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Nicholas Cecil

UK in talks with allies on ‘coalition-of-willing’ to create safe corridor from Odesa to save millions from starvation

Russian forces have blockaded the key port of Odesa in southern Ukraine

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Britain is involved in talks with allies about creating a coalition-of-the-willing to open up ports in Ukraine for grain exports to stop millions of people starving around the world.

The aim is to create a safe corridor from Odesa on the Black Sea and possibly other ports to the Bosphorus so grain ships could reach the Mediterranean.

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