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Reuters
Reuters
Business
By Silke Koltrowitz

West should do more to unblock Ukraine's ports, official says

FILE PHOTO: Steel rolls are stacked on the dock before being loaded on board the RM 3 cargo ship at the Port of Mariupol, during Ukraine-Russia conflict in the southern city of Mariupol, Ukraine May 30, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko

Western partners should do more to help unblock Ukraine's Black Sea ports to release exports of grain, metals and mining products, a Ukrainian official told Reuters on Tuesday, warning the country's finances were increasingly precarious.

Logistics problems linked to the war with Russia, notably at seaport Odesa, hit exports, causing currency inflows to Ukraine to drop to around $2.5 billion per month from around $7 billion before the war, Rostyslav Shurma, deputy head of President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's office, said on the sidelines of the Ukraine Recovery Conference.

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