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Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, says the United Nations is responsible for guaranteeing the landmark deal between Ukraine and Russia aimed at unblocking Ukrainian Black Sea grain exports and alleviating a global food crisis.
“Russia could engage in provocations, attempts to discredit the Ukrainian and international efforts,” Agence France-Presse reporting him as saying on Friday in his daily video address. “But we trust the United Nations. Now it’s their responsibility to guarantee the deal.”
