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The Guardian - UK
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Isobel Koshiw in Kyiv

Ukraine grain exports set to start as Kyiv says US-supplied arms have slowed Russia

Grain pours on to a ship
Barley grain is loaded on to a ship in the southern Ukrainian city of Mykolaiv last week. Photograph: Vincent Mundy/Reuters

Ukraine has said it hopes to start exporting grain from its ports this week, despite Russia’s attack on Odesa 12 hours after Moscow agreed to allow Kyiv safe passage for the commodity.

The first ships may move from the country’s Black Sea ports within a few days, said deputy UN spokesperson Farhan Haq. Details of the procedures will soon be published by a joint coordination centre that is liaising with the shipping industry, said Haq.

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