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Ukraine infrastructure minister says grain deal only possible because of military successes

Ukrainian Infrastructure Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov and Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar shake hands next to U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a signing ceremony in Istanbul, Turkey July 22, 2022. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

Ukraine's infrastructure minister, who signed the U.N.-led deal to unblock Ukraine's ports for grain exports in Turkey on Friday, said the agreement was only possible thanks to Ukraine's military successes.

Speaking on television, infrastructure minister Oleksandr Kubrakov cited the recapture of Snake Island, a small but strategically located outcrop near several key Ukrainian ports in the Black Sea, as an "important moment".

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