War in Ukraine: the amount of blocked grain could triple by “by the fall”, warns Zelensky – Sud Ouest

“We need maritime corridors and we are discussing this with Turkey and the United Kingdom” as well as with the UN, specified the Ukrainian president, adding that exports by sea allow for the export of 10 million tonnes by month. Ukraine is also discussing with Poland and the Baltic countries to export small quantities of grain by railways, he added. “We need to be able to export cereals and I think we will,” he said. Soaring pricesRussian President Vladimir Putin assured last week that there were “no problems exporting grain from Ukraine” citing ways to export from Ukrainian ports, others under Russian control or via Central and Eastern Europe. Ukraine, which accuses Russia of blocking its ports, rejects these solutions. “Putin cannot be trusted,” Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kouleba wrote on Twitter on Monday, reacting to Moscow’s promises not to attack the port of Odessa.