Russian Limits Ukrainian Grain Exports, Sabotaging Deal with U.N.
- The United Nations is trying to save the agreement on Ukrainian Black Sea grain exports.
- Russia has blocked registration of ships to all Ukrainian ports, halting the U.N.-brokered Black Sea grain export deal.
- Russia is limiting the number of ships allowed to pick up Ukrainian grain at Black Sea ports in order to pressure Kyiv to open a pipeline for ammonia to get to world markets.
- The United Nations is working to overcome obstacles to Russian food and fertilizer shipments, but Moscow has criticized the lack of results.
- Ukraine accuses Moscow of blocking Black Sea grain deal.