Reports suggest Russia unlikely to join new initiative to export millions of tonnes of grain through blockaded Black Sea ports
Ukraine’s president and the UN secretary general have called for a vital deal allowing Russian and Ukrainian wheat and fertilisers to be exported through the Black Sea to be extended, amid reports that Moscow does not intend to renew its participation.
Ukraine and Russia signed the UN-backed deal for an initial 120 days last July, allowing the export of millions of tonnes of grain from blockaded Black Sea ports, an agreement that was seen as averting the threat of a global food crisis.
