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Nicholas Cecil

Convoy of ‘grain trains’ could stop Putin’s blockade of Black Sea ports

Convoys of “grain trains” would transport wheat out of Ukraine under a huge rail operation being discussed to stop millions of people starving due to Vladimir Putin’s blockade of Black Sea ports.

As leaders of the G7 group of wealthy nations (US, UK, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and Canada) prepared to discuss the food crisis at a summit in Germany, Environment Secretary George Eustice told LBC Radio: “It’s a big challenge.

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