During several intense hours, Russia attacked the city of Izmajil, one of Ukraine’s most important ports for grain exports, last night. Governor Oleh Kiper asked people to seek shelter and stay indoors during the airstrikes in the morning hours today. The port city has been attacked several times in recent weeks. – Russia continues to attack infrastructure at the port, Andrej Jermak, chief of staff at President Zelensky’s office, wrote on Telegram. Russia says the attacks have targeted petrol depots used by the Ukrainian military. Several airstrikes hit the port city last night. Ukraine is the world’s third largest exporter of wheat. And the UN warns that the war is increasing the food crisis in the world. Meet today Because while the war is raging in Ukraine, tensions have increased in the Black Sea. This summer, Russia put an end to food exports by ship from Ukrainian ports. Today, Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet Turkey’s Recep Erdogan to talk precisely about grain exports. A farmer outside Kyiv shows off his grain. Photo: Efrem Lukatsky / AP It was the UN and Turkey that established a grain agreement that ensured the safe export of Ukrainian grain a year ago. It ensured that 36 tons of grain have been exported out of Ukraine since August, according to the Joint Coordination Center in Istanbul. They recently met in South Africa, Vladimir Putin and Recep Erdogan. Today they meet again. Photo: AP UN with solutions But the Russians complain that their own food and fertilizer exports are being hindered. In addition, they believe that more of the Ukrainian wheat grain should go to poor countries. – If everything that was promised to Russia had been carried out, then the agreement would have been extended, said Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu before the weekend. The UN has come up with several proposals to get the valuable grain out of Ukraine again in a safe way. It is not known what these entail. But Russia says the West is exaggerating the extent of the food crisis. Russian President Vladimir Putin. Photo: Alexander Kazakov / AP They claim Putin’s wish that Burkina Faso, Zimbabwe, Mali, Somalia, the Central African Republic, and Eritrea should receive 50,000 tons of free wheat each has been ignored. Russia has proposed to supply Turkey with 1 million tons of cheap Russian grain in exchange for it being transported to countries that need it. Another demand from Moscow is that Russian agriculture should be allowed to connect to the international payment system SWIFT. The EU put an end to it in 2022. Has created a new corridor At the same time, a new corridor has been established in the Black Sea for ships that want to leave Ukrainian ports. – Two new ships have sailed from Ukraine out through a temporary corridor in the Black Sea, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Saturday. President of Ukraine Photo: Mads Claus Rasmussen / Ritzau Scanpix/NTB Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy discussed grain exports with France’s Emmanuel Macron on Sunday. – We discussed how the wheat corridor works and how security in the Odesa region can be strengthened, Zelenskyj said on social media after his telephone conversation with Macron.
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