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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

Putin Says Ukraine Grain Deal Mostly Helping Rich EU

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends the plenary session of the First Eurasian Economic Forum in Bishkek, via video link from Moscow, Russia May 26, 2022. Sputnik/Mikhail Metzel/Pool via REUTERS

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that "almost all" the Ukrainian grain shipped under a UN-backed deal to ease a global food crisis was reaching rich European nations, an accusation denied by Kyiv.

Data compiled by a joint center in Istanbul monitoring the July agreement showed slightly more than a third of the grain delivered to European countries and another 20 percent arriving in Türkiye, AFP said.

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