole operation of the "grain agreement."

In addition, the UN and Turkey representatives agreed to inspect 40 ships, and the russian delegation was informed about this decision.

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On October 29, russia's defense ministry announced that the russian federation was suspending its participation in the "grain agreement." It is said that the cause was a "terrorist attack" against ships of the Black Sea Fleet and civilian vessels, which Ukraine allegedly carried out with the participation of specialists from Great Britain. Britain reacted to this accusation by calling this an "invented story."

russia's foreign ministry clarified that they had suspended the grain initiative indefinitely. At the same time, russia's ministry of agriculture announced that they are ready to replace Ukrainian grain on the world market completely.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Dmytro Kuleba, called on other states to demand that the russian federation "stop the hunger games" and return to its obligations. The UN noted that they already know about the decision of the russian authorities and maintain communication with the russian federation.

President Volodymyr Zelensky called russia's statements about withdrawing from the "grain agreement" "predictable" and believes that the russian federation decided on this back in September.

On October 27, the Ukrainian government reported that during the 88 days of operation of the "grain corridor," 397 ships with 9 million tons of agricultural products left Ukraine.

As Rubryka reported, in the afternoon of October 30, the Ministry of Infrastructure announced the suspension of sea exports of grain.