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Ukraine moves closer to resuming grain exports as UN-backed deal is agreed

A combine harvests wheat in the village of Muzykivka in the Kherson region, Ukraine on 26 July, 2022. © Reuters/Alexander Ermochenko

Ukraine has said it has restarted operations at its blockaded Black Sea ports as it moved closer to resuming grain exports with the opening of a coordination centre in Istanbul to oversee a UN-backed deal.

Ukraine and Russia last week agreed a plan with the help of Turkey and the United Nations to allow grain stranded by Moscow's naval blockade to be exported from three ports.

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