Russia: “risky” transport of Ukrainian grain through the Black Sea after the termination of the agreement

Russia said today that it would be risky for Ukraine to continue exporting grain through the Black Sea now that Moscow has suspended its participation in a UN-brokered deal with Turkey to facilitate grain transit.

“In situations where Russia says it is impossible to guarantee the safety of transportation in these areas, such an agreement is not at all workable, and takes on a different character — it is much more risky, dangerous and without guarantees,” the spokesman said. of the Kremlin Dmitry Peskov.

Peskov again blamed Ukraine’s actions for stalling the deal.

Peskov said Russian contacts with Turkey and the United Nations, which brokered the agreement in July, are continuing. He declined to comment when asked what, in Russia’s view, needs to happen in order for the deal to continue.

He also did not explain why shipping without Russia’s involvement would be risky.

However, a dozen ships sailed from Ukrainian ports today carrying a record daily volume of agricultural products, two days after Russia suspended its participation in a deal to export Ukrainian grain from Black Sea ports, Kyiv said today.

Russia, which invaded Ukraine on February 24, pulled out of the agreement “indefinitely” because it said it could not “guarantee the safety of civilian ships” traveling under the agreement following an attack on its ships.

But this morning a spokesman for the Odessa military administration said 354,500 tons had been moved from Ukrainian ports, the largest amount in a single day since the deal was reached.

Ukraine had transported just under that volume — 354,000 tons on September 27.

“Today 12 ships left Ukrainian ports,” tweeted Ukrainian Infrastructure Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov.

“The UN and Turkish delegations are providing 10 inspection teams to inspect 40 ships intended to cover the Black Sea Grain Initiative. This inspection plan has been accepted by the Ukrainian delegation. The Russian delegation has been informed.”

Another four ships have been given the green light to head to Ukrainian ports as they were inspected by representatives of the United Nations, Turkey, Ukraine and Russia, Kubrakov said.

Among the ships leaving Ukraine today is the Ikaria Angel, bound for Ethiopia carrying 40,000 tons of grain, he said.

“This is the seventh ship that has been chartered by the World Food Programme. This food was intended for the people of Ethiopia, who were facing the real possibility of mass starvation,” he said.

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