Reading Time: 3 minutes Kyiv | Reuters – The first ship to carry Ukrainian grain through the Black Sea since Russia invaded Ukraine five months ago left the port of Odesa for Lebanon on Monday under a safe passage deal described as a glimmer of hope in a worsening global food crisis. The sailing was made possible after Turkey and the […] Read more
‘Glimmer of hope’ as Ukraine grain ship leaves Odesa port
Russian strikes kill Ukrainian grain tycoon; drone hits Russian naval base
Reading Time: 4 minutes Kyiv | Reuters – Russian missiles pounded the southern Ukrainian port city of Mykolaiv on Sunday, killing the owner of a major grain exporter, while a drone strike on Russia’s Black Sea naval base in Sevastopol was launched from within the city in a “terrorist attack,” a Russian lawmaker said. Oleksiy Vadatursky, founder and owner […] Read more
Outraged by strike on Odesa, Ukraine still prepares to resume grain exports
Accord had sought to avert major global food crisis; attack shows Moscow can't be trusted on deal, Zelenskiy says
Reading Time: 3 minutes Kyiv | Reuters — Ukraine pressed ahead on Sunday with efforts to restart grain exports from Odesa and other Black Sea ports after a missile attack that cast doubt over whether Russia would honour a deal aimed at easing global food shortages caused by the war. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy denounced the strikes on Odesa as […] Read more
Ukraine shuts ports as conflict threatens grain supplies
Reading Time: 3 minutes Moscow/Kyiv | Reuters — Ukraine’s military has suspended commercial shipping at its ports after Russian forces invaded the country, an adviser to the Ukrainian president’s chief of staff said, stoking fear of supply disruption from leading grain and oilseeds exporters. Russia earlier ordered the Azov Sea closed to the movement of commercial vessels until further […] Read more
Russia ‘completely’ blocks Canadian meat, fruit, vegetable imports
Reading Time: 5 minutes Moscow/Kiev | Reuters — Moscow imposed a total ban on imports of foods from Canada and other Western nations on Thursday in retaliation against sanctions over Ukraine, a stronger than expected measure that isolates Russian consumers from world trade to a degree unseen since Soviet days. In eastern Ukraine, a Dutch recovery team called off […] Read more
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